Two-time Grammy nominee, four-time Blues Music Award winner, and winner of numerous other awards, including International Artist of the Year from the Toronto Blues Society, the highest blues honor in Canada. Duke Robillard has had a stellar career. But it isn’t over yet.

 

Recently signing with Nola Blue Records has resulted in the Album Blast Off by Duke Robillard and his All-Star Band. As the name of this album indicates, it is dynamite with twelve tracks covering the spectrum of American Roots that Duke has championed his entire five-decade career and delivers as you would expect, a rollicking, rocking, blues, jump. rockabilly, swing, and R&B good time.

 

Of the twelve tracks on Blast Off, there are three originals, including “Feel My Cares,” written by Duke sixty years ago when he was 17. Of the nine other tracks Robillard puts his own spin on them, including a tribute to Booker T & the MGs, specifically the late guitarist Steve Cropper on the swamped-up instrumental “Galactic Grease.”

 

Be prepared to be blown away as you are among the very first to experience Blast Off live as we celebrate the great music with this Album Release Party. The intimate Donald L. Oat Theater, with its amazing acoustics, will immerse you in sound. There’s not a bad seat in the house, making for incredible listening, so be sure to bring your dancing shoes, as you can expect that Duke Robillard and His All-Star Band will have you on your feet as only they can.