The Duke - Vocals
Gear:
Shure Microphones
TC Helicon Vocal
Effects
Lagavulin Scotch Whisky
Instrument(s):
Vocals
& Body language
Musical
highlight:
Texel Blues Festival. Four times in a row with DD!
Outstanding fellow musicians,
Blues lovers all around
and lots of Heineken.
A unique Blues island for three days.
My
favourite gig :
The
Night Of Assen (Dutch Moto Grand Prix).
Performed
for 10.000 raving drunken lunatic bikers. Terrific!
All
time favourite gig:
Thin Lizzy featuring John Sykes somewhere in a small village in Holland
Favourite
Duketown Dogs song:
Mean Old Dog
Take
It Like A Man – Dave Meniketti
Favourite
all time song:
Still
Of The Night from Whitesnake
Inspiration
concerning my singin and why:
Ronnie
James Dio,
because he inspired me to start singin, Jon Deverill for melody
reasons.
Today
Glenn
Hughes
for his all-round voice,
bringin soul into rock and rock into soul.
That’s
blues……if you know what I mean.
And
last but not least, the power of all:
Mr.
Tom Jones.
I'm
listening often to:
Dave
Meniketti
(What a guitar player, search for the guy on the
internet)
Do
I listen to other styles of music?
Everything!
As long as you can hear the guitar
All
time CD:
Whitesnake - Restless Heart
Rock with
lots of Blues.
A big part in it by Dutchman Adrian Vandenberg.
All
time blues CD:
Dave
Meniketti – On The Blue Side
All
time artist:
Phil
Lynott, Needs no explanation.
All
time blues artist:
Joe Bonnamassa.
No Blues? Fuck Off
What's
the chemistry of DD, and why is it so great?
Friendship,
and the essence of life:
Whether you have tripped to the stars or
drowned in the
deepest shit pit,
you can hear it in DD’s sound.
Also
the rock influence that Peter and I
bring to the band sets Duketown Dogs
apart from all
other bands in this genre.
Musical
message:
B.B.
King and Santana said it best.
Music is the healer.
It doesn’t matter what style
of music you love,
everyone can share joy and sorrow through this special
medium.
At
your first kiss there is a song present,
also at your final moment,
this is how
I remember people and events.
I
like to think of it as Magic!
