Born and raised in Detroit, Doug's musical journey began with piano lessons in the late '60s. He played bassoon in junior high and flute in high school. Influenced by legendary rock and rollers like The Doors and the Rolling Stones, Doug first picked up guitar in 1971. He began playing bass in 1975 in a Detroit rock & roll band called the Fuzz Brothers because they couldn't find a bass player. After thirty years in Detroit and two in New York City, Ann Arbor became home in 1987. Since then, Doug has played with lots of great musicians in many of the smoke-filled dives...er, I mean, top venues in Michigan.

A life-long fan of the Fender Precision bass, Doug also plays a 1977 blue Rickenbacker 4001, and has recently gone 5-string with a '90s era Fender Jazz bass (pictured in the photo). His amps are Gallien-Krueger with a combination of 10", 12", and 15" G-K speaker cabinets to match venues of any size. Doug uses Shure wireless transmitters on all of his basses, allowing him the freedom to wander to the bar for a blast of Crown Royal or even join the dance floor action.