What do you get when you combine an inner calling, a sick passion and an uncommon urgency with The Blues, Rock N’ Roll and Americana?... You get the highly evolved musical madness of guitarist Duffy Kane. Duffy is a man who just wants to play guitar. His music is as diverse as he is American. His fever for the guitar is evident in his sheer electricity on stage. Like a volcano that is ready to erupt… Duffy is the real deal on stage and off.
Born in Weirton WV, Duffy Kane was surrounded by the sounds of Jazz, Classical, Blues and Country. A classically trained violist; he altered his knowledge of the violin and easily transferred it to the guitar. A self taught guitar player with a classically trained ear is the foundation for Duffy’s provocative guitar style. His mother was a guitar player. When Duffy was a kid there was a beat up guitar that sat in the corner of his living room. Duffy remembers grieving as a child because his yearning to pick up that guitar was so strong but his father forbade him. That created even more of a yearning to grab that guitar and let it rip! Finally, when he was 16… he saved enough money to buy his own Les Paul and never looked back.
A cross between Stevie Ray Vaughan’s musicianship and Ted Nugent’s stage presence… his style evolved into a need. He started playing festivals and performed with Blues greats: Johnny Winter, Big Jack Johnson, Tino Gonzales, Debbie Davies, Sonny Rhodes, the Nighthawks, and Smokey Wilson. He recorded his first studio album Let Your Insides Do the Talking at 16th Avenue Sound in Nashville with Grammy nominated producer Brian Hardin (Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Daniels).
Duffy Kane’s new record is set for release May 2014 and has been inspired by Duffy’s need to tell his story. The debut album touches on geo politics but is not preachy. Duffy says, “I write to wake people up to the true nature of the geo political dogs that are screwing up our planet. I feel the need to present the truth and music is a safe way to do that... well maybe not safe… but a good way to convey emotion.”
The debut single entitled “I’ve Been Lied To” deals with the lies and disappointments that Duffy has experienced in the music business.
It stretches tonal boundaries and introduces more colorful, harmonic passages.. The second single, “Why My Road” is a slow cooked tribute to Texas Blues. Kane’s musicianship is based deep within the roots of The Blues while showcasing his original signature sound.
Duffy’s new work aims at powerful and wins. The songs will make you laugh and cry and will hopefully enlighten. Duffy says, “The songs on this album are really about being an individual in the light of truth and not in darkness. They are my own personal struggles to choose the light. I want to do what is good and I hope I can help others through my music and my message.”
Duffy is currently on tour throughout the North and South East. Seeing Duffy live is an experience that will uplift your soul. He’s been called a Roadhouse Mozart and that name follows him because of the truth behind it. A rogue renaissance musician who is ahead of his time… Duffy is a man on the run. Please check his website: www.duffykane.com for tour dates.
February 15, 2014- New York, NY- Blues/
Rock guitarist, Duffy Kane will release his LP entitled “Dead Man
Walking” this May, 2014. Duffy will hit the road this spring to play the
House of Blues in Orlando as well as other dates in Florida, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. His passion to combine
The Blues, Rock N’ Roll and Americana is evident on
his new LP. His music is as diverse as he is American. His fever for the
guitar is evident in his sheer electricity on stage.
A cross between Stevie Ray Vaughan’s passion and Ted Nugent’s stage presence… Duffy’s style evolved into a need. He started playing festivals and performed with Blues greats such as: Johnny Winter, Big Jack Johnson, Tino Gonzales, Debbie Davies, Sonny Rhodes, the Nighthawks, and Smokey Wilson. He recorded his first studio album Let Your Insides Do the Talking at 16th Avenue Sound in Nashville with Grammy nominated producer Brian Hardin (Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Daniels).
Duffy’s debut album touches on geo politics but isn’t preachy. Duffy says, “I write to wake people up to the true nature of the geo political dogs that are screwing up our planet. I feel the need to present the truth and music is a safe way to do that... well maybe not safe… but a good way to convey emotion.”
The debut single entitled “I’ve Been Lied To” deals with the lies and disappointments that Duffy has experienced. It stretches tonal boundaries and introduces more colorful, harmonic passages.
His second single, “Why My Road” is a slow cooked tribute to Texas Blues. Kane’s musicianship is based deep within the roots of The Blues while simultaneously showcasing his original signature sound.
Duffy says, “The songs on this album are about being an individual in the light of truth and not in darkness. They are my own personal struggles to choose the light. I want to do what is good and I hope to help others through my music and my message.”
Kane has been called a Roadhouse Mozart. He’s a rogue renaissance musician who’s ahead of his time.
Please check his website: www.duffykane.com for tour dates in VA, MD, DE, NC, SC, FL in March and April
Richard Kennedy, Music Director for Roy Clark:
"Duffy Kane made me sit up and actually listen - his music is not something that you can just have playing in the background. He draws you into a world created by a sound that comes from experience. The roots of his music are obviously deep yet he takes the listener to new ground - familiar and at the same time uncontaminated by cliche."
Michael B. Sutton, Composer, former Staff Writer/Producer at Classic Motown
"Duffy is the real deal. Love the music! Great voice and guitar chops as well...whole lotta soul!!"
Keith Hannaleck, Muzik Reviews.com
"Duffy Kane looks like one tough hombre in his publicity shot and that may be true but if you listen to his music you know straight away that one picture does not define a man. It is the music of Kane that makes him. The sounds of Blues, Americana and Rock will come pouring out your speakers like a raging river, just hang on and hope you can stay afloat! Diversity rules the roost with the music of Mr. Kane and that is what got him his place on our site. He does it all very well."
Bryan Wodaski, Queen City Performing Arts Develoopment, Inc
"Kane represents a man who has found his way, with a very accomplished style that is not formulaic or derivative. There is no need for him to copy anyone. He is an American original."
John Fizer, Graffiti Mag, Music Monthly, Pulp Radio
"For my two cents I'll go on record as saying he is without a doubt of international caliber and probably the best Texas blues player since Stevie Ray Vaughn."
Craig Keyes, EMR Productions, Salt Lake City UT
"The best unsigned blues artist I've seen to date. You definately don't want to follow him on stage. Hard act to follow."
A cross between Stevie Ray Vaughan’s passion and Ted Nugent’s stage presence… Duffy’s style evolved into a need. He started playing festivals and performed with Blues greats such as: Johnny Winter, Big Jack Johnson, Tino Gonzales, Debbie Davies, Sonny Rhodes, the Nighthawks, and Smokey Wilson. He recorded his first studio album Let Your Insides Do the Talking at 16th Avenue Sound in Nashville with Grammy nominated producer Brian Hardin (Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Daniels).
Duffy’s debut album touches on geo politics but isn’t preachy. Duffy says, “I write to wake people up to the true nature of the geo political dogs that are screwing up our planet. I feel the need to present the truth and music is a safe way to do that... well maybe not safe… but a good way to convey emotion.”
The debut single entitled “I’ve Been Lied To” deals with the lies and disappointments that Duffy has experienced. It stretches tonal boundaries and introduces more colorful, harmonic passages.
His second single, “Why My Road” is a slow cooked tribute to Texas Blues. Kane’s musicianship is based deep within the roots of The Blues while simultaneously showcasing his original signature sound.
Duffy says, “The songs on this album are about being an individual in the light of truth and not in darkness. They are my own personal struggles to choose the light. I want to do what is good and I hope to help others through my music and my message.”
Kane has been called a Roadhouse Mozart. He’s a rogue renaissance musician who’s ahead of his time.
Please check his website: www.duffykane.com for tour dates in VA, MD, DE, NC, SC, FL in March and April
Richard Kennedy, Music Director for Roy Clark:
"Duffy Kane made me sit up and actually listen - his music is not something that you can just have playing in the background. He draws you into a world created by a sound that comes from experience. The roots of his music are obviously deep yet he takes the listener to new ground - familiar and at the same time uncontaminated by cliche."
Michael B. Sutton, Composer, former Staff Writer/Producer at Classic Motown
"Duffy is the real deal. Love the music! Great voice and guitar chops as well...whole lotta soul!!"
Keith Hannaleck, Muzik Reviews.com
"Duffy Kane looks like one tough hombre in his publicity shot and that may be true but if you listen to his music you know straight away that one picture does not define a man. It is the music of Kane that makes him. The sounds of Blues, Americana and Rock will come pouring out your speakers like a raging river, just hang on and hope you can stay afloat! Diversity rules the roost with the music of Mr. Kane and that is what got him his place on our site. He does it all very well."
Bryan Wodaski, Queen City Performing Arts Develoopment, Inc
"Kane represents a man who has found his way, with a very accomplished style that is not formulaic or derivative. There is no need for him to copy anyone. He is an American original."
John Fizer, Graffiti Mag, Music Monthly, Pulp Radio
"For my two cents I'll go on record as saying he is without a doubt of international caliber and probably the best Texas blues player since Stevie Ray Vaughn."
Craig Keyes, EMR Productions, Salt Lake City UT
"The best unsigned blues artist I've seen to date. You definately don't want to follow him on stage. Hard act to follow."
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