We are excited to announce ๐๐ฑ-๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐-๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ & ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ will perform with his Band at Jimmyโs Jazz & Blues Club on ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐.๐. ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ 4๐ฅ-โ๐ต๐๐ข๐๐ ๐บ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐โ ๐ด๐ค๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ ๐๐ผ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ , “๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ.”
“๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐”
โ ๐ฉ.๐ฉ. ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ
“๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐
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๐๐…๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.โ
โ ๐ซ๐ถ๐พ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฌ๐จ๐ป ๐ด๐จ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฌ
“๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
’๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐. ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐’๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐
๐, ๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.”
โ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ป๐จ๐น ๐ท๐ณ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐น
โ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐
๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ 1960๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐
-๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
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๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โฆโ
โ ๐น๐ถ๐ช๐ฒ ๐จ๐ต๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ฌ (๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โ๐ โ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐โ โ 2021)
โ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ ๐
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๐ ๐๐๐
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๐. ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.โ
โ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ด๐จ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฌ (๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โ๐ โ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐โ โ 2020)
โโ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐โ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐.โ
โ ๐ต๐ถ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ท๐น๐ฌ๐บ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
๐๐ฑ-๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐-๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ & ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ, ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐. Duke has carved out one of blues’ most illustrious legacies, while also trodding some lofty related territories as a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, bandleader, studio sideman, producer, label operator and educator.
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐.๐., ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐. By adding horns, Roomful announced itself emphatically as the prototypical jump blues band, and became a New England legend and a fixture beyond, as did Duke himself.
๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐-๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ซ (later crystallized memorably in his 2004 release ‘Blue Mood’) was deservedly heralded, but his breadth was also head-turning โ from swing, standards and ballads to rockers, gutbucket Chicago blues and rockabilly.
๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. Duke went from Roomful to a stint with rockabilly revivalist Robert Gordon and then to the first iteration of the Legendary Blues Band, composed primarily of then-recent Muddy Waters sidemen.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐, re-emerging as The Pleasure Kings, with their eponymous 1984 album on Rounder. It and its sequel, โToo Hot To Handle,โ burnished Duke’s songwriting portfolio; the 1987 jazz outing “Swing” (with saxophonist Scott Hamilton) underscored his versatility and remains a highlight.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐. He cut his own much-awaited straight blues album “Duke’s Blues” in 1993 for Canadian imprint Stony Plain, leading eventually to a rewarding, continuing and prolific alliance, along with releases during the ensuing years on Point Blank/Virgin and Shanachie, as well as instructional videos. He has also launched his own labels with Jesse Finkelstein, Blue Duchess/Shining Stone.
๐๐ฎ๐ค๐’๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ Billy Boy Arnold, Joe Louis Walker, Rosco Gordon, Jimmy Witherspoon and Jay McShann, Zuzu Bollin, Billy Price and Otis Clay, Sunny Crownover, Bryan Lee and Al Basile as well as recording two collaborations with Herb Ellis, a pairing with his successor in Roomful, Ronnie Earl, a seat in the New Guitar Summit with J. Geils and Gerry Beaudoin, additional studio credits with Bob Dylan (the well-regarded 1997 “Time Out Of Mind”), Ruth Brown, Johnny Adams, Pinetop Perkins, Snooky Pryor, Al Copley, Todd Sharpville and Tony Z, and touring with Tom Waits in 2006.
๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ. But wait, there’s more: he’s now creating fine art abstract paintings, too! At this point for Duke, versatility and mastery should come as anything but a surprise; it just means more richness in a superlative career to celebrate.
๐๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฑ-๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐-๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ & ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ at Jimmyโs Jazz & Blues Club on ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐.๐. are on sale NOW on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://fb.me/e/28otyvVL0 and the Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club website at: https://jimmysoncongress.com/event/duke-robillard-band/ – ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ – ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ – ๐๐ 5:30 ๐๐!!
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