My name is Cruise Duke, I was named after my Great Grandfather Cruise Cloud Duke. I was raised on his family’s ranch in Lipscomb County Texas. The sound of the rolling Wolf Creek, Windmills turning, and the music from the Lipscomb Music platform somehow made for an interesting combination of influences for me growing up.
I first began singing at an early age, singing in church with my family. Although I started writing early on, it would be later in my college career that I would pick up a guitar.
During my first year at college, I studied a combination of Animal Science and Music. You would most the time find me sitting around campfires and sing for my friends and gather up enough courage every once in a while to drive into Lubbock, Texas to sit on a stage to play music for locals and regulars at the small bars.