Duke Oursler

Duke Oursler is a country musician, singer & songwriter, born the son of an oil pumper on the plains of Southwest, Kansas. Duke grew up in the windswept prairies of Finney County hunting pheasants and jackrabbits along the dry bottom of the Arkansas River. Duke currently resides in central IL.

His thoughtful, honest, and direct lyrics speak to the experiences, virtues and vices of midwestern life. His unique brand of American country music celebrates hard-working blue-collar life and often a critiques the notion of the “American Dream” by contrasting economic and cultural tropes against unifying and spiritual stories of love, loss and family found in rural America.

With honesty, authenticity, and wit, Duke and his band The American Dream deliver an energetic live performance belting stories of America's Heartland. Their live performance is professional, and thoughtful mix of his original country rock music as well as a few select covers. Duke has been writing and playing his original music for the past two decades and has shared the stage with many regional and national acts such as Aaron Watson, Kin Faux, Cody Canada, Joe Stamm, Chicago Farmer, Them Coulee Boys, and others.