It's looking like a busy year for the Dudes. We kicked it off in grand style by playing the Northville Marquis Theater on the eighth of March. We turned out nearly 250 fans and by all accounts, a great time…

Summer 2024 is winding down and with 8 gigs behind us, including 500+ (unofficial tallies) folks at return engagements in Farmington and Dexter in recent weeks, and with just a couple more scheduled for the remainder of the year, we…

Oh, my. Someone has been extremely reticent when it comes to letting the good visitors of this site know what's happening with Major Dudes. That finger points directly at little old me, Paul, bassist and bandleader. Today, I decided to…

Good news, the 2022 Detroit Music Awards presentation was Sunday, April 24th. And after being ineligible in 2021 having won the two previous years (that be the rules) we were up once again in 2022 and yep, another win for…

Summer is pretty much in the rear view but we have some exciting dates coming up in the fall. One in particular we really want to mention is a show at one of our favorite places to play, Otus Supply…

Yikes, a year and a half since my last post?! Well, needless to say, some crazy stuff went down in the last year and a half. But after a whole bunch of musical nothing-burgers going on in 2020, we've been…

Holy smokes, it's been 8 months since we last had anything to say. Well, that's not true. There was plenty to say, we just didn't do it. So, just a few days into 2020 here is what's up. It's already…

2019 is shaping up to be a big year for Major Dudes. Now that winter is finally in the rear view spring got off to a great start, first, with a packed house at Otus Supply on April 5th, where…

We had a great Friday night at the Waterfront in Wyandotte, MI. It was a packed house and very responsive for every bit of the Dan we delivered - the hits and the lesser known tunes. I mean when they…

I wish I could remember the exact day I knew we had a band. All I know for sure is it was late October of 2015 when Jim, Danny, Waldon and I had our first practice and Dave joined us…