His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Duskin was raised near the Union Terminal train station, where his father worked.
While serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, he continued to play and, in entertaining American servicemen, met his idols Johnson, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis.
Duskin lived to the age of 105, and in the meantime, Joe found employment as a police officer and as a postal worker.
[2] The album contained Duskin's cover version of "Down the Road a Piece" [5] and featured Jimmy Johnson and Muddy Waters's guitarist Bob Margolin.
He subsequently toured Austria and Germany, and in 1987 he made his first visit to the U.K.[3] The same year his part in John Jeremy's film Boogie Woogie Special, recorded for The South Bank Show, raised Duskin's profile.
He was also a guest and invited to perform on the BBC program Bravo accompanied by the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.
[2] His touring in Europe continued before he recorded his final album at the Quai du Blues in Neuilly, France.
[2] Duskin's 84th birthday party was held on February 10, 2005, at The Fat Fish Blue, Newport, Kentucky, and included a gathering of musicians and friends including Larry Bloomfield, Larry Nager, Philip Paul, Ed Conley, James Ibold, Frank Lynch and more paying tribute.
[2] In 2000 Duskin received a Lifetime Achievement "Cammy" ("Cammy" was the nickname for The Cincinnati Enquirer Pop Music Award, which was presented annually to musicians identified with the tri-State area of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana)[9] Duskin was presented with a key to the city in 2004 by the mayor of Cincinnati.