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Duke Robillard Wiki Information
Michael John "Duke" Robillard
(born October 4, 1948 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island) is an American blues musician.
After playing in various bands and working for Guild guitars, he co-founded Roomful of Blues with pianist Al Copley in 1967. He has also been a member of the The Fabulous Thunderbirds which included Kim Wilson, replacing Jimmie Vaughan. Also experienced in Jazz, Swing, Rock and Roll and modern electric blues forms, Robillard is generally regarded as a guitar player keeping the blues style of T-Bone Walker.
He has recorded with artists such as Jimmy Witherspoon, Snooky Prior, Jay McShann, Hal Singer, Pinetop Perkins and Bob Dylan. In the summer of 2006, Robillard accompanied Tom Waits on a ten date tour of the Southern USA. Waits had not visited many of these cites in almost 30 years, and tickets for the Louisville, KY show (which Waits had not played since 1978) sold out in less than 10 minutes.
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DUKE ROBILLARD TICKETS
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Awards
He has been nominated for and has received numerous awards over his career. Awards include:
- 2007 Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts
- 2001 "Best Blues Guitarist" W.C. Handy Award
- 2000 "Best Blues Guitarist" W.C. Handy Award
Robillard has also been nominated for:
- 2007 "Best Contemporary Blues Album" Grammy Award
Discography
- "Let Me Love You"/"Sleepin' on it" (1981) (Wham Single)
- Duke Robillard & The Pleasure Kings
(1984) (Rounder)
- Too Hot to Handle
(1985) (Rounder)
- Swing
(1987) (Rounder)
- You Got Me
(1988) (Rounder)
- Soul Searchin
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters 1988 Blacktop
- Soul Deep
Miki Honeycutt 1989 Rounder
- Rockin' Blues
(1988) (Rounder)
- Royal Blue
Al Copley & Hal Singer 1990 Modern Blues
- Heavy Juice
Greg Piccolo 1990 Blacktop
- Turn it Around
(1991) (Rounder)
- Too Cool to Move
- with Snooky Pryor 1991 Antones
- Poison Kisses
- with Jerry Portnoy 1991 Modern Blues
- Texas Bluesman
- with Zuzu Bolin 1991 Antones
- After Hours Swing Session
(1992) (Rounder)
- Temptation
(1992) (Pointblank)
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
- with Pinetop Perkins 1992 Antones
- Good Understanding
- with Al Copley and the Fabulous Thunderbirds (1993) Suffering Egos Records
- Toolin' Around
- with Arlen Roth 1993 Blue Plate
- Minor Swing
Gerry Beaudoin and David Grisman 1994 North Star
- Spoon's Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon 1995 Stony Plain
- Get Down with the Blues
Tony Z 1995 Tone Cool
- Married to the Blues
- with Mark Hummel 1995 Flying Fish
- Found True Love
- with John Hammond 1996 Pointblank
- Hootie's Jumpin' Blues
- with Jay McShann 1997 Stony Plain
- Time out of Mind
- with Bob Dylan 1997 Columbia
- Duke Robillard Plays Jazz
(1997) (Rounder)
- Duke Robillard Plays Blues
(1997) (Rounder)
- New Blues for Modern Man
(1998) (Stretchin' Out)
- Jimmy Witherspoon with The Duke Robillard Band
Jimmy Witherspoon 1999 Stony Plain
- Living with the Blues
(2000) (Stony Plain)
- Still Jumpin' The Blues
Jay McShann 2000 Stony Plain
- Blow Mr. Low
- with Doug James 2001 Stony Plain
- More Conversations in Swing Guitar
(2002) (Stony Plain)
- Exalted Lover
(2003) (Stony Plain)
- Blue Mood
(2003) (Stony Plain)
- The Duke Meets The Earl
(2004) (Stony Plain)
- Guitar Groove-A-Rama
(2006) (Stony Plain)
- Duke's Box
(2009) (Dixie Frog)
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