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Chris Duarte

Aug 29, 2014

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    $10.26 in advance - Must be 16 or older
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Overview

We’ve entered into a new decade and Chris Duarte has found ways to keep his playing out there in the world. Though he’s approaching his senior years in life he still feels that his best years are in front of him. “It’s the insatiable will to learn and the desire to evolve that keeps me alive. I’m always going to want to find a new way to approach music even if I’m restricted by financial constraints to explore completely different directions. I’ll find a way to work within what my musical confines dictate.”  Thus with that it brings us to his latest release on Blues Bureau International; Blues In The Afterburner.  Of course we’ve got the blues rock burners that Chris Duarte is known for: Born To Race, Another Man and Black Clouds Rolling. Each having the stinging quality in his notes and playing plus his emoted vocals. Chris has been also honing his skills in the minor blues progression, ala Tin Pan Alley. His latest, Bottle Blues is some of his best work to date. Drawing off his own struggles in the past with substance abuse, his lyrics call up the many shared frustrations and heartbreak that come with the territory.  Chris Duarte has also been drawn towards the swinging dance blues as exemplified by the songs, Make Me Feel So Right and Don’t You Drive Me Crazy. “Nothing says good times more than people out of their seats and packing the dance floors. It’s also a real energy booster for the band to watch all those bodies moving to the beat.”  Can’t fault him there, the beat is strong and the riffs are danceable.  After all music is art and great art is supposed to illicit a reaction. If the reaction isn’t there then you have no choice but to kick on the Afterburners.

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