Tica

Used to be the youngest member of the Kings, now the most recently married! (The Duke Street Queen? Oh well we picked the name 19 years before a girl finally joined the band) Her dream is to become a lounge singer in a red dress perched atop a black grand piano. She was classically trained in voice at Doane College. She's got the voices of Patsy Cline, Susan Tedeschi, and Janis Joplin all rolled into one.

Tica's influences include local artists Lannie Garrett, Sal Smith & Mary Flower as well as the vocal stylings of Ani DiFranco, Patsy Cline & Janis Joplin. To paraphrase Dave Marsh "I've seen the future of the Duke Street Kings and her name is Tica Ashton!"