Duncan Coker | Nashville Dream

Recorded at the Stone Cottage Studios, Boulder, CO.
Coker's debut, self-titled album has been a long time coming. He has spent years honing his craft in coffee houses and songwriting circles in Boulder, Colorado, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He’d show up every week, guitar in hand, with a newly-penned song and an openness for feedback from his enthusiastic peers. The support and accountability of this tight-knit community was crucial to his development. Now in his mid-50s, Coker doesn’t mind blooming late. He has a lot of life to put into these songs-tending heartbreaks, raising teenagers, planting a garden. They say that late harvest grapes make a fuller wine. The new album is a case of them.
With every song penned in the last year, Coker’s debut is a chronicle of this particular era of his life. If there’s a throughline, it’s the act of building bridges-from the past to the present; from one person to another; and from his heart to yours. This theme is spelled out most clearly when he sings, “Wish I could build a bridge to places that are gone.” Or in his song, “Carried Away,” about the chaos of fighting and making up (and the good sex that comes afterwards). The album features local greats like Carolyn Hunter (Dan Rodrigeuz) and Charlie Rose (Elephant Revival).
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