Duke Special – No Cover Up
Other Artists May 27th, 2007
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I was watching Later…with Jools Holland. It’s a great show on Rave (Dish) and caught this band Duke Special. I had never heard them before (or the lead singer/songwriter Peter) but they are truly unique and quite brilliant.
Duke Special is one of a kind, a unique and talented young Belfast man whose bruised romanticism and soft Northern tinged vocals are at sharp juxtaposition with his wild dreadlocks, smudged eyeliner and unfeasibly wide trousers.
On stage, Duke Special explodes into musical mayhem the battered old trademark gramophone wheezes, huge cymbals clash, egg whisks and cheese graters break free from the kitchen, a stumpf fiddle screeches and the crushed velvet covered piano thumps and tinks in unison but its the very core of the songs, his heartfelt, passionate poems, that will remain in your head long after the lights have gone down.
On a more personal note, Peter (Duke Special) is a legend in many circles (Ireland, UK, and other areas of the EU). A talented musician playing for the love of it. He has relentlessly toured the UK and Ireland for the past 3+ years, playing in some terrible and some fantastic venues in order to get himself heard. Anyone who has seen him live will have instantly fallen in love with his incredible music, that ranges from the beautiful “Wake Up Scarlett” and “Love is a Series of Scars” to the up beat “Freewheel”.
The song below is called No Cover Up – a good piece of writing.
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