Duane Jarvis (August 22, 1957 – April 1, 2009)^[1] was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who recorded, wrote songs and toured with many rock and roll and country music performers, including Frank Black, Peter Case, Rosie Flores, John Prine, Amy Rigby, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Tim Carroll, and Gene Clark & Carla Olson.^[2]

His collaborations included co-writing "Still I Long For Your Kiss" with Wiliams, a song on her Grammy-winning album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. He also released a number of solo albums.

He described his style as "country rock by way of the British Invasion" in a 1994 interview with The Oregonian, citing The Who, The Kinks, and The Rolling Stones as influences who themselves had borrowed much from roots music.^[1]

Personal life

Jarvis was born in Astoria, Oregon, and grew up in California, Oregon and Washington. His mother was a nurse and his father was in the United States Coast Guard, and would often play country music records at home. While living in Florida as a pre-teen, Jarvis received a guitar pick from B. B. King at the end of a concert he attended, which Jarvis kept for the rest of his life. He was part of a blues band and a power pop group^[3][4] while in his teens.^[2] He later played guitars, sang and wrote songs in the Portland power pop band 2 Minutes 50 (originally called The Odds), who released a 7-inch single, "Call Me Back"/"Forget It", in 1981.

Jarvis was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in 2007. He died of colon cancer at age 51 on April 1, 2009, at his home in Marina del Rey, California.^[2][5]

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