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Du-Rite Aces

Greg Demchuk and the Du-Rite Aces

About Me

This band sounds like all the stuff we dig - blues, jump, rockabilly, western swing, all mixed up into one big stew. So if you like live music played honest with no gimmicks come check us out, good times guaranteed.

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Member Since: 2/27/2006
Band Website: under construction - duriteaces.com
Band Members: Greg "Junior" Demchuk - take off guitar and vocals; Graham Guest - piano and vocals; Andy Graffiti - lead and rhythm drums, vocals; Rob Oxoby/Pete Turland - upright bass. Good friends you might also see on some of our shows include Steve Gerard and Mike Clark.Album features the above gigging unit as well as guests including James Taylor (Twisters)- RIP, Jimmy Roy (Big Sandy, Ray Condo), Victor Polyik (VP and the Hammerheads), Johnny Ferreira (Swing Machine, Colin James), Jerry Cook (Powder Blues Band), and Sandy Smith (Sandybone, Twisters).
Sounds Like: A roots roundup of blues - jump, chicago, 40's texas, bit of western swing feel, rockabilly edge and 100 % upright bass throughout - the grease that keeps all of those styles swinging. RIP - JT, Ray, and BAJ.
Record Label: Big Box
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Eddy B CD review

If you talk about the great guitarists in Canada you have to include the name of Greg "Junior" Demchuk. I first heard him play many years ago when he was the lead man in the well-known West Coast Blue...
Posted by Du-Rite Aces on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:52:00 PST

Bruce Stoval

Myself and all of the Du-Rite Aces wish to extend sincere thoughts and prayers to Grant Stoval and all of the Stoval family on the sad news of Bruce Stoval's sudden passing on January 12, 2007.  ...
Posted by Du-Rite Aces on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:33:00 PST

JT

Hey everybody just wanted to say it's been a year since we all lost a great friend and musician in James Taylor (JT).  Everyone misses him like crazy and it doesn't make any more sense now then i...
Posted by Du-Rite Aces on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:40:00 PST

CD Review

GREG DEMCHUK & THE DU-RITE ACES: DEAL ME IN (BIG BOX RECORDS) --by Gary Tate Greg Demchuk's name packs a lot of clout on the Canadian blues/bluesabilly scene. In a career spanning two decades, thi...
Posted by Du-Rite Aces on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:27:00 PST