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Gregory Douglass (born December 19, 1980) is an
American singer-songwriter. Douglass plays
lead guitar and piano.
Background
Douglass was born and raised in rural Vermont, winning local talent shows in his
early teens. He taught himself to play the piano and guitar, and
began writing his own songs during junior high. While attending Brewster
Academy in New
Hampshire, Douglass composed and recorded the material for his
first two albums. On graduation day, the schools' Headmaster
presented him with a music award and publicly announced that
Douglass was the first student he would ever encourage not
to go to college,[1]
advice that convinced him to immediately pursue music full-time.
Douglass has also been involved in theatre work, both at the
amateur and professional levels. His roles included "Hero" in "A
Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" alongside actor,
Topher Grace, who played "Pseudolus", while attending Brewster
Academy.
Music
Douglass' evocative amalgamation of contemporary folk, pop, and
rock have been compared to Tori Amos, Jeff Buckley, Patty Griffin and Rufus
Wainwright. He was the winner of the 2003 GrammyFest Awards in
New York City, as well as the inaugural performer on the American
Red Cross "Save A Life Tour" in 2003. Douglass actively appears at
listening rooms, clubs, festivals, and on campuses throughout the
U.S., and has co-billed with They Might Be Giants, India
Arie, Jason Mraz,
Melissa
Ferrick and many others. Douglass' debut music video for "I
Wanted To Run," produced by Haverstick Films, is regularly airing
on LOGO's "Click List" Top 10 Video
Countdown as well as "Hang Around" released in 2007. His latest
album, Battler, was released in February of 2009 on iTunes.
A new EP of holiday-themed music, Merry was announced in
2009.
Personal
life
Douglass is openly
gay,[2],
and some of his lyrics deal with queer themes. He has received glowing reviews in
The Advocate.[3]
Discography
| Studio Albums |
EPs and Other Albums |
- If I Were A Man (1998)
- Gregory Douglass (2000)
- Teeter (2001)
- Pseudo-Rotary (2003)
- Stark (2005)
- Up &
Away (2006)
- Battler (2009)
|
- Retro Active : Volume 1 (2007)
- Retro Active : Volume 2 (2008)
- Naked (2005) - released as part of a Stark
pre-order package
- Peacekeeper (2009) - released as part of a
Battler pre-order package
- Merry (2009) - A
holiday EP.
|
References
- ^ Layton, Jennfer (October 7, 2006), "Reviews: Gregory Douglass ~
Up & Away", Indi-Music.com, http://www.indie-music.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5285, retrieved
2008-01-25
- ^ Walters, Barry, "Gregory Douglass", Out.com, http://www.out.com/review_detail.asp?t=music&id=13517, retrieved
2008-01-25
- ^ White, Dave (December 9, 2003), "Bi, bi, bi", The
Advocate, http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bi%2c+bi%2c+bi%3a+in+a+new+music+anthology%2c+bisexual+artists+raise+funds+to...-a0111850682, retrieved
2008-01-25
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