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One day in 1997, Duke Robillard got a phone call. Bob Dylan, on a classic Dylan-whim, wanted the blues guitarist to record with him on an album in Miami. Now. “I was told by Dylan’s management ...
Duke Robillard seems to have parted ways with Bob Dylan, just three months after the blues guitarist joined his touring band. There has been no official announcement, but Robillard wasn’t ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island guitarist Duke Robillard, co-founder of Roomful of Blues, has left the Bob Dylan tour where he was working as part of Dylan's band, Rolling Stone reports.
Three months after joining Bob Dylan’s band, Rhode Island native Duke Robillard is out. Robillard, well known locally as the founder of Roomful of Blues and an occasional playing partner of ...
Duke Robillard is the founder of Roomful of Blues, has played with Eddie “Cleanhead" Vinson, Big Joe Turner, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bob Dylan. Herb Ellis, the elder half of this duo, has played ...
Duke was [steppin'] on the harmonica spots." For his part, Robillard seemed to handle the situation with a sense of humor, posting on Facebook shortly before leaving the tour, "For sale Bob Dylan ...
Modern-day Renaissance man Duke Robillard is into all sorts of creative ... Robillard has gone on tour with both Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, has backed up singer Robert Gordon, and always makes ...
While guitarist Duke Robillard has been hailed as a world ... as well as Dr. John, Ruth Brown and Bob Dylan, who have each recruited the guitarist to perform on their albums.
When Bob Dylan introduces his band at the Tsongas Center Tuesday, we're guessing his guitarist will get a big hand. That's because Duke Robillard, a Rhode Island native who's well known around ...
Guitar heroes with taste always seem to live in the margins, and Duke Robillard ... wonder he's been employed by Bob Dylan, John Hammond and Pinetop Perkins. But Robillard's own material ...