Member Since: 12/18/2007
Band Website: http://cdbaby.com/group/dougcashcatalo
Band Members: Doug Cash : Singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, performer.
Influences: My first concert experience was Sly & The Family Stone at The Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in 1969. Santana opened.I was 8 and I knew at that moment what I was going to do with my life.I was fortunate to grow up in a household where be-bop and swing were always being played. Bird, Monk, Diz, Ellington, Miller etc.Plus all of the great vocalist Gloria Lynne, Lambert, Hendricks, Ross, Bavand, Hi-los, Dinah Washington and many more. Plus the great soul jazz combos of the 50's and the 60's.The 3 Sounds ( my Dad's favroite ) Ramsey Lewis trio, Junior Mance and Ahmad Jamal.At the same time, I was listening to my sister's generation during the Motown explosion and my generation had the Jackson Five. Great time to be a kid listening to AM Radio.Then of course the funk came to town and everything changed.The albums that had a profound influence on me are: Gloria Lynne Live At the Las Vegas Thunderbird, Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan Live at the Basin Street East, Gloria Lynne I'm Glad There Is You, Weather Report Heavy Weather, Jimmy Smith The Cat, Julian Adderly presenting Cannonball, Sly & The Family Stone Stand, Riot Goin On, Dance to the Music, Santana Abraxas, The Beatles Revolver, Sgt.Pepper, Help, Rubber Soul, White Album, Please Please Me, Joni Mitchell, Hissing of Summer Lawns, For the Roses, Court & Spark, Yes Close to the Edge,Yes Album,Fragile, Going for the One, Paul Simon-Paul Simon, Rufus Rufusized,Crown Heights Affair Do it your way, Parliament Mothership Connection, James Brown Black Caesar,Kiss Alive, Alive 2,UK-UK ,Stanley Clarke School Days,Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, Larry Coryell Lion and the Ram,Splendid, Two for the road, Be Bop Deluxe Axe Victim,Sunburst Finish, Drastic Plastic, Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo, Jimi Hendrix Axis Bold as Love, Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth, Rush Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Kate Bush Hounds of Love, George Harrison All Things Must Pass, 33 1/3, Stevie Wonder Music of my Mind, Talking Book, Fullfillingness first Finale, Innervisions, Earth Wind & Fire Head to the Sky, John Lennon Imagine, Plastic Ono Band, Paul McCartney Ram, Simon & Garfunkel Bookends, Jackson Five ABC, Third Album, Ramsey Lewis Trio Country meets the Blues and many more.In December of 75 I borrowed my neighbor's guitar and went over to my best friend's ( Jefferson Davis ) house and we hunkered down with the Mel Bay chord book in hopes of becoming the next Lennon/McCartney. In the 80's I played bass in a series of original groups and actually pounded the pavement in L.A. trying to get a developement deal and played gigs all over southern California.In the 90's I played bass for Sammie winner Mind Club, wrote ,arranged and produced pop group The Pharoahs, who were signed to Subgroove records and landed a international distributorship through MTS ( Tower Records ) and were distributed to Borders throughout California. I now head up Indie label Pryor 2 What ? Records as the ceo and producer. I'm also a reviewer for Soundclick.
Sounds Like: Sly Stone, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell , Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon.