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Every once in a while, when I’m preaching the gospel of Dallas music to out-of-towners, some faraway friend asks about the band Doosu. That’s odd for a few reasons, but the biggest one is that this outside-Dallas Doosu chat is more common than inside-Dallas Doosu chat. At least that was the case before the band posted a breakup notice on their Web site last month. Since the news, local lips have finally begun moving about the hard-rock outfit, which was never crazy enough to get a foothold in the hardcore scene led by Brutal Juice and Baboon and never pandering enough to crack any sort of mainstream market. Still, Doosu released a few records on local hard-rock label One Ton Records and grabbed a few choice opening gigs, including shows with the Toadies, A Perfect Circle and Porno for Pyros. Along the way, they built a small-but-dedicated fanbase and progressed nicely as a band, which is most obvious in their promising 2002 release, Feng Shui. Actually, “promising” no longer fits so well, and we’re assuming recent developments within Doosu–including bassist Chad DeAtley’s first son born in September and guitarist/singer Casey Hess’ move to the Burden Brothers–accelerated the split. At their farewell concert at the Curtain Club on Saturday, Dallas fans have one last chance to say goodbye. So be a sport if you attend and hold up a cell phone for those faraway fans they’ve secured in the past 11 years.
