have been going through [listening to, adding to or subtracting from] tons of tracks on my pc... and writing/ recording some new stuff, lately- and while the spirit is upon me, when i take a break from the music writing, i've been writing some lyrics using my old manual typewriters [better to hammer out the rhythm with, rather like piano keys, than a PC]
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
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
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
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
some shots from today's gig- outside- at the Expo Bar, Guisan-Platz, Biel/Bienne... most shot during sound check
[c]2007 doug duffey
below: me [self portrait] w/ hani in the background
[c]2007 doug duffey
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
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
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
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 -drumsanyone 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
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