post show mudbug snaps

These are some shots I made after our show.

above: this was the scene from the stage immediately after we stopped playing! a tent FULL of people! that was cool!

above: Thomas Fields and the Zydeco Foot Stompers. we stayed and heard an hour of them.

above: Miss Abigail Edwards doing her thang in her pink cowgirl hat

above: Harvey Dillahunty getting ready for the crawfish eating contest

above: clockwise: Jacqueline Trachsel, Bill Hess, and Ada Duffey [my mom] eating a "blooming onion"

the end

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!

some pre-show snaps from mudbug madness

i took a few snaps before the show during sound check; unfortunately i didn't get one of steve cagle [keyboards and trombone]. i expect to have some shots of the band in action and will post them AS soon as i get them!

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:

www.cdbaby.com and www.theorchard.com

above: doug johnson [bass] and mark smith [percussion]

above: john brown, sr. [drums]

above: jerry beach [guitar], mark smith [percussion], tommy miller [guitar]

MUDBUG MADNESS PT 2

Had a call today and seems the band is expanding... more folks wanting to join in and jam... so i feel there will be mucho "madness" [to go with the name of the festival] and fun onstage... i'm putting on my referee hat!

thanks to robert trudeau for his mention on his blog ... as we say down heah "y'all come"...

Mudbug Madness- Shreveport, Louisiana

Foto: Doug Duffey/New Orleans, May 7, 2007

I'll be playing the "MUDBUG MADNESS FESTIVAL" w/the band, in Shreveport, Louisiana: May 26, 2007- 11 AM... We'll be doing a mix of my original songs and some Louisiana standards... so for a funky rockin' good Louisiana time... be there!

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

podcasts and downloads

have been working to make ready to begin some podcasting. i figure it's time to kick in 'doug duffey radio' and broadcast via the web various and sundry musical trips i want to share. have been finding, editing and recycling a lot of tracks from the archives into sonic foundry Acid, and coming up with some very cool collage type mixes. also some great live tracks from band jams, voodoo funk, psychedelia and all kinds of crazy stuff. it'll be interesting to put it in radio format!

also creating another page for downloads: preview clips of various unreleased 'stuff'; some that i plan to get into cd form and online with cd.baby before the summer is over.... or begins.

got 2 solo cds edited last week- and mock up labels done this week- but am sending them out to some friends for their critique, and i'm re-listening myself, before i turn them loose on the world. have 12 tracks per cd, but i'm thinking that choosing the best 10 out of the 12 might be the best idea. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh... the beat goes on.

funk george clinton and me

while going through some old stuff i found my funk card from george clinton circa 1977- glad i hung onto it... but i still have my pfunk buttons and a lot of old posters and even test pressings i got [from the backstage management offices] --- i also uploaded it to my NEW myspace page [which i have been furiously working on for the past 2 days and nights...till dawn] it's kinda nuts... to have 2 blogs, a website, and myspace page; but they serve different functions. anyway, check it out: www.myspace.com/dougduffey

i added some fotos- a great old one of me and george clinton in the mid 70s [i have more i plan to put in a gallery on my website, which i plan to redo this summer!] - and added some fotos from my wild psychedelic 60s days; i probably look [in those fotos] like a lot of the people who use myspace today! i uploaded 4 free LIVE songs and lyrics.... all with the 12 piece band "live at the louisiana folklife festival"- but you're only allowed 4 songs- so i plan to do a page on my website with a lot of FREE music downloads, get some galleries happening, etc. but it's been a busy year, already!

i just finished editing 2 new solo cds [this week!] from 3 different recording sessions done between 1988 and 1992. solo stuff, like OLD blues recordings, never ages. i have a lot of LIVE recordings to edit and get into cd form and get everything with cdbaby asap. i also dug into the archives and found a plethora of old vintage analog cool synth and drum tracks i did WAY back when... which i plan to digitize [from 4-track cassette recordings] and throw in Acid [apropos] and work on. there again i have a multitude of tracks on various computers i ALSO need to work on and finish... stuff too good to ignore! so it looks like i will have a VERY busy 2007! i hope to get that ALL done and do a few gigs, too... before heading back to europe in july! peace out

back to louisiana/back to europe

i got back to louisiana last week, and have been going through the usual post tour jet lag craziness.
i had a great tour and good times in europe, as usual, and was reluctant to leave. but, after 2.5. months in europe i have a world of things to do here; not least: TAXES! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

kelvin bullen* [guitar] and i began some laptop/hotel room recordings while in zermatt. amongst all the computer tracks i have done with him there; the ones i have done with steve kilpatrick; tommy miller/doug johnson [here] there might be a new 'production' cd in the works VERY soon. i found a similar feel/sound in a lot of the tracks and plan to explore further. i'm going for a "stones in memphis" feel... keith richards meets willie mitchell [HI records]

i really wanted to record 'live' with the band- not LIVE onstage- [even though we did that at several festivals and at Mahogany Hall/Bern]- but live in a controlled environment, like i did with "changin' times" - but there was no time this tour.

i'll be back in europe in july for some gigs and plan on also having some time to do the 'live' recordings [with "the international soul band"] during that trip.

havent blogged in a while... been too busy... more after taxes

Midem, George Clinton, Myspace and more

Spent 5 days in Cannes, France at Midem. I had a great time networking and schmoozing.
Ran into George Clinton and re-connected after 30 years. THAT WAS A TRIP!!!! I also ran into Phil DiFiore (whom i met with Bernie Worrell in New Orleans) -on the 1st day- who was shopping Bernie's cd... and met Keith Jackson from Pfunkradio.com at the huge EMI bash at Hotel Martinez. Funk was definitely there!

Met some great people- like folks from my labels: CDBABY, and THE ORCHARD- and i've decided to get all my various product [funk, soul, blues, solo, various and sundry projects and styles in my archives] online asap with my labels... and let it rock! after everyone telling me i should, i FINALLY started a myspace site. better late than never.
one of the big things i learned from Midem is: there's a gazillion people out there all trying to sell or buy something! one might as well get it all "out there" via the net!













a shot of the beach, outside Palais du Festvials, Cannes.

Midem in Cannes

we've been making last minute preparations for Midem. we leave for Cannes tomorrow evening from Basel; fly to Nice; then taxi to Cannes; where we'll be for 5 days. the weather here in switzerland has not been the best [dark,rainy,windy and cold] so 5 days on the french riviera will be great- even though we plan to be In the convention every day- and attend the parties every night.

it pays to advertise! we had 3 of my songs put on a compilation cd called "swiss music selection". they will be handing out 10,000 of them to midem participants from all over the planet!

i added a 'press' page to my website to post recent newspaper articles, promo and clippings. i'm also adding some older ones, in french, german and italian. i have boxes full of reviews,write ups, etc both here and in louisiana, from time immemorial. i might need to get some more webspace if i decide to put the majority of them online- as an archive.

btw- i'll be celebrating my birthday in Cannes. life ain't soooooooooooooo bad!