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Today let’s chat about The Duhks. They play an amazing combination of Appalachian bluegrass, the odd irish fiddle tune, and a bit of folk rock just to round the mix off. I first found this band when I heard Down To The River off their 2006 album “Migrations”. This song has a wonderful arrangment, a truly sneaky piece of  bluegrass with alternating English and French verses (they’re Canadians) and when you get to the tunes you just know that these are incredibly hot players.

Then they lost two players, replaced them, recorded a new album and wow, they did good. Have a listen to “Mighty Storm” ( a timely song about Galveston getting hit by a storm)and check out the new lead singer, Sarah Dugas.

So what brought this band to the forefront of my brain was spending an evening in the Rainbow Hotel in Fitzroy, listening to friend of mine from New York jamming with the local bluegrass talent and having a ball. And for the life of me I couldn’t remember the name “The Duhks”… I found the track the day after he flew back home. Timing is everything.

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Websites at www.myspace.com/theduhks and www.duhks.com/

The Duhks with John Paul Jones perform Whole Lotta Love at Merlefest 2007 …

thatch is fascinated by guitars, music, guitars, production, silly noises, guitars and used to be a musician. Did I mention the thing about the guitars?
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