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Duke Robillard

Person · male · United States · Woonsocket · born 1948 · recording since 1986

American blues musician

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Also known as Dike Robillard · Michael John Robillard · Дьюк Робиллард

Debut: 1986
Recording span: 40 years
Release groups: 40
Timeline events: 35
Wiki language versions: 11

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Timeline

35 events▣ Album 33◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1940s
1. 4 October 1948 · Birth
  Born 1948-10-04
  source: wikidata
1980s
1. 1986 · Debut release
  Debut release: Swing
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1986 · Album
  Album: Swing
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1992 · Album
  Album: After Hours Swing Session
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1994 · Album
  Album: Temptation
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1994 · Album
  Album: Duke's Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1996 · Album
  Album: The First Album
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 3 June 1997 · Album
  Album: Dangerous Place
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1998 · Album
  Album: For Real
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1998 · Album
  Album: Down on Providence Plantation
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1999 · Album
  Album: Conversations In Swing Guitar
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1999 · Album
  Album: La Palette Bleue
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 20 April 1999 · Album
  Album: New Blues for Modern Man
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2000 · Album
  Album: Explorer
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2000 · Album
  Album: Dealin’
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2002 · Album
  Album: Living With the Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2003 · Album
  Album: Blues in My Heart
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2003 · Album
  Album: More Conversations in Swing Guitar
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 23 September 2003 · Album
  Album: Exalted Lover
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2004 · Album
  Album: Blue Mood
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 24 August 2004 · Album
  Album: New Guitar Summit
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 2006 · Album
  Album: Guitar Groove A Rama
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 2006 · Album
  Album: The Unheard Duke Robillard Tapes, Volume 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 26 June 2007 · Album
  Album: World Full of Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
12. 2008 · Album
  Album: A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
13. 2009 · Album
  Album: Tales From the Tiki Lounge
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2010 · Album
  Album: Passport to the Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 25 September 2015 · Album
  Album: The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2017 · Album
  Album: Duke Robillard And His Dames Of Rhythm
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 13 September 2019 · Album
  Album: Too Much Mustard!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 20 November 2020 · Album
  Album: Blues Bash!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 24 July 2021 · Album
  Album: Swingin' Again
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2023 · Album
  Album: Six Strings of Steel
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 30 August 2024 · Album
  Album: Roll with Me
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 20 February 2026 · Album
  Album: Blast Off!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography366 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378327804

Biography

Michael John "Duke" Robillard (born October 4, 1948) is an American guitarist and singer. He founded the band Roomful of Blues and was a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Although he is known as a rock and blues guitarist, he also plays jazz and swing.

Career

He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He played in bands as Mike "Honey Bear" Robillard and worked for the Guild Guitar Company based in Oxnard, California. In 1967, he and Al Copley founded the band Roomful of Blues.
Robillard spent over ten years with Roomful of Blues before departing in 1979, becoming the guitarist for singer Robert Gordon and then a member of the Legendary Blues Band. Robillard started the Duke Robillard Band in 1981, eventually adopting the name Duke Robillard and the Pleasure Kings, with whom he toured throughout the 1980s and recorded for Rounder Records. He became a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1990 to replace Jimmie Vaughan.
Although he was a member of bands, Robillard simultaneously pursued a solo career in which he toured and recorded solo albums in other genres, such as jazz and blues. He formed a duo with jazz guitarist Herb Ellis and New Guitar Summit, a swing trio with Gerry Beaudoin and J. Geils. He explored jump blues in A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard, returned to his rhythm and blues roots in Stomp! The Blues Tonight, and covered blues songs from the 1940s and 1950s in Low Down and Tore Up. Briefly in 2013, he was the guitarist for Bob Dylan's tour.
Along with lap steel guitarist Joel Paterson, Robillard played on the 2015 album Clinch! by Danish blues group, The Blues Overdrive.

Awards and honors

Best Blues Guitarist, W. C. Handy Award, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004. Keeping the Blues Alive Award for Producer, 2004. Traditional Blues Male Artist, 2010. Acousitic Blues Album of the Year, 2016, The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke RobillardThe Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard25 September 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1My Old Kentucky Home1:252Big Bill Blues3:353I Miss My Baby in My Arms3:164Jimmie’s Texas Blues3:105Backyard Paradise2:416Evangeline3:037Left Handed3:078I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water3:279I’m Gonna Buy Me a Dog (to Take the Place of You)5:1710Nashville Blues3:0911Saint Louis Blues5:0912What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy?3:0513Someday Baby3:1814Let’s Turn Back the Years2:3915Take a Little Walk With Me7:0816Santa Claus Blues2:5117Profoundly Blue3:4718Ukulele Swing0:45; All from the International Blues Foundation; The 2001, 2002, 2003 Maple Blues Awards, International Artist of the Year from the Toronto Blues Society, the highest blues honor in Canada
Grammy nomination, Best Contemporary Blues Album, Guitar Groove-a-Rama, 2007
Grammy nomination, Best Traditional Blues Album, Stomp! The Blues Tonight, 2010

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	11	61.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	40	92.7th
Studio albums	34	98.5th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	35	97.5th
Recording span (years)	40	80.2th
Genres	4	84.7th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (40 release groups · 34 studio albums)

Albums · 34

Swing
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:46
A1Cadillac Slim4:34
A2Jumpin' Blues4:22
A3Exactly Like You5:40
A4Glide On7:56
B1Zot3:10
B2I'll Always Be in Love With You3:32
B3Shufflin' With Some Barbeque5:45
B4Durn Tootin'4:47
B5You'd Better Change Your Ways2:54
B6Jim Jam4:06
After Hours Swing Session
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 40:42
1The Trouble With Me Is You2:35
2Shivers4:08
3I Can't Believe You're in Love With Me4:33
4Sweet Georgia Brown5:44
5Twist Top4:29
6I'll Never Be the Same4:54
7Tiny's Tempo7:06
8Albi Ain't Here7:13
Temptation
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 50:37
1Rule the World4:52
2(You Got My Love) Sewed Up4:38
3Live to Give3:46
4The Change Is On6:42
5Life's Funny3:42
6When My Love Comes Down2:49
7This Dream (Still Coming True)5:09
8Temptation4:42
9Never Been Satisfied4:40
10Born to Love You5:17
11What's Wrong?4:20
Duke's Blues
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:09:34
1Midnight Cannon Ball3:06
2Glamour Girl4:51
3I Still Love You Baby3:00
4Texas Hop2:43
5Don't Leave Me Baby3:29
6Tell Me Why2:48
7Something to Remember You By5:52
8Love Slipped In3:51
9Information Blues5:08
10Don't Treat Me Like That3:25
11Never Let You Go5:24
12Gee I Wish3:20
13My Heart Is Cryin'4:27
14Red's Riff6:51
15Dyin' Flu11:19
The First Album
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:53
1Red, Hot & Blue3:15
2Love Struck4:20
3That’s My Life3:48
4Duke’s Blues4:21
5Texas Flood2:55
6Give It Up3:16
7Stormy Monday4:33
8Take It Like a Man2:11
9Still in Love With You4:19
10Honey Hush4:55
Dangerous Place
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:20
1Had To Be Your Man3:15
2Going Straight3:30
3Dangerous Place3:44
4Don't Get Me Shook Up4:14
5Take My Word For It3:05
6Can't Remember To Forget3:01
7Duke's Advice3:51
8Nothing Like You (Where I Come From)5:10
9I May Be Ugly (But I Sure Know How To Cook)3:47
10All Over But The Paying3:21
11No Time3:33
12Black Negligee5:49
For Real
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 53:47
1Drinking Old Taylor3:01
2Don’t Start Me Talking3:27
3It’s Up to You4:45
4See See Rider3:36
5Dirty Groundhog2:14
6Reap What You Sow3:32
7Elem8:15
8Who’s Using Who3:06
9The Things I Used to Do4:35
10If That’s What Pleases Her3:18
11She’s Wonderful8:03
1237 Years Old2:54
13Airplane Blues3:01
Down on Providence Plantation
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:58
1When I Reach My Limit4:48
2What Your Kisses Say3:40
3Don't Start Something4:14
4Bite Your Tongue4:20
5It Doesn't Hurt Me at All3:31
6Things Aren't Going So Well5:36
7An Understanding Heart4:49
8Prove It to You4:27
9You Brought My House Down5:29
10Pretty Little Lolita3:37
11I Really Miss You5:39
12Lonesome Traveller4:48
Conversations In Swing Guitar
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 48:22
1Flying Home4:46
2Easin' In7:59
3Jivin' In Rhythm5:17
4Just Squeeze Me8:49
5Avalon6:31
6Blue Brew9:14
7Stuffy5:46
La Palette Bleue
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:11:28
1Pony Blues6:40
2Fishnet4:34
3Don't Fool with my Love2:41
4Love Sick8:48
5Addiction5:17
6Jumpin' Rockin' Rhythm4:05
7Good Man5:23
8You're the Only One4:59
9Hurt Me4:51
10I may be Crazy5:25
11I Don't Want to Say Best Wishes4:32
12Big Bottom Blues9:46
13How Long Baby4:27
New Blues for Modern Man
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:06:03
1Jumpin' Rockin' Rhythm4:05
2Pony Blues6:40
3Don't Fool With My Love2:41
4Addiction5:17
5Fishnet4:34
6Good Man5:23
7I Don't Want to Say Best Wishes4:31
8Hurt Me4:51
9You're the Only One (Who Can Move Me That Way)4:59
10Love Sick8:49
11How Long Baby4:29
12Big Bottom Blues9:44
Explorer
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:51
1Male Magnet4:33
2Just Between Me and You4:41
3Soulful4:46
4Hang On3:51
5You Mean Everything to Me5:00
6Sayin' Don't Make It So3:08
7Jumpin' With Duke3:49
8Misunderstanding Blues4:42
9You Dropped the Thing on Me4:27
10Lonesome Old Town4:17
11Brand New Fool3:38
12Time Is Short6:59
Dealin’
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 54:11
1The Bitter Seed3:00
2You Don't Love Me Anymore4:51
3Just Like a Fish3:06
4Life Without Parole7:38
5My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble2:53
6Holding a Losing Hand3:09
7Give Up and Let Me Go5:10
8Three Day Love Affair4:58
9Making a Fool Out of Me2:39
10Long Tall Shorty3:03
11That 'So-Called' Friend of Mine6:44
12You'd Better Be Sure2:50
13If I Get Lucky4:10
Living With the Blues
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:05
1If Walls Could Talk3:46
2Use What You Got6:08
3Stratified8:24
4Hard Road3:47
5Buy Me a Dog3:54
6Goodtime Charlie7:07
7Painful Memory4:47
8I Live the Life I Love4:33
9I'm Mad About It2:46
10Sleepin' on It2:50
11Living With the Blues3:12
12Long Gone Baby3:51
Blues in My Heart
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 47:13
1Scam6:47
2Willow Weep for Me7:21
3Bernie's Tune4:49
4I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues5:02
5Shine3:35
6Blue Bossa4:52
7Please Send Me Someone to Love5:09
8If Dreams Come True4:27
9Blues in My Heart5:11
More Conversations in Swing Guitar
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 41:36
1Moten Swing7:32
2Train to Texas7:22
3Robbin's Nest6:47
4Just You Just Me5:40
5Blues for Terry7:37
6End of Session Jump6:38
Exalted Lover
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:45
1Down Home Country Girl4:56
2I'll Never Be Free3:46
3Real Live Wire2:53
4Exalted Lover4:59
5Deep Inside4:42
6How Long Has It Been3:56
7Tore Up4:12
8Love Made a Liar Out of Me4:22
9Double a Daddy4:35
10Travellin' Mood3:24
Blue Mood
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:21:58
Disc 112 tracks · 53:32
1Lonesome Woman Blues4:08
2T-Bone Shuffle5:07
3Love Is a Gamble4:38
4Alimony Blues3:29
5You Don't Love Me4:13
6T-Bone Boogie5:25
7Blue Mood3:11
8Pony Tail3:07
9I'm Still in Love With You8:59
10Hard Way2:46
11Born to Be No Good5:40
12Tell Me What's the Reason2:49
Disc 28 tracks · 28:26
1Left Handed3:09
2I Miss My Baby in My Arms3:18
3Someday Baby3:18
4Jimmie's Texas Blues3:10
5Big Bill's Blues3:38
6Tale a Little Walk With Me5:11
7What Is That Tastes Like Gravy3:06
8You Ain't Nothin' but a Cheater3:36
New Guitar Summit
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:10
1Benny's Bugle3:34
2Never Say Never Again Again5:02
3Swing With Dr. Jake5:04
4Ain't Nobody's Business5:13
5Lady B. Good5:08
6Azzure Mineur4:51
7Just Among Friends3:25
8Perdido4:42
9Backdoor Blues5:22
10Seven Come Eleven4:33
11Glide On6:16
Guitar Groove A Rama
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:17:07
1Do the Memphis Grind4:54
2Gambler Blues4:29
3Down Along the Cove3:10
4Sunday Mornin'5:16
5Sewed Up5:00
6Danny Boy5:12
7Blues a Rama16:14
8I'll Do Anything But Work3:06
9No Way Out4:35
10This Dream10:20
11Just Before Dawn0:55
12Dawn2:14
13Cookin'5:37
14Dark Eyes6:05
The Unheard Duke Robillard Tapes, Volume 1
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:00:10
1Pony Blues6:16
2I’m Stickin’ With You Baby4:32
3Gypsy Woman3:23
4World Radio Theme2:10
5The Change Is On2:33
6The Return of Duke’s Mood0:03
7I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water3:28
8Minor for Mcdonough #14:07
9Minor for Mcdonough #14:31
10I’m in Cahoots With You3:09
11I Live the Life I Love4:48
12Exalted Lover4:10
13Something to Remember You By7:11
14I Tried4:01
15Pony Blues #25:48
World Full of Blues
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:55:49
Disc 112 tracks · 52:35
1Jump the Blues for You3:09
2Everything Is Broken4:49
3Treat Me So Low Down3:30
4Slam Hammer3:45
5You're Killin' Me Baby5:30
6Slim Jenkins Joint3:52
7Sweet Thing4:06
8You Won't Let Me Go5:26
9Six Inch Heels6:03
10World of Blues3:21
11Look Out4:08
12Stoned4:56
Disc 211 tracks · 1:03:14
1Gonna' Get You Told4:51
2Monkey Arms3:52
3Who Do You Love5:24
4Lowside of the Road5:20
5Too Much Stuff6:36
6Blues Nightmare8:36
7Bounce for Billy5:59
8Bright Lights, Big City4:15
9Steppin' Out3:18
10Anything It Takes5:44
11Stretchin'9:19
A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 52:03
1Deed I Do3:56
2The Lonesome Road6:42
3Them That Got5:21
4Just Because4:36
5Meet Me at No Special Place3:30
6Red Dog6:49
7They Raided the Joint4:53
8When Your Lover Has Gone6:34
9The Song Is Ended3:08
10Swinging With Lucy May6:34
Tales From the Tiki Lounge
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 53:55
1Intro0:16
2Bye Bye Blues3:08
3Occidental Woman3:23
4Besame Mucho3:24
5Just One More Chance3:16
6Tico Tico2:39
7I’m Still in Love With You2:25
8Sway2:55
9Put the Blame on Mame (Part.1)2:35
10Put the Blame on Mame (Part.2)2:01
11Smoke Rings4:25
12Kiss of Fire3:30
13Crazy4:06
14Goody Goody3:12
15Romance in the Dark3:54
16I’m Confessin That I Love You4:58
17Sway (re‐mix by John Mailloux)3:48
Passport to the Blues
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:04:23
1Workin’ Hard for My Uncle4:05
2Hong Kong Suit4:48
3Blues Train5:21
4Girl Let Me Tell Ya2:45
5Rhode Island Red Rooster3:46
6Fatal Heart Attack4:10
7Make It Rain5:45
8When You’re Old You’re Cold5:29
9Text Me4:00
10Duke’s Evening Blues5:23
11The High Cost of Lovin’4:48
12Grey Sky Blues8:39
13Bradford Boogie5:24
The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:00:52
1My Old Kentucky Home1:25
2Big Bill Blues3:35
3I Miss My Baby in My Arms3:16
4Jimmie’s Texas Blues3:10
5Backyard Paradise2:41
6Evangeline3:03
7Left Handed3:07
8I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water3:27
9I’m Gonna Buy Me a Dog (to Take the Place of You)5:17
10Nashville Blues3:09
11Saint Louis Blues5:09
12What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy?3:05
13Someday Baby3:18
14Let’s Turn Back the Years2:39
15Take a Little Walk With Me7:08
16Santa Claus Blues2:51
17Profoundly Blue3:47
18Ukulele Swing0:45
Duke Robillard And His Dames Of Rhythm
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:01:38
1From Monday On4:28
2Got The South In My Soul3:12
3Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone4:04
4Squeeze Me4:30
5Walking Stick3:42
6Blues In My Heart5:51
7Lotus Blossom3:18
8My Heart Belongs To Daddy4:21
9What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)4:10
10Me, Myself And I3:24
11Easy Living5:48
12Was That The Human Thing To Do3:31
13If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)3:51
14Ready For The River3:53
15Call Of The Freaks3:35
Too Much Mustard!
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 59:20
1Stayed at the Party3:08
22:194:42
3Judgement Day3:43
4First We Take Manhattan4:19
5She's a Killer Hot Blonde3:49
6Right in Your Arms4:51
7Too Much Mustard1:54
8She Made My Mind3:34
9I Hear You Knockin'2:59
10Miranda3:56
11You Got My Love3:14
12Selma4:37
13Feels So Bad5:30
14Where Have All the Songbirds Gone3:15
15Passionate Kiss5:49
Blues Bash!
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:29
1Do You Mean It2:44
2No Time4:23
3What Can I Do3:03
4Everybody Ain t Your Friend4:30
5Rock Alley3:27
6You Played On My Piano4:10
7I Ain't Gonna Do It3:33
8You Don t Know What You re Doin1:59
9Give Me All The Love You Got3:42
10Just Chillin9:58
Swingin' Again
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 52:16
1I Never Knew4:24
2I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket5:04
3Never Mind4:56
4Steady Daddy3:03
5All I Do Is Dream of You6:57
6Blue Lou7:19
7Pennies from Heaven6:05
8You Can Depend on Me5:22
9Esquire Bounce4:17
10One-O-Clock Jump4:49
Six Strings of Steel
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1Git With It!
2Shame, Shame, Shame
3Lima Beans
4Love Struck
5In Perfect Harmony
6Watching The River Flow
7Billy In The Lion’s Den
8I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
9Take Your Fine Frame Home
10Groovin’ In The Swamp
11Lovin’ You
12Rumble
Roll with Me
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:05
1Blue Coat Man3:40
2Just Kiss Me4:48
3Are You Going My Way4:07
4I Know You Love Me3:58
5Boogie Uproar2:59
6Look What You Done2:52
7Built for Comfort3:36
8My Plea4:00
9You Got Money3:11
10Boogie Woogie Country Girl3:11
11Give Me Back My Money6:32
12Don't You Want to Roll With Me4:11
Blast Off!
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:49
1When I Get Lucky2:51
2I'll Be Glad When You're Dead (You Rascal You)5:49
3Feel My Cares4:44
4Lowdown4:55
5Play Boy Hop4:31
6Confusion3:52
7Blast Off!4:14
8Stand by Me3:42
9The King5:07
10Warm and Tender Love4:33
11Galactic Grease4:39
12Look a There Look a There2:52
Plays Blues: The Rounder Years
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:11:40
1Down by the Delta4:02
2You Got Me4:36
3If This Is Love4:35
4Judgement Day4:53
5The High Cost of Loving4:17
6She Made My Mind3:11
7You're The One I Adore5:32
8Don't Come Back5:34
9Anything It Takes3:59
10Duke's Mood6:30
11Just a Human4:06
12Let Me Love You4:19
13Just Kiss Me5:15
14I Think You Know10:51

Album · 5

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1998	Plays Jazz: The Rounder YearsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:15:48 1Shivers4:08 2Sweet Georgia Brown5:44 3Jim Jam4:09 4Albi Ain't Here7:15 5Zot3:13 6I'll Never Be The Same4:55 7Shufflin' With Some Barbeque5:46 8Twist Top4:29 9What's Your Story, Morning Glory8:06 10Time's A Wastin'2:39 11Cadillac Slim4:37 12Exactly Like You5:44 13Tiny's Tempo7:07 14Glide On7:56	Compilation	1998
1998	Stretchin' Out LiveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:01:08 1Too Hot to Handle7:15 2Never Let You Go6:40 3Midnight Canon Ball3:59 4Gee I Wish6:26 5Glamour Girl9:07 6That's My Life4:56 7Dyin' Flu11:21 8Tell Me Why3:47 9Don't Leave Me Baby7:37	Live	1998
2009	Best Of Rounder Records - Rockin' Guitar BluesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:09 1Give Me All The Love You Got3:56 2Stop Knockin'3:28 3Don't Look At My Girl Like That3:00 4Too Hot To Handle4:24 5What That Means To Me2:49 6You Ain't The One3:52 7T-Bone Boogie5:24 8Don't Treat Me Like That3:57 9Oh Babe2:18 10Give Me Your Attention4:01	Compilation	2009
2016	Blues Full CircleSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 51:11 1Lay A Little Lovin' On Me3:13 2Rain Keeps Falling2:40 3Mourning Dove4:47 4No More Tears3:01 5Last Night2:56 6Fool About My Money3:37 7The Mood Room2:54 8I've Got A Feelin' That You're Foolin'4:27 9Shufflin' And Scufflin6:29 10Blues For Eddie Jones3:43 11You Used To Be Sugar3:05 12Worth Waitin' On6:57 13Come With Me Baby3:22	Compilation	2016
—	Duke’s Box, the Blues and MoreSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 40 tracks · 3:42:35 Disc 114 tracks · 1:17:42 1I Still Love You Baby3:00 2Buy Me a Dog3:56 3Everything Is Broken4:49 4Never Let You Go5:25 5How Long Has It Been3:57 6Midnite Cannonball3:05 7West Side Shuffle7:48 8Gambler Blues4:29 9Pony Blues6:42 10World of Blues3:21 11Good Time Charlie7:07 12Blues Nightmare8:36 13Two Bones and a Pick8:10 14The Return of Duke’s Mood7:17 Disc 213 tracks · 1:08:42 1Lonesome Woman Blues4:10 2Glamour Girl4:51 3Gee I Wish3:18 4The Lonesome Road6:42 5I'm Still in Love With You9:01 6Train to Texas7:20 7When Your Lover Has Gone6:34 8Hard Way2:46 9Red Dog6:48 10I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good5:56 11I Miss My Baby in My Arms3:18 12Jimmie's Texas Blues3:12 13Undecided4:46 Disc 313 tracks · 1:16:11 1Real Live Wire2:53 2Slim Jenkins Joint3:52 3Jumpin’ Rockin’ Rhythm4:04 4Lowside of the Road5:19 5Just Before Dawn 6Fishnet4:33 7Blues a Rama16:12 8Lovesick8:48 9Do the Memphis Grind4:54 10Too Much Stuff6:34 11Stratisfied8:23 12Addiction5:16 13Rehab5:23	Compilation	—

Other · 1

Other release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2004	Blue MoodSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:36 1Lonesome Woman Blues4:08 2T-Bone Shuffle5:08 3Love Is A Gamble4:38 4Alimony Blues3:29 5You Don't Love Me4:13 6T-Bone Boogie5:26 7Blue Mood3:12 8Pony Tail3:07 9I'm Still In Love With You9:00 10Hard Way2:46 11Born To Be No Good5:40 12Tell Me What's The Reason2:49	Compilation	2004

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Duke Robillard metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	11	61.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	40	92.7th
Studio albums	34	98.5th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	35	97.5th
Recording span (years)	40	80.2th
Genres	4	84.7th

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Roomful of Blues(band)	—	present
The Duke Robillard Jazz Trio(band)	—	present	guitar
The Duke Robillard Band(band)	—	present	original
Roomful of Blues(band)	—	present
Neverending Tour Band(band)	2013	2013	guitar

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
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aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ea3c3917-8964-48b9-b4cb-ecf714b95c7d
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323693
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323693
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Robillard
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Robillard

Why this artist is in the database

List of blues musicians — rank #82
| 1948 | | Rhode Island | Electric blues |

Tier rule: genre canon: blues
Image: Louis Ramirez · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q323693 · MusicBrainz: ea3c3917-8964-48b9-b4cb-ecf714b95c7d

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Timeline

1940s

Born 1948-10-04

1980s

Debut release: Swing

Album: Swing

1990s

Album: After Hours Swing Session

Album: Temptation

Album: Duke's Blues

Album: The First Album

Album: Dangerous Place

Album: For Real

Album: Down on Providence Plantation

Album: Conversations In Swing Guitar

Album: La Palette Bleue

Album: New Blues for Modern Man

2000s

Album: Explorer

Album: Dealin’

Album: Living With the Blues

Album: Blues in My Heart

Album: More Conversations in Swing Guitar

Album: Exalted Lover

Album: Blue Mood

Album: New Guitar Summit

Album: Guitar Groove A Rama

Album: The Unheard Duke Robillard Tapes, Volume 1

Album: World Full of Blues

Album: A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard

Album: Tales From the Tiki Lounge

2010s

Album: Passport to the Blues

Album: The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

Album: Duke Robillard And His Dames Of Rhythm

Album: Too Much Mustard!

2020s

Album: Blues Bash!

Album: Swingin' Again

Album: Six Strings of Steel

Album: Roll with Me

Album: Blast Off!

Biography

Biography

Career

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Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (40 release groups · 34 studio albums)

Albums · 34

Album · 5

Other · 1

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