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duke special
Main Space, Roundhouse
Sunday 28 October
Belfast native Peter Wilson, performs under the name Duke Special and is a pianist and vocalist inspired by the sound of vaudeville and traditional Eastern European music. He supported Kink's legend Ray Davies at the BBC Electric Proms.
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Sorry we were only able to keep performance videos online for a week after the festival.
set list
- (Interlude) In The Beginning
- Brixton Leaves
- I'm Gonna Love You Till You Love Me Back
- I Feel For You
- (Interlude) Something Changes
- Portrait
- Salvation Tambourine
- Freewheel
- Everybody Wants A Little Something
- Last Night I Nearly Died
- Our Love Goes Deeper Than This
what happened
Minute by minute report, via text message, by the BBC's Ian Sadler
- 19.36 - Duke Special makes a unique entrance donning a horse mask and standing static on stage totally silencing the crowd.
- 19.40 - Onto the music. The dreadlocked Duke aka Peter Wilson starts tickling the ivories and belts out 'Brixton Leaves'. Ray Davies fans seem bemused.
- 19.43 - Duke tells us he is here to sing some songs... And so are we. Song sheets are distributed and we are divided into girls and boys.
- 19.45 - After a shaky start the girls and boys join in with 'I'm Gonna Love You Til You Love Me Back'.
- 19.48 - Next song is 'I Feel For You' - a Chaka Khan cover. No audience participation but one of band gets to bang the side of a big drum.
also at bbc electric proms
- Performed alongside Duke Special:
- Ray Davies and friends
- Other performances:
- The Coral
- Cold War Kids
line-up
- Mark Ronson with special guests and the BBC Concert Orchestra
- Paul McCartney
- Kaiser Chiefs via David Arnold
- Bloc Party
- Ray Davies and friends
- Agaskodo Teliverek
- Amar
- Amplifier
- Battles
- Ben Westbeech
- Basquiat Strings
- The Beatles: Help!
- Blanche
- Bob Dylan: The Other Side of the Mirror
- Breed 77
- Charlie Louvin
- The Chemical Brothers
- Cold War Kids
- The Coral
- Daft Punk: Electroma
- Duke Special
- Durrty Goodz
- Editors
- Edwyn Collins
- The Enemy
- Estelle
- The Flaming Lips:
UFOs at the Zoo - Ghetto
- Hadouken!
- Justice
- Kano presents London Town
- Kid Harpoon
- Noah and the Whale
- Once in a Blue Moon:
A tribute to Lal Waterson - Maps
- The Metros
- New Cassettes
- Radio Luxembourg
- Reverend and the Makers
- The Riff Raff and Riz MC
- Sam Isaac
- Sigur Rós: Heima
- Siouxsie
- SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS with Jamie Cullum
- Taio Cruz
audience reviews
Allan Whitaker
A superb set from Duke Special: engaging, mesmerising, melodic and entertaining. Musically, to a very high standard. Was the middle eight of "Freewheel" altered in honour of the Ray Davies, I wonder?To Peter et al: It was wonderful to see and hear you play once more.
Fi M
Heard Duke as i was skimming through the TV channels last night, and have fallen in love with his music! I'll be looking out for him in future now! Thanks Electric Proms!! xx
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Another Gill!
We were there, enjoying the sing-alongs! Fantastic to see someone who's not afraid to be original, brave and even a little eccentric! Love the rag-tag band of musicians playing all the different instruments. He is a very talented singer/songwriter/musician and a great showman.
mrcheekychops
Duke special really should be HUGE, the album is fantastic, not one bad track, freewheel is brilliant, that man is truly a god amongst men, brilliant live too, I hope 2008 is his year, looking forward to a new album, good man yourself!
lee
great,superb made my night,special little band!
Paul H
Yes I was there to see Ray and the band etc but Duke was interesting to say the least. He will be getting more listens and viewings.
craignevitt'msn.com
This is the best new music for years , totally unique and from the heart.Me my wife and all of the kids aged 13 to 3 years love it....so much so we named our dog....... DUKE !
David Watts
Duke Special is a unique talent to be cherished
AB
Fantastic performance from Duke Special. Great to see someone visually interesting as well as musically different and exciting!
gill
Duke rocked tonight! 3rd time I seen him...he just gets better and better. Roll on Pigalle!