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“Duke Garwood is one of my all time favorite artists. Working with him has been one of the best experiences of my recording life.” Mark Lanegan
With a soulful, stripped-bare sound, Duke Garwood performs tracks from his Heavy Love album. Heavy Love, recorded in Josh Homme’s Pink Duck studio, explores his auteurist, cinematic vision. The album’s dark and erotic sound brings together elements of the mad blues, unhurried grooves and desert slithers that he has become known for.
Garwood has formed connections with many great musicians, from Mark Lanegan, Seasick Steve and Josh T. Pearson to Tinariwen and The Master Musicians Of Jajouka.
Savages singer Jehnny Beth has also been a long-term admirer and it’s her delicate vocals that appear on Heavy Love’s haunting title-track.
'Duke Garwood is the real thing; like the perfect blues perpetually emanating good vibes through a uni-vibe (even when he's singing about darkness). An old soul and a saint...'
Kurt Vile
'My brother Duke is the most soul-acious soul man I know. He's always cut his own groove and it's been my honour to play with him so many times.'
Seasick Steve
'I’ve listened to Duke for years but have not heard him as in control and powerful as he is on Heavy Love. His guitar playing and singing remind me of an unrequited and lusty relative of JJ Cale. I fucking love this.'
Greg Dulli
'I met Duke at The Luminaire. He was playing sweet ballads with a tint of free-jazz; his voice was thin and full, like a Chet Baker turned into a midnight wolf. The first question was ‘who is this guy’?'
Jehnny Beth (Savages)
'Duke Garwood is a bluesman’s bluesman. Mark Lanegan, with whom Garwood collaborated on 2013’s Black Pudding, calls him a “musical genius”; Josh T Pearson says his songs are “as close to heaven as you can get with a guitar”. As this alt-leaning fanclub suggests, his approach to the genre is not the kind of dedicated study that forbids exploration: the title track, for instance, benefits from the ghostly backing vocals of Savages’ Jehnny Beth, and some guitar work reminiscent of Tuareg band Tinariwen.'
The Guardian