Steve Earle & The Dukes has been played on NTS shows including The Cosmic Principle w/ Nick Mitchell Maiato, with The Week Of Living Dangerously first played on 17 January 2016.

The Dukes are Steve Earle's backing band:
Chris Masterson and
Eleanor Whitmore (aka The Mastersons), [artists]Ricky Ray Jackson, Jeff Hill, Brad Pemberton While makeup of The Dukes is fluid, SteveEarle.net lists recent members including Eric Ambel, Kelly Looney, and Will Rigby. Past members include such luminaries as Buddy Miller, Norman Blake, Mark Stuart, sister Stacey Earle, and the artist's son Justin Townes Earle.