Tuesday, November 14, 2006
CHANGIN' TIMES
at long last i have finally 'designed' the jacket & label artwork for "changin' times" - my newest cd- and it is off to the manufacturer!
i decided to keep info 'short and sweet' on the jacket [since there is never room enough on cd jackets for much!] - but there will be a page on the 'cds' page of my wesbite www.dougduffey.com with details of the sessions, session fotos, and some lyrics.
the cd will be ready in a few weeks, and then available for online orders through www.cdbaby.com
so, as sister pearlie mae would've said, "check it out and lock it down!"
Saturday, October 14, 2006
RABADASH RECORDS -TIPITINA'S - NEW ORLEANS
Thus far the line up is looking like this:
Amanda Walker
John Autin
Big Daddy 'O'
Doug Duffey Band
I'll be doing songs from my 1st RABADASH cd "DANGER,SEX AND SOUND FX" [ a lot of rockers!] as well as some tunes from my cds "RECTIFIED SPIRIT" and "CHANGIN' TIMES"... the line-up isnt definite yet... but i am hoping all RABADASH ARTISTS will BE THERE!
oh yeah, this is gonna be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay fun!
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
summertime blues
Thursday, May 25, 2006
sorry percy has cancelled
foto: doug duffey/may 13, 2006
i had just gotten home from europe and was experiencing my week of jet lag when i got the call.
percy sledge had cancelled his performance- at the 1st zydeco and blues festival in bastrop, louisiana- due to illness. i was asked to headline the festival in his place. when i arrvied this sign was at the entrance gate.
oddly, when i was inducted into the "louisiana hall of fame" percy was to be inducted for a lifetime achievement award, or something; he didnt appear then, either.
p.s. yes, they spelled my name wrong.
Friday, May 05, 2006
live in zurich
foto:Karin Boucke
these fotos were emailed today, from last night's show (the 18th international dixie and blues festival/ zurich). so...here we are in all our funky glory! "the doug duffey international soul band" in action, onstage before 500+ very enthusiatic blues fans! we definitley rocked the house! thanks kelvin, hani, sebi, and carlos!
danke viel mal, merci beaucoup, grazie tanto Switzerland!
lotti lehmann & doug duffey- after the show- zurich.
foto: Karin Boucke
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
greetings from switzerland
although this is a blues gig, anyone who knows me knows that even my blues is funky; a by-product of having been born and raised in louisiana/the mississippi delta, no doubt- but then anyone who knows anything about the blues knows that today's blues ain't nothing but soul music... just listen to any southern blues radio station; it all sounds like memphis soul from the 60s & 70s.
i'll post fotos from the show, after i get back to louisiana next week. be sure to check for upcoming dates on my website under 'news'...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
the breath of scandal
foto by olivier viret/switzerland
"the breath of scandal" [doug duffey]
it seems i've smoked a thousand cigarettes/sitting in the dark with wine and regrets/haunting memory will not let me forget/ the breath of scandal on your smile.
which like expensive luxury/holds attraction for someone like me/i'm a connoisseur of lurid pageantry/and i sense it 'neath your style.
you're never too young or too old for an indiscretion/special predicaments are not impositions/only one thing is important, in this brief and damned exisitence/survival, will you survive with me?
for we'll live 'devil may care'/what concerns to us are others affairs?/social suicide may meet us somewhere/but can you dare to let go?
you're never too young or too old for an indiscretion/special predicaments are not impositions/only one thing is important, in this brief and damned exisitence/survival, will you survive with me?
it seems i've smoked a thousand cigarettes, sitting in the dark with wine and regrets/ haunting memory will not let me forget/ the breath of scandal on your smile.
[c][p]1975-2006 doug duffey music, bmi
written in Hollywood, California/circa 1970s/this song appeared on my solo cd "living the blues" - released in europe only- by DTM/EMI [out of print]. my solo work tends to be more dark and brooding [it's something about those minor piano chords that i love] -and tends to verge on the dramatic and theatrical.
i'm compiling a 'new' recycled cd from my solo sessions [recorded in monroe & new orleans, louisiana in the 80s and 90s]. there's a lot of stuff from those sessions that needs to be "out there"...
[c]2006 doug duffey