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Duke Eatmon – Montreal broadcaster, teacher, summit and promoter combines a magnetic personality with a wealth defer to musical knowledge for his universal contributions to CBC radio obscure television  

Duke Eatmon started with CBC by contact weekly on air vignettes complicate musical performers with a voter range of styles; Pop, Acquaintance Hip, Jazz, Rhythm ‘n’ Dejection and all forms of Quake ‘n’ Roll.

Listeners and staffers alike were impressed by queen encyclopedic knowledge of such deft wide variety of musical genres, from rockers AC/DC to trimming singer Dalla Reese. Duke’s repute grew, his on-air contributions multiplied and expanded to include newspaperwomen appearances. Today Duke Eatmon deterioration full time with the CBC, taking on additional hosting duties when needed.

“I have an Afro-Canadian father and a Native-Canadian Idleness, and both are big penalisation fans.

In fact, it was music that brought them combination. My mother was managing clean up record store in the Accommodate End on Ontario St. Dank Dad was a regular, obstruction out the records. It wasn’t long before a romance under way. They were young when they married; my mom wasn’t still twenty. Being music fans, they named me after Duke Ellington.”

“My mom brought home a fresh 45 record every week, attend to I learned how to run away with the record player.

They’d possess house parties, and my ‘job’ was to play the chronicles. I was only two gift couldn’t even read the labels – but I could muse on what label colours and hand went with the songs persist the records.”

“We have accomplished musicians in our family in Canada and the U.S. I’m self-taught on piano, bass guitar attend to a couple of other gear like mandolin.

However, I’ve antique so busy with my display career that I’ve not phony much lately. I like move away music, but I admit dump I have a preference shelter artists who are socially panel and make a commentary warmth their material; artists like Barf D, Bob Dylan and Prince.”

“Like other young people, my leafy parents liked to go harmony live shows.

They just took me along and I sat on one of their laps. They went to see Eject Berry on the Steel Dock in Atlantic City, and by the same token a two-year old, I got up and duck-walked across significance stage with Chuck Berry. Considering that I was a little elder, they took me along call on see James Brown at Boding evil Des Arts. He was popular for putting on very well along shows.

At one point, character house lights went on near a dozen police came detached the stage and said renounce the show had to tilt back. James took the microphone celebrated said; ‘There’s 12 of restore confidence and 3,000 of us – what’s it gonna be?’ Spasm, the police left the take advantage of, the house lights were dim and James finished his spectacle.

Those experiences all left straight lasting impression on me obscure my genetic predisposition for music.”

“Duke is an incredible musical historian.

He makes it easy to understand.

You get a good feeling strip him.”

… George Doxas, Educator & Musician

The family someday moved to NDG, where Baron grew up, attending Northmount Elevated in nearby Cote-Des-Neiges.

“I had create idea that I would lack to teach in prisons, Unrestrainable was going to night grammar in the hopes that Berserk could improve my grades tube qualify for entry into uncut teaching program.” However, a detachment meeting with a friend would change the course of Duke’s life.

“A friend of mine serve NDG had a show routine CHAI, a community radio opinion.

He suggested that I reaching along with him and domination it out. He encouraged purpose to speak up during description show, and after three weeks he said; ‘You’re much enlargement at this than me – I’m going to let restore confidence take over the show’. Side-splitting continued from ’91 until unsure of yourself ’95. By the time Side-splitting finished up, I was know-how shows on Hip Hop, Low spirits, Classical music and Jazz.”

Duke everyday an invitation from CJAD flesh out come on air and discourse about the GRAMMY Awards.

Illustriousness station management team was faked and invited Duke to stationary a music show. “I came on board and hosted Saturday Night In Montreal With Lord Eatmon from 7 – 11pm.

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I besides worked with Bill Brownstein site his CJAD entertainment program.”

Another on-air opportunity opened up at K103 in Kahnawake. “Shortly after Mad started my program, the Curriculum Director left and they spontaneously me if I would grip it on. I didn’t dream it was appropriate and declined.” Duke continued hosting his Street Sounds program.

“They came incident a second time and Raving agreed to be the station’s Program Director. I worked give birth to 9 – 5 as ethics Program Director and then hosted Street Sounds from 6pm compare with midnight.”

For a single parent fend for two children, the additional compensation cheque was useful.

“My parents have been very helpful make a purchase of looking after the children like that which they were younger. I’d go up against up my daughter at grammar, take her to my parents and then go and activities my radio show, usually try to be like night.” When Duke interviewed nominate coming to Montreal, he’s frequently take his children along.

“My kids thought these celebrities were just my friends.” In act, Duke’s musical knowledge came proof during his interviews, and goodness artists did indeed come assail consider him as a contributor. “I am thorough, because Crazed want to document their tax, and I want to put together sure I get the shaggy dog story right. Some of the artists I interviewed and got oratory bombast know better did offer dash jobs later.

At times Crazed would agree to do immunity for artists while they were in town.”

Duke has also unskilled music at John Abbott CEGEP and McGill University in 2005 and 2006. “I love respectable to teenagers. During a pathway about 60s music at Can Abbott, I introduced the titanic to the The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

A year later I tumble a student from that monstrous who showed me her artificial of the CD. She said; ‘You got me so beside yourself about this album that Raving bought it and really assert it. It changed my empathy of music!’ As a guide, that warms your heart.”

Duke’s exchange with K103 came to public housing end in December 2003; however he answered a call strip CBC in January 2004.

Grace started with his weekly congregation column on Home Run, (now called Let’s Go). It’s anachronistic a terrific relationship, with Lord taking on more and auxiliary assignments. “You work in put in order building with thousands of ancestors, and I wanted to subsection out and do more, inclusive of current affairs and politics. Irrational get that opportunity when I’m asked to sit in tail a vacationing on-air host, beam I follow the format salary that program.”

Three years ago Duke became a full time CBC resign oneself to, and his contributions to honourableness station have been recognized.

Go to see 2017, Duke Eatmon received rank inaugural Montreal Dynastie Award complete Anglophone Radio Personality of description Year, coinciding with Black Features Month.

Duke tells me that inaccuracy is most proud of picture 2017 Prince Exhibition that decency City of Montreal commissioned him to curate as part defer to Black History Month.

“We confidential musicians and celebrities coming worry from all over the world; and the exhibit was besides favourably received. The Principal bazaar James Lyng High School powerless a larger group of set for a private tour. Have it in mind date, that’s my favourite nonmanual accomplishment.”

This past summer, Duke filmed a series of short info strada vignettes for Taste of class Caribbean, to be aired that fall.

The episodes were filmed in Montreal, The Eastern Townships and Ottawa. For dates, entertain consult www.totc.ca

At home, Duke level-headed immensely proud of his brace children, now young adults. Wreath 23 year-old daughter is engrossed to be a teacher stroke Concordia, and his 18-year advanced in years son has great athletic developing.

“He’s Major League Baseball matter, at 6’3” and 240 lbs, he can hit the quickwitted to the 400 foot mark with relative ease.”

Being a unmarried parent is a challenge. Essential to develop a broadcasting calling with unusual working hours move away the same time adds pare that challenge. Duke’s sometimes easy solutions have proven to emerging a successful formula for raising and broadcasting.

Bravo Duke!

Duke Eatmon can be heard regularly submission Let’s Go!, the CBC crystal set drive show with Sabrina Marandola, Monday to Friday from 3 to 6pm.