Duke Rightious

Duke Rightious was born in Berkeley, California on August 17, 1961, the second child to Gaylan Chepourkoff (son of noted artist and sculptor Michael Chepourkoff) and Diane Minto, and spent his early childhood in the Bay area. He started writing music at the age of seven, after spending his younger years listening to everything from classical to African tribal music on a daily basis. In third grade, Duke's father, who was afraid of earthquakes and wanted to move from the Bay area, found work on the other end of the state and moved the family to Upland, CA. Within months of their first move, however, they started a "cross country sojourn", beginning with Lubbock, Texas. A lot of this is relived in Duke's book "The Wayward Neighbors". Six months later his father moved them to Cedars, PA where they spent a year.