Cuff the Duke

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Cuff the Duke’s debut Life Stories for Minimum Wage was released on Toronto-indie Three Gut Records on October 15, 2002 to rave reviews. Critics heralded their efforts as “intense” and “timeless.” Emphasis was placed on the mature aspect of the album…a surprise considering the members (all originally from Oshawa) were only 21.

July 26/2005 saw the sophomore release of the self-titled Cuff the Duke on Hayden’s Hardwood imprint (a first besides Hayden himself), distributed by Universal. A favourite of the fans, college radio (#2 national) and critics alike,

they wowed audiences with their live show wherever they played! “Saturday – and all of the Hillside Festival, for my money, was stolen by Cuff the Duke” Ben Rayner Toronto Star

Early in 2006, Halifax’s Dale Murray (The Guthries) joined Cuff the Duke to play electric and steel guitar. With founding members Wayne Petti and Paul Lowman, the band embarked on additional extensive North American touring.

AND, somewhere amongst all of that, several van breakdowns included, Cuff the Duke managed to be part of an exciting, primarily instrumental band called The Hylozoists, led by producer/musician Paul Aucoin, who’s La Fin Du Monde came out spring ’06 on Boompa/EMI.

2007 saw the re-release of Cuff the Duke’s 2002 debut Life Stories for Minimum Wage, Wayne Petti’s solo debut City Lights Align, as well as the band’s their third full-length album, Sidelines of the City.

1	Surging Revival full track	88
2	If I Live or if I Die full track	76
3	Anti-Social full track	55
4	Blackheart full track	53
5	The Future Hangs full track	48
6	Ballad of a Lonely Construction Worker full track	43
7	Belgium Or Peru full track	41
8	Take My Money And Run full track	36
8	The Ballad Of Poor John Henry full track	36
10	The Difference Between Us full track	26
11	I Really Want To Help You full track	23
12	There Was A Time full track	22
13	The Trouble and the Truth full track	21
13	No Sleep, No Heat full track	21
15	Remember the Good Times	19

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BrianBeech wrote:
June 2008

simply wonderful

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frankumi wrote:
May 2008

Wah, trop bon!!

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brittrebecca wrote:
April 2008

have to thank last.fm for choosing this song as similar to hawksley...loving 'there was a time'

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JDJ wrote:
March 2008

Saw them open for Blue Rodeo on Thurs and Friday... converted into a fan. Got their discs... really great stuff!

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garybliss123 wrote:
January 2008

i'm amazed they're not more popular.

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spookychick wrote:
November 2007

i think it depends on the promoter superpissed, when i saw them play (or most bands in bars and such) they play about an hour, and that's plenty. i want them to come back to north bay~

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superpissedoff wrote:
November 2007

I love this band but they ripped our city off. i'm in sault ste marie adn cuff the duke played here tonight. they played barely one hour and that's it. they charged $10 to get in up until the last song. when asked why they couldn't play anymore they answer that the lead singer throat was sore and that they didn't have enough material to play any longer. i mean man, they were down and trying to sel

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meyde wrote:
October 2007

Free mp3 and albums list

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ztlane wrote:
September 2007

I normally don't like country, but Life Stories For Minimum Wage is fucking awesome.

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PorscheFanatica wrote:
August 2006

super good live.

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theGarm wrote:
July 2006

They sure deserve to.

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jroger wrote:
June 2006

i sure hope they do. they are absolutley amazing. i love wayne petti.

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Heinekren wrote:
June 2006

These guys are going to blow up huge sooner or later.

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