Saturday, December 22, 2007

NEW VIDEOS ADDED TO YOUTUBE

http://www.youtube.com/dougduffey

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

well--- at long last i have finally got the 2 solo cds edited- and ready for cdbaby! the cds should hopefully be available online by january 2008. i have spent the past several days editing the cds- choosing the songs for each by genre- and designing the inserts and labels, etc. these songs having been unreleased since i recorded them, although some were on "living the blues" on a german label [out of print]- and some were on cassettes i had made and sold at the club when working on bourbon street. but now, thanks to technology and cdbaby, they will finally come out...to the world... almost 20 years later. i have chosen to put most of the blues/louisiana type stuff on "louisiana" and the more cabaret-ish ballad stuff on "cabaret vieux carre" ... the foto is from the time of the recordings: 1988-1992. a page with more fotos and info will be on my website as soon as the cds are online.

some samples are on the song titles below- click to hear them!

DOUG DUFFEY: THE SOLO SESSIONS 1988-1992

VOLUME 1: LOUISIANA

  1. I LOVE MY BABY
  2. FALLEN ANGELS
  3. THE FIRST TASTE OF TROUBLE
  4. HOODOO YOU LOVE?
  5. SWEET DISPOSITION
  6. A MEMORY LEFT TO LOSE
  7. SITTIN’ BLUES
  8. GET UP IN THE A.M.
  9. NEW ORLEANS RAIN
  10. LOUISIANA
  11. SWEET SOUL SOUTHERN COUNTRY
  12. FARE THE WELL, EVANGELINE

VOLUME 2: CABARET VIEUX CARRE

  1. IN HERE
  2. THE BREATH OF SCANDAL
  3. FLY 2 U
  4. NEXTDOOR TO A NIGHTMARE
  5. LEAVE THE MAN ALONE
  6. HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN*
  7. I'LL GET OVER THAT, TOO
  8. LEAD ME BACK
  9. LOVE COMES
  10. WHERE THERE IS LOVE
  11. 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 duffey

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Schedule Update

I've updated my schedule for December 07 and January 08- [see gigs] I'll be in Switzerland all of January- I'll be doing several band gigs, several duo "unplugged" gigs, and one solo concert. So... come out to the shows and start 2008 with some soul, blues, and funk!
[c]2007 doug duffey

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 haven't been blogging lately- too many other things going on. I've been transferring/saving a lot of my old VHS movies to DVD, creating youtube videos from them, and transferring a LOT of original songs from my old writers tapes and 4 track cassettes, which desperately need to be preserved. The 4 track recordings began around 1985- and went until 1998 or so. there's a lot of material. It's a major work... there are at least 10 original songs per 4 track cassette- and I have over 100 of these 4-track writers tapes.

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

I've begun going through the archive [old vhs tapes, and dvds] -now that i finally got a video capture device and have begun yet another insanity: putting videos online... [as if recording and editing new music and older recordings wasn't enough!] but it's fun. check out some live performances: http://www.youtube.com/DougDuffey

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...



btw- the anorexic look was not from drugs or starvation, but from being a strict vegan for 7 years! i think it's time to throw out the pork chops!
[c] 2007 doug duffey

Thursday, September 27, 2007

VIDEOS ADDED TO YOUTUBE.COM

have begun uploading some live footage from some gigs to youtube - and i'm in the process of adding more... check it out! click here.... voila.
[c]2007 doug duffey