This Friday, May 8th, Simone Felice will debut his new band The Duke & The King at the Autumn Cafe. Simone has received much critical acclaim in recent years with his Catskill Mountain based roots rock band The Felice Brothers, who have performed at Bonnaroo, The Newport Folk Festival, and SXSW. Despite being the drummer behind some raucous and bluesy stomps sung by his brothers, Simone's own work has always set itself apart by embracing the frailty of life. In the context of the Felice Brothers, Simone's song most frequently represent those sobering moments that valley life's biggest risks, a motif he has also expounded upon in his novels, which were released and praised well before the band garnered international attention.
Simone takes his whispering Americana and makes it the central focus of this new project, which will make its "official" debut in Woodstock, NY later this month. The Duke & The King take their name from a Huckleberry Finn tale, and their first album "Nothing Gold Can Stay", due in August, refers to both Robert Frost and S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders", a hint to the severity of Simone's American music roots and the story-telling nature of his songs. It is an honor to have a musician/songwriter of Simone Felice's stature come and perform at such an intimate venue as the Autumn Cafe in downtown Oneonta, and I would encourage fans of folk, blues, and roots music in general to not miss this concert. The show will begin at 10pm, is open to all ages ($6 cover) and additional performers include The Gambler, Nun, & Radio, Mike Lovesick, and Broverdose.
Live on WDST Performing "If You Ever Get Famous"
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