Billy Dukes' music background includes jobs as music director and night DJ at WQDR 94.7 in Raleigh, N.C.; writer for Recoil Magazine, a monthly out of Grand Rapids, Mich.; and writer for the Kalamazoo Gazette in Kalamazoo, Mich. The Western Michigan University graduate followed a girl to Raleigh in 2006 and wisely married her one year later. In 2014, they moved to Nashville, where they now live with their two dogs, Daisy and Clementine, and their sons. In his free time, Billy enjoys playing and watching baseball, cycling and exploring nature.
Billy Dukes
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All the heart-eye and praise-hands emojis!
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An intensely personal touch separates Kane Brown's best songs from the rest of his music.
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"You can't write that song unless you've lived that song," Johnson says.
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It's his big screen debut!
New Songs on the Radio — March 2019
The King is back!