Dale LaDuke was born in Grosse Pointe Michigan. He began singing in church choirs when he was 8 years old and was principle solist and president of his high school choir, as well as trumpet player in the high school band.
He went on to sing with the Michigan State Honors Choir and the Michigan State Fair Choir.
Around this time he began to teach himself the guitar and the piano and to write songs and play in local bands.
He was one of the founders of the popular Southern California country band "Five Wheel Drive" that was one of five finalists (and the only country band) in Yahoo’s "Best Unsigned Band" contest in 2000, and the only group to have their songs in 6 of the top 10 slots in the country division of MP3.com that same year. The band was flown to the red carpet Yahoo awards show at Studio 54 in Manhattan that featured performances by David Bowie, Issac Hayes, Allanis Morriset and many others. The group recorded two demos for Warner Bros. Nashville, before finally disbanding.
He currently lives and plays music in Los Angeles with the wonderful folk/americana band "Kaedmon" as well as the Beatles tribute band "BEATUNES" and as Dale LaDuke, and makes his living as a songwriter, as well as music teacher in Tujunga California.