Cruise Duke
Canadian River Music Festival
May 14, 2011 - 5:30 PM
Jones Pavilion Outdoor Stage

Listen to Cruise Duke's "3 AM"

Originating from Lubbock Texas, this Texas country band has a sound originating from deep in the heart of the hill country, the wind of West Texas, and the red dirt from the Oklahoma line. Cruise Duke has been playing the Texas music scene as a singer/songwriter for past 6 years. Playing in local bars and honkytonks deep in the heart of Texas to all the way up in the Oklahoma Panhandle, Cruise has seen a lot of highway.

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The new edition “Cruise Duke and the County Road Ends” began this past year as Cruise was attending school at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. The band consists of Cruise Duke (Acoustic), Jobe Seeberger (Bass), Nathan Smith (Drums), & Randall Spears (Electric Guitar). Growing up just a few miles from the Oklahoma line in Lipscomb County Texas, Cruises' musical sound was influenced through his family, his passion for writing, and Texas Country Music.

For Cruise Duke, cattle ranching and making music go hand in hand. Both activities require a great deal of dedication and hard work, and Duke is a knowledgeable source on both.

Hailing from Lipscomb County, a small town in the northeast corner of the Texas panhandle, Duke splits his summers working on the family’s ranch, established in 1886, and writing songs, recording music and playing at shows throughout Texas and Oklahoma.

The sound Dukes music is a mixture of Texas country and Red Dirt music. Duke said it’s a new and unique sound with roots in the Texas Hill Country and the Oklahoma Panhandle.

“Ranching and writing music really do go hand in hand; they balance each other out,” said Duke.