Each band member was asked to answer the same following questions. Here’s Doug’s answers.

What do you see as your main role in the band?
Guitar Wrangler

List other roles you believe you fill in the band.
Stunt Vocalist, Crowd Heckler, and Scalp Model

List your musical influences (in no particular order).
Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton, Phil Keaggy, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh………

What musical instruments do you play?
Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Baritone Ukulele

What kind of equipment do you use?
PRS Guitars, Rivera M-100 amp head with 1-12” Celestion speaker, FreeForm FX Compressor, DeArmond Weeper Wah Pedal, Ibanez Turbo Tube Screamer (with Keeley Mod), Keeley Katana Boost, FreeForm FX Hybrid Fuzz, ISP Decimator Noise Reduction, Boss SuperShifter, MXR Phase 100, Fulltone ChoralFlange, Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler, Heet E-Bow, Shure SM57 Mic (for amp), EV 767 Vocal Mic, Planet Waves Tuner and Cables, DR Strings (Tite-Fit 9’s). I sometimes use Line 6 AX212 combo amp or Line 6 Pod XT Live in certain situations.

Why did you get into the music business?
The brochure said there would be groupies…………..

If you were banished to an island for the rest of your life and you could only take 5 CDs with you, what would they be?
Frank Zappa - The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
Allman Brothers - Live At Fillmore East
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies
Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
ZZ Top - Chrome, Smoke and BarBQ (it’s a boxed set, so sue me)

100 years from now, if this band is remembered, what would you like people to remember about it?
We gave them a chance to hear (and like) some good music they had maybe never heard before.

100 years from now, what would you like people to remember about you?
Remember? They’re not getting rid of me that easy.

List anything else about yourself and/or the band that you would like included in your bio:
I’ve played in numerous bands in Southern Ohio since the early 1970s, including Night Shift, The Real Estate, Flashback, and The Detours, to name but a few. My day job (which I was advised not to quit) is as a computer technician at Shawnee State University, where I also teach guitar classes. I’m also very active with the Portsmouth Little Theatre. My wife and I live in Portsmouth, Ohio, with our 3 cats.