Billy Dukes is a Senior Editor and Executive Producer at Taste of Country, where he has over 11,000 articles to his name. His media background includes jobs as music director at WQDR 94.7 in Raleigh, N.C.; writer for Recoil Magazine, a monthly out of Grand Rapids, Mich.; and writer for the Kalamazoo Gazette in Kalamazoo, Mich. The Western Michigan University graduate followed a girl to Raleigh in 2006 and wisely married her one year later. In 2014, they moved to Nashville, where they now live with their three sons. In his free time, Billy enjoys playing and watching baseball, cycling and home renovation.
Billy Dukes
Miranda Lambert’s Husband Made a Total City Boy Faux Pas While Baling Hay
She could have told him what would happen if he baled hay shirtless, but why?
Reba McEntire Passed on a Huge George Strait Hit
Keith Whitley also passed on releasing this song, although the decision wasn't his.
Here Are the Winners of the 2020 Billboard Music Awards
Luke Combs and Kane Brown were hoping to be among the big winners at the 2020 BBMAs.
Las Vegas Shooting Victims to Split $800 Million
58 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on Oct. 1, 2017.
Former ACM Entertainer of the Year Mac Davis Critical After Heart Surgery
A note from his manager asks for prayers for the 78-year-old singer and hitmaker for Elvis Presley and more.
Blake Shelton Developing TV Drama Based on ‘God’s Country’
The show — called 'In God's Country' — has a script commitment at NBC and would focus on a farm family in the midwest.
Carrie Underwood Forgot to Thank Her Husband and Kids at the ACM Awards
"I'm a dummy," she said after the show.
Luke Combs Shares ‘Better Together,’ a Song for His Wife, at ACM Awards [WATCH]
Just six weeks after marrying Nicole Hocking, Combs played the new song from a nearly empty stage at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe.
Tyler Hubbard and Family Visit Hospital After Daughter Takes a ‘Tumble’
It all happened on wife Hayley Hubbard's due date.
Luke Combs Reveals His Wedding Song
Luke also revealed his wife's panic one week before their wedding date.
President Jimmy Carter Admits Who Smoked Weed With Willie Nelson at the White House
The most famous toke in American history happened on Sept. 13, 1980.
Alan Jackson Shares Story Behind 9/11 Anthem, ‘Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turn…
It came to him in the middle of the night.