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IN NOVEMBER 2001, DUANE WAS SIGNED TO INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL "TOP NOTCH RECORDS" AND WAS INTRODUCED TO KEN WOODS OF WOODS PROMOTIONS.
WHILE ENJOYING THE SUCCESS OF HIS DEBUT ALBUM, DUANE WENT
BACK INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD HIS SECOND PROJECT, "LADIES
CHOICE". ONCE AGAIN, DUANE WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE "THE BEST"
OF "THE TO DATE, "IF IT WEREN'T FOR COUNTRY MUSIC (I'D GO CRAZY)", HAS BEEN RELEASED ON EUROPEAN HOTDISC AND NATIONALLY ON CDX TO ABSOLUTE RAVE REVIEWS! INTERNATIONALLY, IT HAS BEEN RANKED ON SEVERAL INDEPENDENT COUNTRY MUSIC CHARTS INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND GERMANY. SEE THE "LADIES CHOICE" PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.
BEING RELEASED IN TIME FOR THE 2007 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON, DUANE WILL USE THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALES FROM THIS CD TO SUPPORT THE JDRF (JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION). FOR A LISTING OF SONGS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, PLEASE CLICK ON THE PAGE LINKS ABOVE. | |
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A FEW MONTHS LATER, IN JULY 2002, THE ALBUM ENTITLED
"LITTLE BIT OF LOVE" MADE IT'S DEBUT INTERNATIONALLY; WITH NATIONAL
ATTENTION IN NOVEMBER 2002 ON SECONDARY STATIONS. THE SONGS SELECTED FOR
THIS ALBUM COME FROM SOME OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE WRITERS OF THE NASHVILLE
SCENE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THREE ORIGINALS FROM DUANE AND LONGTIME FRIEND
TERRY HEBEN. THEY ARE "LITTLE BIT OF LOVE", OH WELL WHAT THE
HELL", AND "MY, MY, MY, I'M IN LOVE". ALSO RECORDED, AND
TRULY UNIQUE, IS DUANE'S INTERPRETATION OF ONE OF HIS FAVORITE CLASSICS,
"PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER".
BEST" INVOLVED ON "LADIES CHOICE". THIRTEEN
SENSATIONAL SONGS ARE CREDITED TO SOME OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE NAMES IN
NASHVILLE. CURLEY PUTNAM (RENOWNED WRITER OF "HE STOPPED LOVING HER
TODAY", RECORDED BY GEORGE JONES), MERLE HAGGARD, AND MEL TILLIS JR ARE
JUST SOME OF THE NAMES THAT ADORN THE CREDITS OF "LADIES CHOICE".
2007: DUANE RELEASES A NEW CD, "CHRISTMAS HOPE". A CD FULL OF 15 CLASSIC HOLIDAY SONG. 