Four albums (and countless songs written for other artists) into one of country music’s more esteemed careers, country recording artist/songwriter George Ducas continues to evolve. All together to date, Ducas has been a part of studio albums that have sold more than 20 million copies and even garnered a Grammy nomination.
Born in Texas City, Texas between Houston and Galveston, George Ducas’ family wasn’t a particularly musical one, leaving Ducas to take the reins of his own music education. He did benefit from hearing a steady diet of Willie Nelson and Texas singer–songwriters Jerry Jeff Walker and Guy Clark around the house, and taught himself how to play guitar around the age of 12. He later expanded his learning to both blues and rock.
With parents who divorced early in his childhood, Ducas spent his childhood years in both Texas with his father and California with his mother. After graduating high school in Houston, he enrolled at Vanderbilt University, even as music was calling his name. After graduating and moving to Atlanta for a brief stint, Ducas made the life–altering drive from Atlanta to Nashville, forging his own path in an industry built predominantly on formula. Early on, he dedicated himself to his songwriting and performed regularly in andaround Nashville, cultivating a following both in and outside of the music industry.
Ducas maintains that the best part of it all is to tour and perform live–whether it’s back home in Texas, across the US, headlining festivals in Japan, France, Brazil, Switzerland, the UK, or appearing on Nashville’sfamed Grand Ole Opry. Of his live show, Ducas says, “I like for the experience to be a non–stop musical journey, of both my own recordings and songwriting hits, both past and present.
