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Duke Special is tagged as: irish, singer-songwriter, indie, alternative, northern irish

Duke Special, a.k.a. Peter Wilson, is a Belfast artist with an unique sound, often referred to as ‘vaudeville’. His songs are shaped by an omnipresent piano, harps, brass, strings and - his trademark on stage - an old gramophone. The result are very romantic and passionate little hymns with the Duke’s soft vocals. A quite antique sound, but never old-fashioned.
|Music was all he ever wanted to do. He learned piano as a child and sang traditional Irish songs in churches and community centres with his sisters. Soon he began writing his own songs and played in some local rock bands with little success.
Under his pseudonym ‘Duke Special’ he recorded two limited EPs (Lucky Me, My Villain Heart) and sold them at hundreds of concerts across Ireland, the UK and Germany. He supported Aqualung, Rufus Wainwright, Paddy Casey, Gemma Hayes, cDavid Ford, The Divine Comedy Snow Patrol and many others over the last years. More than 6,000 copies of the EPs were sold, and Duke re-released the two EPs as an album (Adventures in Gramophone). In 2005 the “Your Vandal”-EP was released.
Special credit must be given to his onstage partner Chip Bailey, who greatly amuses with self-made percussions formerly known as kitchenware.
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Top 10 Duke Special Songs
Freewheel
Last Night I Nearly Died
Wake Up Scarlett
No Cover Up
Portrait
Everybody Wants A Little Something
Salvation Tambourine
Brixton Leaves
Ballad Of A Broken Man
This Could Be My Last Day
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Top 10 Duke Special Albums
Songs From The Deep Forest
I Never Thought This Day Would Come
My Villain Heart
The Silent World Of Hector Mann
Lucky Me
Adventures in Gramophone
Little Revolutions
Your Vandal
When The Bear Bytes (A few of my favourite things)
Duke Special Presents Songs From Mother Courage an Her Children
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