05.10.2011 // Blog, News, Press // ddukes
Thanks to all you music nerds who voted us Savannah’s best acoustic band of 2011 in the Connect Savannah readers poll. You guys are nice.
03.22.2011 // News // ddukes
Horizon Watchers and Sidewalk-crack Counters,
Bits of reality, formed in invisible places, have been known to suddenly appear and fly right by without my taking notice. Sometimes these bits, large and small, will plop right down in my lap and force me to do things that are not on any of the reigning lists. This can be trying, but I do my best to accommodate reality’s demands.
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03.01.2011 // Blog, News // ddukes
Only two weeks until the Savannah Stopover Festival! Check out the calendar of all the sparkly touring and local bands and buy your passes now.
If you pass one of the hard-working festival staff members on the street, shake their hands and give them a hug for bringing so many great indie bands to our weird and wonderful city.
And don’t forget to come out and see Dare Dukes + the Blackstock Collection share a bill with Jon Lindsay, Saturday, March 12 at Civvies. All-ages! (RSVP on Facebook.)
Savannah Stopover Promo from Savannah Stopover on Vimeo.
02.02.2011 // News // ddukes
Februarians,
We have oh so much to report.
First, if you’re in or near Savannah, I’m playing this Friday, February 4, with two great bands. The Red River (from Long Beach and Portland) will be passing through town on their winter tour. I played with them last October, and, if you were there, you saw them make the audience levitate. Truly wonderful. NPR’s All Songs Considered named their recent release Best of 2010. The lovely local Brandon Nelson McCoy will open. Details are below.
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12.09.2010 // News // ddukes
My wanderers of malls, my solstice missionaries,
Giving stuff this holiday season?
I’m offering my neato stuff at special prices: CDs, t-shirts, posters, and combinations of the above. One package includes a CD of lo-fi demo recordings of songs that will show up in more sparkly and polished forms on my new record, slated for release in 2011. (This includes all embarrassing vocal pitch irregularities, poorly worded early drafts of lyrics, and hand-drawn album “art.”) Whoa, a collector’s item to be sure! So head on over to my holiday merch page and get busy.
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11.03.2010 // News // ddukes
Dear Joy Bundlers,
Let’s keep this brief and to the point so that I can go back to hugging and feeding my new son. Yes, that’s right, my wife and I adopted a perfect little human being three weeks ago, and we’re extraordinarily happy and sleep deprived).
I’m playing two very exciting shows this weekend in Savannah: one loud, the other soft. So pick your decibel level and your bedtime and come on out for what will be my last show for many a month (while I learn how to raise a little boy and finish recording the new record).
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09.01.2010 // News // ddukes
Dear Revelators and Tolerators,
Happy day to all faithful and secular celebrants near, far, and in between. And may all book-burners, holy or otherwise, find themselves doused with cool and refreshing water. Here’s hoping we all find our particular gods in squirt guns, garden hoses, and Dixie Riddle Cups.
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08.01.2010 // News // ddukes
Dear Dog Dayers,
There are many, many reasons to venture below the Mason-Dixon line. Biscuits, hospitality, burning bushes, front porches, meandering and eccentric conversationalists, and haunted junkyards come to mind. August? August is not one of them. If you are north or west, we advise you to remain north or west until the heat and hurricanes move on.
Despite the meteorological challenges, Dare Dukes + the Blackstock Collection have a handful of items that are particularly worthy of report. We encourage you to read carefully all the way to the bottom and receive your End-of-Email Bonus Prize.
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07.01.2010 // News // ddukes
Thunderstormers,
It’s that time of year in Savannah when the weather is Biblical: humidity you can eat with a fork, afternoon thunderstorms that threaten to relocate your house. For reasons of survival, we do what the cicadas tell us to do—walk slowly, nap.
Savannanians, we’ve got a show this Friday, July 23, at the Sentient Bean. A couple of stellar acts from Atlanta will be joining, Dave Daniels and the band Lille. So come on out and hear what you’ve been missing. I’ll be continuing to polish the ultra-new material before we go into the studio in two weeks!
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06.01.2010 // News // ddukes
Catfish eaters and speakers-in-tongue,
As always, hang in there through the whole email and get an end-of-email prize.
Super Duper Point of This Email: I’m giddy. Why? This Saturday in Athens, Georgia, I’m sharing the stage with alt-country super nerd and spiritual fried-fish-eater Jim White. If you don’t know his music (shame on you), he falls somewhere between Studs Terkel, Tom Waits, and Kurt Weill. If you live within 400 miles of Athens, I suggest you make the drive. And while you’re there, pinch me. (more…)
