Duenow

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Duenow is a Chicago based folk/punk/rap band.

The band consists of Zach Duenow on guitar and the harmonica, and Dorothea "Dot" Duenow on drums.

Zach and Dot are married, and have been performing together since November 2004. Prior to their marriage, Zach performed solo.

Duenow's first album "If You Could Only See What They Are Doing To You" was released independently in the latter half of 2003, using session musicians and recording with steve albini at his studio Electrical Audio, danny schaffer at 4040 studios, dave hutten at Red Squared Studios, and at the home studio of daniel pritzker a founding member of local resident and philanthropist Sonia Dada.

Their debut album as a duo is called "The Draft LP" and was released by united for opportunity (their New York Label) shortly after Zach returned to lucidity after a six month battle with crippling anxiety that kept him isolated from family and friends. Their 2005 "secular whores of Babylon" tour was cut short with the onset of the anxiety disorder, and they cancelled shows in 13 states including 3 showcases at SXSW.

They now reside in the suburbs of Chicago and work 9 to 5 jobs. They had a male child named Bazil Luke Duenow in May of 2007. They have no plans to return to touring as a rock band, but have applied for a grant from MTV (Dot's employer) to produce a children's album called "welcome to the world: a baby's guide to planet earth." This effort would attempt to be an updated version of Free to Be... You and Me the 1970s star-studded and wildly successful children's album.