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Doug Gillard

About Me

Doug Gillard, guitarist, solo artist: for Guided By Voices, Richard Buckner, film soundtracks, Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard ("Speak Kindly..."), Lifeguards, Gem, Death Of Samantha, My Dad Is Dead, more.
For chronological bio, see the Blog above.
Interview in this month's HARP magazine- Ween on the cover. Doug is interviewed about making the soundtrack to the film American Cannibal, which Kurt Loder, among other critics have pegged as best Documentary for '07.
Currently recording an lp with Knoxville's Stewart Pack (gtr/bass/drms-Stewart Pack, bass-Emily Haines) and Scott Minor (drummer- Emily Haines, Sparklehorse) engineering at Todd Kelley's Altamont Recording.
INTERVIEW ON STEVE EARLE'S RADIO SHOW ON AIR AMERICA RADIO, 10pm EST -- LISTEN STREAMING HERE, Steve Earle Show - OR TUNE IN TO XM RADIO, CHANNEL 167. SHOW MAY BE ARCHIVED FOR DOWNLOAD ON AIRAMERICA.COM. The directors of American Cannibal talk about the film, and play an awful lot of the music, and talk about Doug a bit as well. Download the Podcast here-- podcast .
News update: the ..ary "AMERICAN CANNIBAL", which premiered at last year's Tribeca Film Festival is going to be in theatres in select cities, starting with New York on Friday March 16, and features a soundtrack by Doug Gillard with help from Kevin March. It's a riveting look at reality tv, with interviews of reality stars, hosts and producers including Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead, Jonathan Murray, and former reality host John Lehr, one of the actors who play the Geico cavemen. AMERICAN CANNIBAL will open in Denver (Starz) on May 10th, Cleveland (Cinematheque) on May 19th, Chicago- May 25, San Fransisco- June 6th, and Augusta, GA on June 6th.
www.american-cannibal.com
See above blog for official Acme Pictures press release and a link to the Acme site and new promo trailer. Here is a quick trailer link: American Cannibal Trailer
The films "101 SALVATIONS" and "DONNYBROOK" also feature music composed by Doug. They have been enjoying great reviews and festival screenings. See top friends below.
Watch the video for "Symbols, Signs" from the lp Salamander (click here).
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/13/2006
Band Website: douggillard.com
Band Members:

Recordings; Doug Gillard - instruments and vocals
Live lineups; - Miles Loretta, Tony Maimone, Kevin March, Stewart Pack, David Rich, Chris Sheehan, Ed Sotelo, Eric Vogt, Jon Wurster, Fence Lions (Bruce Hazel, Rodney Lanier, Chris Lonon, Chad Wilson)

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Influences: T Shirts are now available. Click on the "Click Here to Buy Now" link to purchase via Paypal. Amounts are limited, and these are the only styles and sizes available. Please see enlarged pics of shirts in Blog area.

Red medium:
Red large:

Blue medium:
Blue large:
Malamute Jute EP - $12
Doug's first EP is also available for sale. Malamute Jute was released in '99. 5 tracks of indie pop-rock, post-punk, and neo-Bossa. 100% melodic, 40% obtuse.

Malamute Jute + Tshirt bundle - $25 (specify size/color in comments)
Sounds Like: Erik Satie hottubbing with Thin Lizzy. In the Rolling Truck Stones Thing.

Record Label: www.pinkfrostrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Celebrity author/chef judge Ted Allen is a fan!

At the Bob Mould show the other night at Irving Plaza/Fillmore here in New York, we had the honor of running into guest judge on tv’s Iron Chef and Top Chef (all them chef joyntz) -- Ted Allen. ...
Posted by Doug Gillard on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:34:00 PST

"Nobody Puts Daddys Pancreas in a Corner"; or, "A ’Road House’ Curse?"

    Godspeed to Patrick Swayze. Maybe he can beat this. Strange, though, that it is a few days on the heels of blind guitarist Jeff Healey's death, who was also in the movie Road House....
Posted by Doug Gillard on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:12:00 PST

Jim Jones

 Friend to many, Cleveland pre/post-punk legend Jim Jones passed away last week. Jim played guitar in The Easter Monkeys, Pere Ubu, Home and Garden, Speaker/Cranker, among other projects, a...
Posted by Doug Gillard on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:34:00 PST

CHRONOLOGICAL BIO

Now mostly solo, Gillard, guitarist and contributor for bands Death of Samantha, Cobra Verde, Gem, Guided by Voices, (and 2006 touring guitarist with Richard Buckner), was born in Sandusky, Ohio, and ...
Posted by Doug Gillard on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:06:00 PST

Brenda Lee comin on strong.....

...oh, hey. Ever notice in that song "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda lee, it sounds just like she says "maybe we'll have some fuckin' pie, and do some caroling..." Brenda Lee's comin on...
Posted by Doug Gillard on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:41:00 PST

DG On New Compilation Out, DG "phones in" tunes live on radio

  Hey man, there's a new comp. out of Ohio, and I have the leadoff track on it.Its from Audio Eagle records, a new label from Akron, Ohio. It's rustbelt rock at its best. The title is "A COMPILAT...
Posted by Doug Gillard on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:28:00 PST

American Cannibal now on DVD

   AMERICAN CANNIBAL NOW ON DVD.      ORDER IT.The movie American Cannibal is now on DVD, and you can order it at www.Amazon.com  ,Netflix - http://...com/3bxmpy, Virgin Megastores, and Hollywood Vide...
Posted by Doug Gillard on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:59:00 PST

To hear "Salamander" CD, go to ....

here to hear tracks from the CD ...
Posted by Doug Gillard on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:37:00 PST

T SHIRT DETAIL

Here are enlarged pics of the T Shirts for sale. Promo shirts for the "Salamander" album.  Please see main page for purchasing details, and "bundle" deal with the "Malamute Jute" CD....
Posted by Doug Gillard on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:25:00 PST

DOUG's "AMERICAN CANNIBAL" MUSIC ON STEVE EARLE AIRAMERICA RADIO SHOW

  STEVE EARLE'S RADIO SHOW ON AIR AMERICA RADIO http://www.airamerica.com/steveearleshow/-LISTEN STREAMING HERE, OR TUNE IN TO XM RADIO, CHANNEL 167. SHOW MAY BE ARCHIVED FOR DOWNLOAD ON AIRAMERI...
Posted by Doug Gillard on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:29:00 PST