Duke Robillard

blues

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 leading 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.[citation needed] 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 B...