summertime blues redux

i'm back in louisiana and it's hotter than hell - w/heat index over 100F daily- bloody brutal! why would anyone think of colonizing this jungle/swamp?

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

shots from the last european gig

below are some shots i made at sound check- just before the last gig of the tour- at the blue note in biel-bienne [8.14.07]

kiki [sound] and kelvin

hani... on his throne

sebi tuning and jamming

the piano awaiting me... while i'm snapping pix

kiki at the board

[c]2007 doug duffey

happy birthday, switzerland

foto: jacqueline trachsel

a shot of us playing on swiss "independence day"- august 1st, 2007.

[c]2007 doug duffey

Biel/Bienne Switzerland 7.26.07

some shots from today's gig- outside- at the Expo Bar, Guisan-Platz, Biel/Bienne... most shot during sound check

below: me [self portrait] w/ hani in the background

below: kelvin bullen [guitar]

below: sebi niessner [bass]

below: hani ali [drums]

all shots were done by me with my casio digital camera.

[c]2007 doug duffey

la belle suisse

my time in louisiana is coming to an end and i return to europe for a month and some days.
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

tonight at julios on the bayou

i shot this foto one of the many times i played here. i love this pic. i've been playing this club since it was the bayou tavern in the early 80s. there will be no gator cooking tonight... but the band will be cookin'!

we'll be doing a mix of doug duffey originals with some delta blues, memphis soul, and a whole lotta louisiana R&B standards.... band line up: doug duffey- vocal/piano; tommy miller- guitar/vocal; dusty vines- bass/vocal; john brown -drums

anyone in the delta region [northwest mississippi/northeast louisiana] come on over.
julio's- hwy 80- tallulah, louisiana

[c]2007 doug duffey

Father's day foto

[c]2007 doug duffey

SOLO @ ENOCH'S JUNE 8

foto: a shot of me playing solo at Tipitina's in New Orleans, November 2006

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!!!!!

onstage at mudbug

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above: a shot of us in action: left to right: jerry beach; tommy miller; john brown; doug duffey; doug johnson; mark smith; steve cagle
above foto: jacqueline trachsel