Kevin Barry, Mike Rivard, Per Hanson, Paul Bryan, Jay Bellerose, Kenny White, Lorne Entress, Tom West, Dan Rieser, Tim Luntzel, Andy Borger. Album guests include Darrell Scott, Mark Sandman, Billy Conway, Dana Colley, and Sonny Barbato.
Influences
The Beatles, The Band, Merle Haggard, Roy Nichols, Bobby Womack, Ry Cooder, Charles Mingus, Clarence White, Buck Owens, Mike Bloomfield, Hubert Sumlin, Pop Staples, Duane Eddy, Hank Marvin...
Sounds Like
"... conjuring up every Technicolor angel and demon in my sizable collection of guitar LPs. With barely a breath between tunes, they ripped through instrumental versions of Stax hits, cranked up Buddy Holly numbers, a Buck Owens medley, an Ike Turner blues, Santo and Johnny... Incendiary soulful solos were passed back and forth like a bottle of Thunderbird. Sly bursts of chicken pickin punctuated speedy breaks. Mock steel-guitar bends were wrenched from regular guitar strings..."
-- Ted Drozdowski, The Boston Phoenix
Has released three solo albums on Daring Records (now defunct).
Has performed and/or recorded with: Peter Wolf, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Aimee Mann, Otis Rush, Lucy Kaplansky, Jennifer Kimball, Jimmy Ryan, Dennis Brennan, Kenny White, Shawn Colvin, Kathy Mattea, Graham Parker, Del Fuegos, Carol Noonan, David Johnston, Ellis Paul, and others.
Soundtrack credits include Lone Star, Passion Fish, Opposite of Sex, Limbo, Music of the Heart, Prefontaine, Troublesome Creek, and A Walk on the Moon.
From The Noise, this got top billing in this month/last month's live reviews: DUKE LEVINE – Atwood’s, Cambridge, MA 3/31/08 It’s the last night of Duke Levine’s Monday night residency at Atwood’s. It’s a night where a capacity crowd has gathered, shrugging off their responsibility to get a good early night’s for their job or classes, for tonight is about one thing and one thing only: amazing guitar. Duke Levine, of course is my undisputed heavy weight guitar champion of the world and he proves it once again tonight with contrasting beautifully plucked melodies with sizzling solos as brilliant and dazzling as fireworks on a midsummer’s sky. The night features some amazing moments, such as an instrumental versions of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields” and Pink Floyd’s “Us and Them” as well as Duke Levine’s own tunes such as “Mansquito”. Club D’elf’s bassist and main conspirator, Mike Rivard sit in with Duke alongside Kevin Barry, an equally talented axeman picking away at the guitar and lap steel, but when they call in Peter Wolf from the bullpen to sit in and croon a few tunes. The roof is literally blown off the place. This night is over and I loved every minute of it.
HI thnx for the friendship and it’s nice to know you! Think it’s nice to be connected with musicians all over the world. In music we are all alike and speak the same language!!! I think you have very nice music, I enjoyed listening to it…… really sounds GREAT …. !! I respect your work. Greets from “D E E Z E L” (Belgium) and lots of luck in every thing you do!! If you can find the time check out my music too (thnx)
Hey Duke, masterful playing tonight with Antje. I love that pedal steel sound you get out of that Tele! BTW, what was the 8 string guitar thingy you were playing?
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