The Mama~Dukes are a N. Stradbroke Island band that formed in 2006 to play acoustic and electric roots Blues, rock and alt country original music.

Since that time they have played concerts at Pubs, Clubs, Cafes, restaurants; performed at 'Island Vibe/Blues and Roots/Lines in the sand Festivals; Fete De La Musique, Hampton Festival, Laura St Festival, and for a number of charity fundraising events.

The Mama~Dukes also play as a full band when joined by their larger 'electric' collective known as 'The MoTronics".

Over the past 10 years, the Mama~Dukes and the MoTronics collective have hosted "Movember" community concerts at North Stradbroke Island raising thousands of dollars for the Movember men's health movement.

In 2013 the Mama~Dukes along with The MoTronics released their debut CD - " Rusty Gold from Point Lo ". This is discribed by one reviewer as "It’s mainly Indie folk/rock in genre with an interesting and eclectic mix of styles and influences ranging from the story telling of Paul Kelly and Weddings Parties Anything, through to the Country/rock of Tom Petty and Jeff Tweedy and even to the darkness of Nick Cave."

This was then followed up in 2014 with their second CD - " Hi Point Lo ". One notable feature of this album is the inclusion of more female backing singers.

In 2015 The Mama~dukes then released "Point Lo Blues", which reviewer Ian Phillips described as "the best yet".

In 2016, we went a bit country with the CD 'Hi Lonesome'. In 2016 the Mama~Dukes went of a tour of Japan. Check the video here

The 5th album released in 2017, was off to the beach, with Surf Music. Released in November 2017 to a fabulous crowd response.
One reviewer, describes the album this way
The album opens with an instrumental, Winter Surf Symphony, that captures the sound and feel of the classic surf instrumentals of the ‘60s, complete with twangy reverb guitar and pounding bass and drums.
There are some very good tracks on the album.
Dugald’s Everybody Loves you, Big Fat Joe and closing track, Sea of Blue, are excellent while Sean Ogilvie’s Into The Blue, with a great lead vocal by Erin Ross, is particularly good.
The mark of a good song is when you find yourself involuntarily singing it and this was the case with Dugald Anthony’s song, Happy Home.
It’s a catchy piece of classic pop that wormed its way into my brain and wouldn’t leave me alone for a couple of days.

In 2018, Dugald went solo, and produced another cracker CD. The rest of the MoTronics had a sabbatical.

In 2019, it was a return to the studio to mix up some Disco/Soul/Blues-Roots music, and so the child was born with glitter in her hair (Point Lo Fever).
Dugald and the team are a constant source of wonder to me. In the seven albums they have released from their debut (at least to me) of Rusty Gold from Point Lo back in 2013 they have delved into musical genres as diverse as Folk, Country (and Western), Blues/Roots, Surf, and even a little Garage/Grunge and now it's the turn of Disco.

In 2020, under Covid-19 lockdown we released CD number 7 with a focus on Garage/Power Pop. It was released at the Point Lookout Surf Club on November the 21st 2020. In one review it was said that 'Point Lo Carport is the most consistent album that the boys have released so far and it led me to contemplate what tracks a best-of album would contain.'...well watch this space

2021 has proved to be yet another crazy year for musicians, families, friends and fans locked down, locked apart and dealing with constantly shifting circumstances.
Given these challenging times, The Mama~dukes and The MoTronics decided to release their first Compilation album tapping into a widescreen panorama of musical genres and storytelling from their 7 album back catalogue of songs (2013-2020)

A prospectors guide to the music of: The Mama~dukes featuring The MoTronics
Available now on all major music streaming platforms < Spotify | Apple music | YouTube | Amazon > is:
PaTina gLOw (Volume I)

To complete this special 2021 Compilation series PaTina gLOw - Volume II and Volume III - will be released to bring in a brighter 2022.

And finally for this 3 CD compilation, a special shout out of love and thanks to honour all the amazing musicians who generously shared their time, good camaraderie and inspired musical contributions to our sonic adventures during the past 8 years.
If you enjoy our music … share the love and Happy almost Xmas to you all! ?
Dugald, Sean & The MoTs
XXx

Our music can be found on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon.
We would love you to check out our music, and let us know what you think.

We have been very happy to do these Community Movember concerts and the CD launches over the years which have featured live performances by some of the very talented Stradbroke Island musicians.

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