Saturday, December 22, 2007
NEW VIDEOS ADDED TO YOUTUBE
I just edited and added 2 vidoes from the 1998 Louisiana Folklife Festival; I' hired some guy to shoot nthe show- he didnt capture any audio! duh! luckily i'd had the sound crew record the show, so had a cd. i have been editing and trying nto sync the two together- not always easy as the video does not always faccurately follow the audio!
This band was : Me, Jerry Beach, John Simoneaux, Ryan Munsey, David Posey.
[c]2007 doug duffey
Monday, December 17, 2007
DOUG DUFFEY: THE SOLO SESSIONS 1988-1992
some samples are on the song titles below- click to hear them!
DOUG DUFFEY: THE SOLO SESSIONS 1988-1992
VOLUME 1: LOUISIANA
- I LOVE MY BABY
- FALLEN ANGELS
- THE FIRST TASTE OF TROUBLE
- HOODOO YOU LOVE?
- SWEET DISPOSITION
- A MEMORY LEFT TO LOSE
- SITTIN’ BLUES
- GET UP IN THE A.M.
- NEW ORLEANS RAIN
- LOUISIANA
- SWEET SOUL SOUTHERN COUNTRY
- FARE THE WELL, EVANGELINE
VOLUME 2: CABARET VIEUX CARRE
- IN HERE
- THE BREATH OF SCANDAL
- FLY 2 U
- NEXTDOOR TO A NIGHTMARE
- LEAVE THE MAN ALONE
- HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN*
- I'LL GET OVER THAT, TOO
- LEAD ME BACK
- LOVE COMES
- WHERE THERE IS LOVE
- JUST REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES
Doug Duffey- vocal/acoustic grand piano
All songs written, arranged, performed and produced by Doug Duffey [except: House of the Rising Sun*- Traditional- adapted & arranged by Doug Duffey]. All songs published by Doug Duffey Music, BMI-[C][P] Doug Duffey
Recorded at Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans; JY Recording Studio, West Monroe, LA; The John Cale Studio, Monroe, LA.
[c]2007 doug duffeyFriday, December 14, 2007
happy holidays from the dougduffey international soul band
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Schedule Update
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Friday, November 30, 2007
HOODOO YOU LOVE?
a vid from youtube: featuring: me on vocal/piano; june yamagishi [papa grows funk] on guitar, cornell williams [jon cleary band]; the late michael ward on congas; jeffrey "jellybean" alexander [papa grows funk] on drums; live at the louisiana music factory, decatur street, new orleans 1997
[c]2007 doug duffey
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
SOLO CDS ALMOST DONE
I also have maybe 100 or more 'normal' writers cassettes, with sometimes 15 songs on each side! so, it's really mega [instead of major] work. The 2 tracks go back to the early 70s- my Hollywood years and before. Unfortunately the sound quality [me w/an electric piano & old cassette recorder with a built-in mic] are not so good. Some of the songs are good...some very good... but would have to be re-cut from scratch.
A lot of the 4 track stuff is amazing [to me] and more relevant than I'd imagined. Some of the songs written in 1985/1986 are socio-politically "right on time" now. Luckily, i bought a Cubase/Steinberg unit which has 4 inputs, and records the 4 tracks at once into my PC, saves them as individual tracks, and files them. It also has a 16 track 'studio' so i can edit the tracks, add to them, etc. A lot of the songs have been professionally cut and gone onto my various cds- but a lot never did- due to genre issues. But, i am seriously thinking of editing and cleaning up the tracks and releasing them as cds soon. i don't really want to mess with them too much; i really like the sound and feel of them just the way they are: lots of old analog drum machines and synths. However, with modern technology, i can sample the best parts/sections and make them a bit more consistent.
[c]2007 doug duffey
Friday, October 05, 2007
TECHNO DISCO CABARET
this song- "disarmed" -eventually went on my 1st cd ["danger, sex & sound fx" rabadash records/new orleans] - as did a few more from this show. although this is on my youtube site i'm posting it here, too. it's a real "flash from the past"!
it's from my 80s period, where i was pretty much writing/recording songs on my old 4-track cassette recorder [i still have and use it!] daily. i didn't use midi- i didn't want the music to be "perfect" or too mechanical- i wanted some 'real' life to it. these were basically writer's tapes. BUT, i mixed the instrument tracks down to 2 track cassette- 4 sets [45 minutes each] of original songs- then we [moi, linda bailey, bill dunn & tim blunk] sang all the vocals over them LIVE.
we pretty much tried to recreate the vocals/backing vocals from the original tapes- which was not so easy, because tim and i would lower the speed on the machine and do crazy backing vocal parts... which when put back to normal speed threw our voices up much higher-or lower! linda managed to wail the high parts! her voice could peel paint off the walls! we had a crew [dr. pete harris & woody]; had great sound & lights/ black backdrops- and we blasted the music LOUD!
there is only this one video of one set of this show, to my knowledge, and it is in BAD shape... but i am saving it as best i can. there are song parts that are too garbled... i tried syncing the original backing track to it- but they're [for some weird reason] in different keys- and the beats wont match up. so much for that... it is what it is... and it was FUN!
[c]2007 doug duffey
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
LOUISIANA- LIVE THEATER VERSION
i think this is a beautiful 'production' of the song. many thanks to the dancers, who did an incredible job... and to my very talented cousin, Donna Ward, who choreographed it.
[c]2007 doug duffey
Saturday, September 29, 2007
VOODOO-ING THE WORLD
the clip below was taken @ the Tricou House [711 Bourbon Street] where i worked for years. they had a closed-circuit video camera on the piano area so they could show the 'entertainment' on BIG tv upstairs- so, i'd often get the upstairs bartender to video my sets for me- for posterity [the eventual invention of youtube etc.] i told him to turn off the color, and shoot me in black and white... yet another good move. i have tons of these tapes.... maybe i should do a dvd?
here, someone is asking me -between songs- about my voodoo doll on the piano... about the writing [mystic symbols] on it. Chicken Man gave it to me- he came by all the time and would give me voodoo dolls and various gris gris and charms for good luck. anyway... now... i find it funny... the way i made that bar like my living room! i could do whatever i wanted... and did...
[c] 2007 doug duffey
Thursday, September 27, 2007
VIDEOS ADDED TO YOUTUBE.COM
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
1st day of fall- recordings
now that fall is finally here, I have begun recording; fall always inspires me.
my intention was to do some solo piano and vocal tracks “live” to my laptop; no multi tracking; everything played & sang at once. I like that method. However, I had technical problems.
I was running my piano and mic through my Roland VS1680 [using it as a mixer- since i hate using it- very complicated] into the laptop. 1st the Roland was picking up some local radio station, then, the piano would come through the headphones, but not the mic. So… I got frustrated and began multi tracking.
wrote/recorded a couple of jam tracks, then did covers of "for what it's worth" [buffalo springfield] and "season of the witch" [donovan/ julie driscoll & brian auger] which i later fused into one very long psychedelic medley... with lots of fx... and a 60s psychedelic organ solo. I did them in honor of the 40-year anniversary of "the summer of love"... I thought about posting those 2 covers in this blog …but what w/copyright laws… thought better of it.
later i tried my original plan again… and variations…and it still didn’t work. so... maybe i'll just play directly into my old Fostex 4 track recorder as a mixer! voila.
[c]2007 doug duffey
Sunday, September 16, 2007
writing lyrics/manual typwriters
i have one on each porch of my house, and on various desks throughout; have collected them for years... the one in the foto below has been used for lyric/poetry/dairies & journals since the early 1970s [pre-computer]! most of my hollywood and new orleans diaries, all letters, poems and lyrics, etc. were written on it up until 1998 [when i got my 1st laptop]- i really prefer typewriters to computers... i like the uber alles feel [like an acoustic piano as opposed to a frigging keyboard] -the paper trail- [no crashes- you don't lose work]- the sound and feel and the beauty of the machinery... same thing with cameras: i prefer old manual ones to new digital ones.
above: a shot done today- on my front porch- with my old 'schreibmachine'- and below: one from a hollywood yard sale- circa 1970s- on the back porch looking out onto my 'outside' porch and my forest in the distance: a great/serene place to have coffee, smoke, THINK and TYPE...
now if only it were possible to easily find ribbons for them... but then, there IS the computer/internet, n'est pas?
[c]2007 doug duffey
Saturday, August 18, 2007
summertime blues redux
i have this foto [shot it the day after i got home] ALSO on my travel blog... but it fits the "uber alles" situation. the illiterate 'psycho christian sign changer' who did this NEEDS a dictionary... but, there again... this kind of screwed up stuff is part of the charm of the deep south...
i have my 1st stateside gig tonight, and am already drained from going in and out in this heat... on top of having jet lag. oh well, it's only rock and roll... down in the delta!
[c]2007 doug duffey
Friday, August 17, 2007
shots from the last european gig
Monday, August 06, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Biel/Bienne Switzerland 7.26.07
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
la belle suisse
i hope to get a lot of webwork and music done, between gigs, while in europe. i have a lot of live european video footage that needs to be edited [and put on youtube, etc]... and hopefully the band can/will do some recording while i'm there. we need to; we really groove together.
there's a lot to do in one little month. but, i look forward to being back in "la belle suisse", performing, and seeing my friends. i'll be posting from there in one of these blogs [maybe travel-ology]
p.s. i posted the gig dates on my website www.dougduffey.com .... so "come see" if you're in the region.
[c]2007 doug duffey
Saturday, June 23, 2007
tonight at julios on the bayou
anyone in the delta region [northwest mississippi/northeast louisiana] come on over.
julio's- hwy 80- tallulah, louisiana
[c]2007 doug duffey
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
SOLO @ ENOCH'S JUNE 8
I'll be doing my solo thing @ enoch's [507 louisville, monroe, louisiana] friday june 8. i usually do a mix of my original songs, louisiana standards, some old soul, jazz and blues stuff... and basically whatever pops into my head! adventures in improvisation
we're having the annual hippie reunion the 9th [YOU know where] so... whoever is coming "be sure to wear some flowers in your hair" [or what's left of it] and your best tie-dyed drag... and come by enoch's the night before!!!!!
Monday, May 28, 2007
post show mudbug snaps
Sunday, May 27, 2007
live video from 1st set @ mudbug
Robert Trudeau posted this video from early in our 1st set at mudbug madness... up close and personal! voila, le travail!
http://youtube.com/trudeau11
thank you Robert!
Saturday, May 26, 2007
some pre-show snaps from mudbug madness
it was a good show. we did 2 sets. we had a LOT of people. to all of you who came out and saw us today THANKS! ... and remember cds are available from:
Thursday, May 24, 2007
MUDBUG MADNESS PT 2
thanks to robert trudeau for his mention on his blog ... as we say down heah "y'all come"...
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Mudbug Madness- Shreveport, Louisiana
Band lineup:
Doug Duffey- vocals/piano *
Tommy Miller- guitar/vocals
Jerry Beach- guitar/vocals *
Doug Johnson- bass/vocals
John Brown, Sr.- drums *
Mark Smith- percussion
Steve Cagle- organ/trombone [added May 24th]
[*member of the Louisiana Hall of Fame]
http://www.mudbugmadness.com