Dare Dukes + the Blackstock Collection Play The Living Room on Thurs., Jan. 28th

DOWNLOAD: Dare Dukes + the Blackstock Collection - "Old West Broad" (rough cut)

Savannah, Georgia's Dare Dukes released his well-received debut CD, Prettiest Transmitter of All, in 2008 and he is road-testing some new material prior to going into the studio this summer to record his second disc.

Here is one of the press quotes for Prettiest Transmitter of All:

"Four stars...[Dukes'] melodies are hook-laden but intricate. If forced to choose between a major or minor chord, Dare always chooses the less obvious and more interesting latter...Like [Vic] Chestnutt, he shows a deep affinity for the strangeness and eccentricities in people. The people in Dukes' songs are not losers per se; they are just different, kind of like we all are. And Dukes loves them for that, which makes it very easy to in turn love Dukes."
—Al Kaufman, Atlanta Music Guide, December 10, 2008

Dare is playing The Living Room on Thursday, January 28th. Dare's set is at 10PM and cover is $7.00.



Links:
Dare Dukes' MySpace Profile

Dare Dukes Plays The Living Room on June 21st

DOWNLOAD: Dare Dukes - "Bakersfield" (MP3)

San Jose, CA to Savannah, Georgia transplant Dare Dukes released his debut CD, Prettiest Transmitter of All, late last year and he is coming to New York for a show at The Living Room on June 21st.

Prettiest Transmitter of All mixes wistful pop hooks with the eccentricities of Northern California's exit-ramp culture.

"Everyone knows the clichés about suburbia: It's a stark, sanitized landscape, pretty much soulless,” Dare explains. “No one needs to remind us of that. I'm more interested in the poetry I see there--the weirdness, the anomalies, the resistance. Even in this unlikely grid you can find courageous people and precious things."

Dare Dukes' show at The Living Room starts at 8PM and a $5.00 donation is suggested.

Links:
Dare Dukes' MySpace Profile

Beau Jennings Covers Dwight Yoakam's "Streets of Bakersfield" (free download)

BuffetLibre DJ's have their 80's cover-song project, "Rewind Part 2", going full force and there are some pretty cool songs from a wide range of bands available as free downloads.

Beau Jennings (solo artist and Cheyenne frontman) has contributed a cover of Dwight Yoakam's "Streets of Bakersfield". Beau says "I love "Streets Of Bakersfield", its one of those songs where the listener knows something that the narrator doesn't. But then again you don't realize that till you've listened to the song a few times, so its fun a lot of levels. Plus it sounds good coming out of a roadhouse jukebox."

Links:
Cheyenne's MySpace Profile