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== Career ==
Van Duren was part of the Memphis music scene with power-pop group [[Big Star]]
In 1977, he began work on a solo album.<ref name=":3" /> He was managed and produced by Andrew Loog Oldman of Rolling Stones fame,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-04-18 |title=Van Duren live after 40-year gap |url=https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/5917570/van-duren-live-after-40-year-gap/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Blue Mountains Gazette |language=en-AU}}</ref> with comparisons to Paul McCartney. He released his first album ''Are You Serious?'' in 1978 on the Big Sound label, which received rave reviews and was widely played on US radio stations.<ref name=":1" /> It was released in Europe as ''Staring at the Ceiling'' on the London Decca label.[https://concord.com/publishing-roster/van-duren/] It included one song, ''This Love Inside'', written by Big Star's Jody Stephens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Van Duren – Staring At The Ceiling |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3694923-Van-Duren-Staring-At-The-Ceiling}}</ref>
In 1980, he had recorded his second album, ''Idiot Optimism'', but his relationship with Big Sound's owner, Doc Cavalier, had soured due to a conflict over Scientology. As a result, the label did not distribute the album, while retaining the rights.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yates |first=Rod |date=2019-04-09 |title=Singer-songwriter Van Duren rediscovered, 40 years on |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/well-worth-the-wait-after-40-years-20190408-h1datv.html |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
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In 2023, a set recorded live in Memphis in 1992 was released, under the name ''Cartwheeling: Live in Memphis.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Apice |first=John |date=2023-11-30 |title=REVIEW: Van Duren & Good Question “Cartwheeling: Live In Memphis” - Americana Highways |url=https://americanahighways.org/2023/11/30/review-van-duren-good-question-cartwheeling-live-in-memphis/,%20https://americanahighways.org/2023/11/30/review-van-duren-good-question-cartwheeling-live-in-memphis/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=americanahighways.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Discography ==
* ''Are You Serious?'' (Big Sound, 1978) / ''Staring At the Ceiling'' (London)
* ''Idiot Optimism'' (recorded 1978-1979<ref>{{Citation |title=Van Duren - Idiot Optimism Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/idiot-optimism-mw0000693288 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en}}</ref>, released 1999)
* ''Open Secret'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Secret, by Van Duren |url=https://vanduren.bandcamp.com/album/open-secret |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Van Duren |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Resonance Road'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resonance Road, by Van Duren |url=https://vanduren.bandcamp.com/album/resonance-road |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Van Duren |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Her Name Comes Up'' (Van Duren and Tim Horrigan, 2012)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Her Name Comes Up, by Van Duren and Tim Horrigan |url=https://vanduren.bandcamp.com/album/her-name-comes-up |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Van Duren |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Idiot Optimism'' (re-mastered, 2020)
* ''Cartwheeling: Live in Memphis'' (2023)
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