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About Me

You will recognize me as the one going the way everyone else isn't going.

Welcome to The Duke Western

Im a songwriter and multi instrumentalist, I play guitar, drums and percussion, bass, keys, sing, engineer and tapdance - in fact - I played everything on the recordings your listening to right now in my lil room....

I play guitar and sing with The Square Pegs, and play guitar and sing in Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith Tribute).

Here's a paragraph about the things I've done - aka - bio:

I was a High school music major, a total band fag in every sense. I was in every school band there was on drums and/or guitar. Also was a college music major at OCC where my instrument was drumset. After graduating I went on the road with Toys in the Attic playing bass and then guitar for 3 years. Then I got a call from a small record label in tennessee to come play guitar in a traveling oldies group. I was 23 and had nothing to lose so I went. It was found out that I had engineering skills so I landed in a studio where I recorded Gospel tunes for Kerry Lee Lewis, (wife of Jerry Lee) and a few kia motors commercials as well as a PBS special. I returned to NY in 1999 and joined forces with Square Pegs playing guitar. In 2003 I started The Bufftones with Susan Royal, and Matt Zych - later replaced by Johnny Unconscious and we abbreviated our name to simply "The Tones". We went on to write and record a boatload of material and in 2005 our song "Heard It All B4" was released on KROCK stations statewide. These days Im playing some gigs and focusing on my writing again, as well as engineering and producing fun.

Groups I've worked with/Jammed with/ Produced/engineered:

Smocks Blues, Jacqui and the UFO's, Toys In The Attic, Square Pegs, The Tones, Merit (Aux Records), Bobby Freeman (MCI Records), Tsunami (Beyond Records), UVTV (Live Recording Post Prduction), Feeding Affliction

LIVE AT CLUB LAVA - TURNING STONE CASINO

DJay 360 and S-DOT - LIVE MASHUP @ LAVA. Kanye West - Stronger Feat. Biggie. The Duke Western on Guitar

BEST RAP VIDEO EVER!?
.. eHarmonize on FunnyOrDie.com

My Interests

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Member Since: 7/26/2005
Band Website: thesquarepegs.net toysintheattic.us
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My Blog

Benefit for Bob Griffin

I have a friend from high school - a guitar buddy - Bob Griffin. We met in high school, but became guitar friends AFTER high school as we would jam together at the open mic I used to go to in Os...
Posted by The Duke Western on Fri, 23 May 2008 08:35:00 PST

New Music Posted - more luv songs!

"Anything But Love" posted May 14 - Check it out and add it to your page if you like! Best The Duke
Posted by The Duke Western on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:57:00 PST

Dear Everyone:

Do we really need another song called "Shake It"? Google it and you'll come up with at least 40 songs from the last 50 years entitled "Shake it". "Shake It baby..." Stop keeping ameri...
Posted by The Duke Western on Tue, 13 May 2008 08:06:00 PST

Lessons

I accepted a position to teach private guitar and bass lessons at LA's HILTON MUSIC in Latham, NY on tuesday evenings. I can be reached on here for scheduling, or at LA's Hilton Music 518-7...
Posted by The Duke Western on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:46:00 PST

Earth Day and The Duke at Turning Stone Casino

Me and my Green Guitar have been asked to make a Guest Appearance this Saturday Night at Club Lava at the Turning Stone Casino and Resort to celebrate Earth Day. You can catch NY's most but...
Posted by The Duke Western on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:42:00 PST

THNAKS YUO FKUUKING LOOOZSRS

I'd like to give one big loud mouthed shout out to all those scumbags that have filled one of mankinds greatest networking achievements - the internet - with spam mail. It's people like you spam...
Posted by The Duke Western on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:27:00 PST

Hello Albany!

Its been a really intense month of changes here in Duke Land. I have relocated my existence to Albany, NY. I have been hired as an audio visual tech by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (R....
Posted by The Duke Western on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:21:00 PST

Gerald Leonard Rockower

We lost another great musician last night. Unexpectedly, my father - Gerald Leonard Rockower passed away around 3 am on November 15 2007 from what is being called a pulmonary adema. Gerry was a fanta...
Posted by The Duke Western on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:48:00 PST

Toys in the Attic Video Posted!

I just finished a promotional video for Toys in the Attic featuring clips from sioux falls stadium and harborfest (Oswego ny) - check it out! I posted it on the Toys in the Attic page - and will...
Posted by The Duke Western on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:12:00 PST

~Seagull Guitars~

So - I bought an acoustic yetserday - I played every acoustic guitar in the store - I was on a mission to find "The Acoustic Guitar" for me - and I did! Its been years since I haven't ...
Posted by The Duke Western on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:33:00 PST