Kent DuChaine

b. 20 April 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Starting on the ukulele at the age of six, it was always DuChaine's intention to be a musician. The British Invasion sparked his interest in the guitar and Eric Clapton's versions of Robert Johnson songs drew him to the blues. As a teenager, he played in a number of groups, even playing bass in a psychedelic band, while he studied slide technique at home. In 1972, he played bass in Aces, Straights and Shuffles with Kim Wilson and the pair also worked as a duo. Wilson moved to Texas in 1974 and DuChaine followed soon after, with a ...