DOUG MAYS
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DOUG MAYS, A MASTER OF DELTA AND CARRIBEAN, MISSISSIPI CAJUN MUSIC.Band/artist history
ABOUT THE ARTIST DOUG MAYS SEPT 21, 2006
DOUG MAYS, AT THE TENDER AGE OF 14, STARTED HIS PROFESSIONAL MUSIC CAREER AT THE “GUNGA-DEN” IN THE FRENCH QUARTER, NEW ORLEANS, LA. ON FAMOUS BOURBON STREET
AT THE AGE OF 18 MAYS WAS SIGNED TO HIS FIRST RECORD DEAL BY “HUEY MOUX’, LEGENDARY PRODUCER OF “BJ THOMAS, FREDDIE FENDER, and JOHNNY WINTER” IN ASSOCIATION WITH JOHNNY CASH’S SON-IN-LAW, “MIKE DANIEL”. MEGA RECORD RELEASE “YOU” VE GOT TO MAKE IT” CHARTED IN SEVERAL CITIES AROUND THE USA
AT AGE 20 MAYS WAS SIGNED TO MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND PUBLISHING AS A STAFF WRITER. MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND STUDIO IS KNOWN AS A RECORDING MECCA FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS ‘TRAFFIC’, “BOB SEGER”, “BOB DILLON’, “PAUL SIMON” AND MANY OTHERS. MAYS FIRST RELEASE AS A STAFF WRITER WAS “MISSISSIPPI FUNK” ON “BELL
RECORDS”, RECORDED BY THE MAYS LED GROUP “STORM” OF NYC. MAYS WROTE, SANG, AND PLAYED BASS ON “MISSISSIPPI FUNK” WHICH WENT TO NUMBER ONE IN MOST CITIES OF THE DEEP SOUTH INCLUDING, LITTLE ROCK, AR. BILOXI, MISS TO NAME A FEW.
IN 1974 THE MAYS PENNED “MISSISSIPPI FUNK” WAS A TOP 10 RECORD IN ALL OF SOUTH AMERICA.
IN THE EARLY 80’S, MAYS WAS SIGNED TO A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT
BY “RICK HALL” OF FAME MUSIC STUDIO, MUSCLE SHOALS, AL. WHOSE HITS INCLUDE SONGS OF “WILSON PICKETT”, ‘OSMOND BROTHERS’ AND “ARETHA FRANKLIN”.
MAYS IN THE MID 1980’S OWNED HIS OWN RECORD LABEL,”DASMA RECORDS” RELEASING “ESCAPE TO PARADISE” WHICH WENT TOO NUMBER ONE IN DUTCH, FRENCH AND BRITISH WEST INDIES.
IN THE MID 90”S DOUG MAYS DISCOVERED, MANAGED AND PRODUCED BLUES SINGER “FELICIA DIVINE” WHOSE ALBUM “ DOMESTIC
ENGINEER” WENT TOP TWENTY NATIONWIDE ON INTERNET RADIO MP3 AND WENT TO NUMBER ONE IN MOBILE, AL. PENSACOLA, FL. TO NAME A FEW CITIES.
TO CONTACT DOUG MAYS CALL OR WRITE TO RUSS WOOLEN PUBLISHING, PO BOX 1873, ANTIOCH, TN 37011 615-469-1410Have you performed in front of an audience?NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTHEAST US
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