[1] At the age of 13, he got his first electric guitar and formed a band with his friends in his hometown of Wayzata, Minnesota, playing popular music at private parties and school functions.
DuChaine immersed himself in the blues of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, T-Bone Walker and Bukka White and learned to play the slide guitar, soon developing his own style.
[1] The band backed blues musicians including Fenton Robinson, Boogie Woogie Red, Luther Tucker, Hubert Sumlin and Eddie "Guitar" Burns.
The reputation of the band grew and Willie Dixon arranged a recording contract and a concert sharing the bill with Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf.
Since going solo in 1982 and hitting the road in the United States, Kent has clocked up over three million miles, including over a hundred tours in Europe, promoting the Delta blues.