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Current Dukes
Eric "Roscoe"
Ambel
guitar --
originally from Batavia, IL -- recorded with Steve on Jerusalem, the Townes Tribute, NRBQ
tribute, appears in the Trancendental Blues video the Just An American Boy DVD and The Revolution Starts....Now.
Ambel and soundman Matt Svbodny recorded the Steve Earle and the Dukes shows
for the Just An American Boy: Audio
Documentary. Eric has toured with Steve in 2000-2005 since
joining the Dukes in May of 2000, Eric is very busy when not on the road with
Steve producing records at his Williamsburg, Brooklyn recording studio, Cowboy
Technical Services Recording Rig. Some of the artists he has produced records
for: the Bottle Rockets, Nils Lofgren, Mary Lee's
Corvette, the Blood Oranges, Cheri Knight, Tammy Fay Starlite, Chris Harford,
Joe Flood and Kasey Anderson and Blue Mountain.
Eric was a founding member of
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and
the New York band The Del Lords. He
released a solo record titled Roscoe's
Gang (named after his own band) in '88 on Enigma and
another solo record titled Loud
and Lonesome in '95 on East Side Digital. Both of these
records were reissued in deluxe remastered versions by Lakeside Lounge Records www.ericambel.com
Eric has just released his
third solo record titled Knucklehead on
his own Lakeside Lounge Records label. Knucklehead has
a new Steve Earle song The Usual Time. Steve also
sings with Ambel on the new version of the Del-Lords near hit Judas Kiss.
Eric has a band with Dan
Baird, Keith Christopher, and Terry Anderson called the Yayhoos.
The Yayhoos
released their first full release Fear Not The Obvious
on Bloodshot Records in
August 2001. The Yayhoos followup titled Put The Hammer Down will be released in
spring of '06 on Ambel's Lakeside Lounge Records.
Roscoe also co-owns a popular
East Village nightspot with writer/DJ Jim "The Hound" Marshall called
The Lakeside Lounge. Lots of great bands
have played the Lakeside including the Bottle
Rockets, Backsliders, Freedy Johnston, Star City, Tandy, Royal City, The
Prissteens, Dee Dee Ramone, Andre Williams, Ryan Adams, Steve Wynn, the Hugh
Pool Duo, and one time, Steve Earle and the Dukes.
More information on Eric and
his recording / producing / songwriting can be found at www.ericambel.com.
Also see Eric's recording studio
Kelly Looney
bass — a native Nashvillian
— recorded with Steve on Copperhead Road, The
Hard Way, Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator,
and rejoined Steve for the recordings of I Feel
Alright, El Corazón, Transcendental
Blues, and Jerusalem — has been touring
as a Duke since 1996 — has also recorded and toured with Billy Joe Shaver,Webb Wilder and
toured with Deana Carter.
Will Rigby
drums — born and raised
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina — Will's first gig as a Duke was FarmAid
'99, he recorded with Steve on Transcendental
Blues, Jerusalem, Open Your Window
(included on Sidetracks), and several tribute
album cuts — touring with Steve in 2000-2003.
In 1976, Will's band Sneakers released
one of the first indie-rock records. Will is a founding member of
The dB's (from 1978-88) and is the proprietor of The
dB's Online. Since then he has played live and/or recorded with
Matthew Sweet, Kelly Willis, Cheri Knight (including The Northeast Kingdom
on E-Squared), Laura Cantrell, Freedy Johnston, Jill Sobule, Tommy Womack,
Eric Ambel & Roscoe's Gang, Wanda Jackson, Panther Burns, Mojo Nixon,
Murray Attaway, and many others. Will moved to Nashville in 2000
after 22 years as a New Yorker. Will also has his own band, Will
Rigby's Unmentionables, that plays around NYC and Nashville occasionally.
His 2002 album Paradoxaholic is available on Diesel Only; previous solo
releases are an eponymous EP (Hello CD, 1995); two 45s (Ricky Skaggs
Tonite / Red Bra & Panties / Long Torso, Short Stubby
Legs on Diesel Only, 1993;
Dave
/ The Room's Still Spinnin' on SOL, 1992); and an LP (Sidekick
Phenomenon on Egon, 1985). Will has a song on the 2003 v/a compilation,
Hit
The Hay Volume 6 (on Sweden's Soundasleep Records), The Question
(first time on CD).
A rotating selection of his songs is available
for listening and downloading at artists.mp3s.com/artists/197/will_rigby.html.
Past & Occasional Dukes
Bucky (William) Baxter
steel guitar — originally
from New Jersey — recorded with Steve for Guitar
Town, Exit 0, Copperhead
Road, The Hard Way, Shut
Up And Die Like An Aviator, and BBC Radio 1
Live In Concer, co-produced and played on In The Jailhouse Now,
from 1997, which was recorded by Steve and the V-roys for The Songs
Of Jimmie Rodgers – A Tribute — played and toured with Bob Dylan for
seven years (Bucky played with Dylan on his MTV Unplugged appearance).
see Bucky's
website
write to buckybax@yahoo.com
to join an info mailing list
"Bucky has a 2000
release of an instrumental recording called Most Likely, No Problem.
This album was done in 1993 and is just now being released. Some
things take time. Bucky plays most of the instruments himself (who
wouldn't if you could play like him). It's a dizzying array of folk,
county, jazz, reggae and more. Not a weak sister to be found on this
one." — Bill Laverly (http://villagerecords.com)
Richard Bennett
guitars, bass — recorded
with Steve on Guitar Town (as well as being
associate producer) and Exit 0 (and co-producer),
rejoined Steve for a Guitar Town special live show in Nashville
in February 2002.
Brady Blade
drums — recorded with Steve
on El Corazón and was part of the 1997
and 1998 tours, recorded with Buddy Miller, has also toured with Emmylou
Harris and appears on Emmylou Harris' Spyboy album, and appears
on the Vigilantes Of Love 1999 release.
Norman Blake
guitar — recorded with
Steve on and toured with Steve in support of Train
A Comin'.
Pat Carter
acoustic guitar — an early
Duke from the LSI sessions — recorded with Steve on the Pink
& Black EP and Early Tracks LP.
Kurt Custer
drums — from Carson, California
— recorded with Steve on Copperhead Road, rejoined
Steve for the recording of I Feel Alright, and
was part of the 1996 tour — has also toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd — was part
of the bands Little America and Daisie Rifles — recorded two albums with
The Max Band in Nashville before moving back to Los Angeles in 1999 to
concentrate on a solo project. His 2002 release, Peaceful Lunatic,
is available at cdbaby.com/cd/kurtcuster.
Justin Earle
guitar — originally from
Tennesse — has toured with Steve as part of the crew and band since 2002.
Patrick Earle
drums and percussion —
originally from Texas — has toured with Steve as part of the crew since
forever and as part of the band since 2002, and recorded with Steve on
the sountrack songs All Of My Life (from the remake of Psycho
and also included on Transcendental
Blues) and Time Has Come Today
(from
Steal This Movie),
as well as on Jerusalem.
Stacey Earle
harmony and background vocals
— originally from Texas (born in Louisiana) — toured with Steve in 1990
and recorded with Steve on The Hard Way, nd Shut
Up And Die Like An Aviator and Transcendental
Blues— married to former Duke Mark Stuart — has her own CDs, Simple
Gearle and Dancin' With Them That Brung Me, out
— wrote the song For Years recorded by Sammy Kershaw on his Politics,
Religion and Her album.
Dwayne "Zip" Gibson
guitar — originally from
Pasadena, Texas — an early Duke (from 1983) — rejoined Steve in 1990 for
The
Hard Way, currently working and recording in Nashville.
see www.abacusrecords.com/bios/thezgb/zgbbio.htm
Emory Gordy,
Jr.
bass, mandolin — recorded
with Steve on Guitar Town and Exit
0 (as well as co-producing both) — the original bass player in Emmylou
Harris' Hot Band from 1974 until around 1980, also was a member of the
Cherry Bombs (Rodney Crowell's band) — has produced Patty Loveless, Vince
Gill, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
Jack Bullett Harris
drums — originally from
Ft. Worth, Texas — an early Duke (1983) and toured with Steve in support
of LSI's Pink And Black EP and the Epic singles. After leaving
the Dukes, Bullett toured and recorded with a variety of artists working
out of the Nashville area. He left Nashville in May of 1993 to join
the Night Owls, a Texas based band.
Bullett is currently teaching and playing
drums in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. His favorite gig is at the Freedom
Christian Fellowship near DFW airport where he performs every Sunday with
a Christian R&B group for the Praise and Worship Services.
Eric Horn, D.C. -
bass played with The Dukes from 85-86
Eric is now a Chiropractor in Ft Worth, Texas. He's currently playing with Sumter Bruton in a Blues,
Country-Rock band, The Hank Hankshaw Band based in Ft. Worth Texas.
He can be emailed at ehorn@parkercc.edu
Roy Huskey, Jr.
acoustic bass, bass — recorded
with Steve on and toured with Steve in support of Train
A Comin', also recorded on El Corazón
— passed away in 1997 from cancer — had also recorded and performed with
George Jones and Johnny Cash.
John Jarvis
piano — joined Steve for
a Guitar Town special live show in Nashville in February 2002 and
recorded with Steve on Jerusalem.
Ron "Reno" Kling
bass — originally from
St. Louis, Missouri — an early Duke from the LSI sessions — recorded with
Steve as "Ron Kling" for the Pink &
Black EP and Early Tracks LP, and as
"Reno" on Exit 0 — currently a vice president for
Warner Western (a record label) in Nashville — also was a member of the
group Billy Hill.
Doug Lancio
guitar — toured with Steve
in December 1999 — recorded with Steve on Transcendental
Blues.
Mike McAdam
guitar — originally from
Richmond, Virginia — recorded with Steve on Exit 0,
BBC
Radio One Live In Concert, and the Planes Trains and Automobiles
soundtrack — toured with him 1986 through 1989, rejoined Steve for a Guitar
Town special live show in Nashville in February 2002 as well as a 2002
Grand Ole Opry appearance — before becoming a Duke, was one of the founding
members of the Good Humor Band (which, incidentally, backed up Steve at
the Danny Gatton benefit at the Birchmere in 1998) — has recorded and toured
with Foster & Lloyd, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Greg Trooper, Radney Foster,
Jack Ingram, Charlie Robison, Bruce Robison, Matraca Berg, David Wilcox,
Charlie Major, Jim Lauderdale and others — has toured with Deana Carter,
Lee Roy Parnell, Jeff Black, Bill Lloyd, Amy Rigby, and others
Mike is now a partner in the Silvertone
Recording Studio" in Nashville, produces records there (including L.A.
country rockers High or Hellwater, Susan Greenbaum and Carson Huggins).
Mike released his debut solo disc, A
Million Miles, in 2002. More information on Mike and his recording
/ producing / songwriting can be found at www.michaelmcadam.com.
Buddy (Steven)
Miller
guitar — part of the 1997
and 1998 tours — Steve calls Buddy's 1995 release Your Love And Other
Lies "the country album of the decade" — Buddy's recent album is Poison
Love and includes a duet with Steve on the title song, Buddy co-produced
and performed on the Julie Miller (Buddy's wife) album Blue Pony,
produced Greg Trooper's Popular Demons, appears on Emmylou Harris'
Spyboy,
and sings on Chris Knight's eponymous album.
see a
Buddy Miller website
Ken Moore
keyboards — originally
from Raleigh, North Carolina — learning to play the pipe organ and writing
music — recorded with Steve for Guitar Town,
Exit
0, Copperhead Road, The
Hard Way, Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator,
and the bootleg The Road And The Sky — Ken rejoined
Steve for the recording of I Feel Alright, and
is currently in California teaching music.
Gary Morse
pedal steel — joined Steve
for a Guitar Town special live show in Nashville in February 2002.
Martin Parker
drums — an early Duke from
the LSI sessions — recorded with Steve on the Pink
& Black EP and Early Tracks LP —
also was a member of the group Billy Hill, and has toured with Vince Gill.
Donny Roberts
guitar — recorded with
Steve on BBC Radio One Live In Concert and toured
with him in 1988 — has also toured with Webb Wilder.
Peter Rowan
mandolin, mandola — recorded
with Steve on and toured with Steve in support of Train
A Comin' — has released several solo bluegrass albums — has also performed
and recorded with Bill Monroe.
David Steele
guitar — from Bloomington,
Indiana — studied at the Berklee school of music in Boston — a Duke for
the 1996 and part of the 1998 tours and recorded with Steve on El
Corazón and Transcendental
Blues — has also toured and/or recorded with John Hiatt, John Prine,
Larry Crane, Pam Tillis, John Prine, and Deana Carter.
Harry
Stinson
drums — originally from
Nashville, Tennessee — recorded with Steve on Guitar
Town, Exit 0, Steve's contribution to the Skynyrd
Frynds album What's Your Name, and rejoined Steve for a Guitar
Town special live show in Nashville in February 2002 — co-principal
in the Dead Reckoning record label — performs and records with Dead Reckoning
artists Kieran Kane, Tammy Rogers & Don Heffington, Kevin Welch, and
Mike Henderson.
Mark Stuart
keyboards, guitar — from
Ashland City, Tennessee — recorded with Steve on El
Corazón — toured with Steve 1996-1998 (keyboards, guitar, and
mandolin, and "anything he can get his hands on" says Steve) — married
to Steve's sister Stacey Earle (who is also a former Duke) — front man
of the roots band Long Gone Daddies... has out his own CD
Songs From
The Corner Stage.
Glenn Worf
bass — joined Steve for
a Guitar Town special live show in Nashville in February 2002.
Craig Wright
drums — recorded with Steve
on The Hard Way, Shut
Up And Die Like An Aviator, and the bootleg The
Road And The Sky — toured with Steve on The Hard
Way tour and the summer 1998 tour — has also played with Shaver (Billy
Joe Shaver's band).
The
Del McCoury Band
recorded with Steve
on The Mountain and toured with Steve in the first
half of 1999
Del McCoury —
guitar,
vocal
Ronnie McCoury —
mandolin,
vocal
Rob McCoury —
banjo
Jason Carter —
fiddle
Mike Bub —
bass
Bluegrass
Dukes
toured with Steve
in the latter half of 1999
Tim O'Brien —
mandolin,
vocals
from Wheeling, WV — recorded with
Steve on Transcendental Blues —
multi-instrumentalist (mandolin, fiddle, banjo, guitar), member of Hot
Rize (1970s-1990), has performed with O'Boys, and with his sister as Tim
and Mollie O'Brien — some of Tim's albums are Away Out On A Mountain,
Rock
In My Shoe,
Red On Blonde (an album of Bob Dylan covers), When
No One's Around, and The Crossing. Songs From The Mountain
album (accompanying the book Cold Mountain) is also basically a Tim album
Darrell Scott —
banjo,
dobro, vocals
multi-instrumentalist (banjo,
bass, dobro, pedal steel guitar, guitar, autoharp) — recorded with Steve
on Transcendental Blues — Often
performs with Tim O'Brien, Sam Bush, Verlon Thompson, and Suzi Ragsdale
— some of Darrell's albums are Aloha from Nashville and Family
Tree — he plays guitar on Sam Bush's Glamour & Grits; is
featured on several Guy Clark albums, including Keepers and Dublin
Blues; is on many Tim O'Brien albums, including When No One's Around;
and played on Garth Brooks' Seven.
Casey Driessen —
fiddle
From the south suburbs of Chicago
— recorded with Steve on Transcendental
Blues — graduated in 2000 from the Berklee College of Music with a
major in Music Production and Engineering — has recorded with Robbie Fulks
on Country Love Songs, Darol Anger's latest album, many demos, and
radio and TV commercials — has played with Lonesome River Band, Judith
Edelman Band, Darol Anger, Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, Special Consensus,
Wayfaring Strangers (with Matt Glaser), Bobby Lee Rodgers and the Herd
(a Boston area rock band)
Dennis Crouch —
bass
Recorded with Steve on Transcendental
Blues — has recorded with Aubrey Hayne on Doin My Time and plays
with many bluegrass groups
Los
Gringos
a band that Steve was a member of in his
early days in Nashville
Jimmy Gray—
bass
Richard Marz —
steel
guitar
Jimmy "Jimbeau" Walsh—
drums
George Turner—
guitar
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