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Doug Roberts
» label: unsigned
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Doug Roberts
NEWS
First album: "Road Songs" (2003)
Second album: "Bass Man in the Band" (2004)
Latest release: "Music from Doug's House" (2006)
Second album: "Bass Man in the Band" (2004)
Latest release: "Music from Doug's House" (2006)
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I'm a 50-something musician who has been playing music since the 1960s. I mostly play electric bass in the bands, but I also play guitar, mandolin, piano, acoustic bass and sitar.
Why this name?
This page is for my own music.
Our band, Dads Gone Bad, can also be found on this site.
Our band, Dads Gone Bad, can also be found on this site.
Do you play live?
I play live with the band. Most of the material here is my own stuff, multi-tracked at home on a Zoom digital recorder. I play all the instruments and sing all the vocal parts.
This home recording stuff is mostly for my own entertainment, and friends and family.
This home recording stuff is mostly for my own entertainment, and friends and family.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
I like being able to hear people's music, and look forward to sharing some of my own. Our band has been getting gigs from our website, so the Internet can be a useful tool for live musicians.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Sure, call me up.
Band History:
Rock bands in the 60s.
Rock and country bands in the 70s.
Country-rock and classic rock in the 80s.
Spent most of the 90s in an oldies do-wop trio.
Currently playing bass in a classic rock dance band.
Rock and country bands in the 70s.
Country-rock and classic rock in the 80s.
Spent most of the 90s in an oldies do-wop trio.
Currently playing bass in a classic rock dance band.
Your influences?
Wide-ranging influences, from Elvis to today.
British rock in the 60s, acoustic and jug bands, country-rock and southern rock, Zappa, Spike Jones, Mozart & Bach, Dan Hicks, Chet Atkins, Commander Cody, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, James Taylor, Leon Redbone.
British rock in the 60s, acoustic and jug bands, country-rock and southern rock, Zappa, Spike Jones, Mozart & Bach, Dan Hicks, Chet Atkins, Commander Cody, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, James Taylor, Leon Redbone.
Favorite spot?
The Northwest - Washington, Oregon, Idaho, etc.
Equipment used:
Fender Precision Bass and Nashville model Telecaster, plus a Gianinni 12-string acoustic, an Ovation acoustic bass and a Kay blond stand-up bass. Plus various mandolins, guitars, sitars, keyboards and other strange instruments.
I self-record on a Zoom MRS-1266 digital multitrack recorder.
I self-record on a Zoom MRS-1266 digital multitrack recorder.
Anything else...?
Oh jeeze, now he's singing with himself!
Nine Dougs a-singing!
Nine Dougs a-singing!