Like many aspiring musos, Duffy formed a 
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band in his teens, back in 1978 – only in his 
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case, his bandmates were John Taylor and 
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Nick Rhodes, and the group was Duran Duran. 
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He played bass, sang, and left to pursue a solo 
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career (doh!) in the early 1980s. Duffy 
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collaborated with other musicians as Tin Tin, 
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scoring a surprise US hit with Kiss Me. In 
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1987, he formed folk-toned indie outfit the 
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Lilac Time. They initially split in 1991 after 
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three albums and then re-formed for a fourth 
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outing, Looking for a Day in the Night, in 1999. 
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Last year, the album Keep Going, another 
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country-folk record, was released by Stephen 
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Duffy & the Lilac Time.