Lest anyone doubt that George Ducas is something of a traditionalist, consider that, on the cover of his new album, Long Way from Home, he is pictured in a phone booth with a rotary dial telephone. George Ducas says of his new record, “I wanted the songs I wrote for...
Former Houston ian George Ducas will perform on Tuesday, June 25, at the Mucky Duck in support of his new albumLest anyone doubt that George Ducas is something of a traditionalist, consider that, on the cover of his new album, George Ducas says of his new record, “I wanted the songs I wrote for this album to be what would happen if '67 Merle Haggard met up maybe with the '74 Eagles in L.A., and they hit it off and decide to play a show at Gilley's in Pasadena in 1981.
Ducas is a devotee of the Bakersfield sound, which grew out of a dissatisfaction with the “Countrypolitan” trend, a horribly misguided effort by Chet Atkins and others in the late ‘50s to take all the rough edges off of country music so as to make it more appealing to a general audience.
“My big inspiration was the Willie Nelson New Year’s Eve shows that were at the Summit... I was 10 or 11 or something, and I remember being so inspired by those shows. I was in the cheap seats, but there was so much energy, and I loved every minute of it. I’ll never forget it.”Some songwriters compose by themselves, and others prefer to collaborate with another writer. Ducas has done plenty of both.
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