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Dewayne Kaufholz Jr (a.k.a. Duke) took an interest
                           in
                           playing guitar at the age of 6.  He took lessons for
                           two years and was able to play rhythm guitar and read
                           chord charts by the age of 7.  Also, at the age of 7
                           he made his first appearance on stage at an elementary
                           school talent show.  Many spectators found it hard to
                           believe that he was actually playing the guitar at
                           such a young age.  After two years of lessons Duke
                           began teaching himself how to read music and began
                           listening to many guitar players including Eric
                           Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Van Halen, Steve Vai, Joe
                           Satriani, and Brent Mason.  Duke began to get pretty
                           good at playing lead guitar, but however had a strong
                           interest in learning music theory as it relates to the
                           guitar.  So Duke began taking lessons from Jerry Sims
                           of Sims music and continued to do so for three years. 
                           During this time, Duke played with his first band
                           Young Country.  One of the Female singers, Lauren
                           Lucas, some years later cut a record deal with Warner
                           Bros. Records.  After Young Country fell apart, Duke
                           along with long time Friend Trey Amick, started a band
                           called Phoenix.  Duke played in Phoenix all the way
                           through high-school and College.  While working on a
                           double major in Communications and Accounting at
                           Newberry College, Duke was able to play for several
                           college functions and his music was featured on Local
                           Cable Channel 2 programming from Newberry College’s
                           Video production studio.  After graduating Newberry
                           College in 2001, Duke took a break from music to
                           pursue his Masters in Accounting at USC in Columbia
                           SC.   After graduating USC, Duke began working as a
                           Tax Accountant and Auditor for a local CPA firm in
                           Columbia SC.   After being away from music for several
                           years, Duke received a call from, another long time
                           friend and former band mate of Phoenix, Wayne Paige. 
                           Wayne told Duke that he had just started drumming with
                           a great talented band, Trey Harris and The Lounge
                           Hounds, and they had two guitar players quit and
                           needed somebody fast to fulfill commits already made. 
                           Duke, gladly welcomed the opportunity to get back into
                           music, something that had been apart of him for most
                           of his life.