Robillard, Duke
(*1948)
Robillard, Duke Michael Robillard, 4 October 1948; Woonsocket, RI Duke Robillard formed Roomful of Blues in Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1967. He led the band through numerous line-up changes until leaving in 1979 to play guitar briefly for rockabilly singer Robert Gordon . Afterward he joined the Legendary Blues Band , but left soon after, forming the Duke Robillard Band (later known as Duke Robillard & the Pleasure Kings) in 1981. Throughout the rest of the 1980s Duke toured the United States…