About

El Duke (el DOO-kay), the name, is a linguistic anomally. El Duke, the band, is a five piece ho-down machine with a folky sound appealing to fans of traditional folk music, yet embodying a certain indie-pop sensibility.

Influences include The Devil Makes Three, really nice hats, NoFX, Bad Religion, bad drivers...incredibly good drivers, show tunes, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, Gogol Bordello, people who write compelling songs, instruments made of mahogany, The Boss...t00b amplifiers...science...other things...naturally.

This site would have been so cool in 1990...

Shows

• October 30th - Valentine's, Albany w/Girls Guns and Glory
  Critical Mass After Party?!

Recruitment

We want you to play the low notes. Bonus if you own a sweet hat. Applicants with possession of a leisure suit will be hired on site, regardless of musical ability.

We're not paying the rent...hardly paying for gas....but we're certainly having a great time. If it sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we would like you to sit in with us and see how we fit.

We rehearse once a week in Albany. We play an average of two shows a month. We generally have a hootenanny on both occasions.

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