J.D. Duncan, keyboardist extraordinaire, began playing music at the age of five by playing along with bands performing on television variety shows. Although classically trained, he preferred the popular music of the day and his influences included Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Cream, the Doors and many Motown Artists. By the age of thirteen (and requiring a legal chaperone for most of his gigs), he began performing professionally at clubs and venues throughout Texas and Oklahoma. J.D.‘s band became regionally known by winning numerous battle of the bands competitions and performing at all the area’s major venues.

J.D. was an early experimenter with Synthesizers, and  before he was twenty J.D. was hired by ARP Synthesizers as an International Product Specialist and Ambassador. This allowed J.D. to rub shoulders with most of the legendary artists of the era, and within a year J.D. was living in California and touring with R&B artist Rick James, as well as performing and recording with Jazz legends Shelly Mann, Louie Belleson and Leroy Vinegar.

For the next fifteen years J.D.’s tour circuit took him to every major U.S. and European city as well as throughout Asia, performing and recording with a number of Grammy Award winning musicians in all genres of music. When J.D. was not on the road he was anchoring studio recording sessions for A&M Records and recording with an incredible array of major artists.