ONE TON of DUCKS
an original coffeehouse rock & roots band

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One Ton of Ducks
Steve Harris & Friends
Bob Christensen
Tim Miller
Steve Harris
South End String Band
 

One Ton of Ducks is a coffeehouse rock and roots band, with scorching guitars and soaring harmonies. The band performs crafty "front room concert" style singer/songwriter rock and roots music. Songwriters all, the band performs their own original songs, as well as a select few great underexposed songs written by others.

"One Ton of Ducks is a wonderful band that performed for us at our event last November. Highly recommended."
  ~ CJ Thomas
     Camano Chamber of Commerce

Mark Dodge sings and plays guitar, keys, & the occasional ukulele; Roger Ludwick sings and plays guitar & keys; Wende Hilyard sings and plays percussion & a cute little keyboard; Patrick Donicht plays bass, percussion & fake marimba (real marimba stage permitting); while Thomas Kemper keeps all four limbs busy full time playing the living crap out of his drums. OTOD is dynamic but not obtuse, melodic but not cloying, topical but not didactic, sentimental but not morose, clever but not flashy, rocky with a rootsy overtone, keyboardy, guitary, and harmony-vocaly. Click here for a more detailed boring discussion of musical experiences and such: our curricula des canards.

"We sure will have you back! We enjoyed it even more than last time, and we had several customers comment the same. We all like it a little more 'rocky!' Us baby boomers will never get old!"
  ~ Annie Austin
     Espresso Americano, Everett

For booking information: mark@bigquack.com.
 

FYI: The Big Quack Records CD entitled One Ton of Ducks (out of print) contains selected songs by Big Quack recording artists Steve Harris, Giza, Bob Christensen, and Tim Miller. One Ton of Ducks (the band) plays some (but not all) of these songs.

OTOD 3-button Henleys

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Shirts you might actually wear! Heavy-duty 3-button henleys, not t-shirts! These are beefy Navy blue pre-shrunk cotton shirts that will last forever compared to the usual swag t-shirt. The OTOD band logo is tastefully emblazoned over the left breast, and the nifty "sunshine rain" logo looms large on the back. L or XL, long sleeve or short sleeve - all the same price: $20 each + $2.50 shipping). Or skip the shipping and come to a show.

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One Ton of Ducks
an original coffeehouse rock & roots band

More than you care to know:

Steve Harris & Friends last played in public on 9/8/07, so the remaining four "Friends" regrouped and are now officially "One Ton of Ducks" (OTOD). Not to worry, Steve will reappear as a featured performer on occasion - stay tuned. Roger Ludwick of the Big Quack Records band Giza has joined the band, bringing a bunch of new tunes in the repertoire, including most of the songs on Giza's "Time Heals" CD. We're also playing more of Mark's originals, as well as songs by Steve Harris, Bob Christensen, and Morgan Whalen.*

The "new" OTOD band is rock-oriented, dynamic but not loud, and leans toward roots rock, featuring keyboards, snaky guitars, and nifty vocal harmonies.

"Get down" with the Ducks

* Morgan and Mark played in a professional touring band called Dalux back in the early 80s, who played often at a place called Jeno's in Stanwood. This place is now called Jimmy's (they used the same "J" shaped sign, just changed to a different "J" name). At least for a few years there, Jeno's featured pro rock & roll bands 5 nights a week. Ah, the good old days ...