In 1987, Duke Robillard released the album Swing (Rounder), a successful combination of jazz and jump blues. He got his old friend, tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton to help him out with the recording.

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“It was Duane Eddy’s ‘Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel.’ What a sound, that clean Gretsch tone. I still play licks that I stole from him off of that album.

If Grammy-nominated jazz/blues guitarist Duke Robillard did nothing other than start Roomful of Blues in the early ’70s, and stay with them for a decade during their initial burst of success, his ...

Duke Robillard will bring his seven-piece band to Reading Blues Fest, sharing the stage with John Primer and The Real Deal Blues Band, who will open the evening co-bill on Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the ...

Guitar ace Duke Robillard named his latest CD after an atmospheric ode that surfaces halfway through the recording. Yet "Travelin' Mood," the title of the album's final track, seems a far more logical ...

Duke Robillard on working with Bob Dylan, forming Roomful of Blues — and forging his own path Just nominated for three 2025 Blues Music Awards, Robillard plays Fall River Saturday.

Duke Robillard has been defying trends for decades. In 1967 the Rhode Island guitarist formed Roomful of Blues, a brawny, horn-heavy band that provided an antidote to the incense-addled Summer of Love ...

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