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greg douglas
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Greg Douglass was born on October 11, 1949, in Oakland, California. He spent his formative years in Walnut Creek, California, a bucolic little suburban burg near Berkeley. Inspired by the British Invasion, surf music, and his rampaging hormones, he took up guitar at thirteen. After working in several local bands, Greg finally settled into The Virtues, a top 40 cover band that wore matching gold suits and played Beatles songs.
In 1967, the Summer of Love, The Virtues traded in their matching suits for long hair and Levis and became Country Weather. Armed with original material and an attitude, they became an irregular opening act at the Fillmore West and the Avalon Ballroom, opening for acts like Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, and Greg's No. 1 personal guitar hero, Jeff Beck.
Douglass remembers: "Here I was, learning how to play guitar in front of huge crowds, and having to follow Jeff Beck to boot. It wasn't tough being humble."
Country Weather dissipated in 1972, and drummer Bill Baron and Greg formed Mistress, a power trio that also included Brian Kilcourse on bass, vocals, and songwriting. It was the first time Greg acted as the frontman for a group, and word began to spread about this hotshot from the East Bay. (Greg's long-time association with Terry & the Pirates and the late, great guitarist John Cipollina also blossomed during this period.)
The band performed a string of still-legendary live shows and recorded an album at Wally Heider's Studio in San Francisco, produced by the late, great Mallory Earl. The completed album was passed on by every record label it was presented to. (The same album was recently released on the German label, Taxim, as Greg Douglass and Mistress: Free Flyte, and is garnering great reviews and sales twenty-three years after its creation.) ...
In 1967, the Summer of Love, The Virtues traded in their matching suits for long hair and Levis and became Country Weather. Armed with original material and an attitude, they became an irregular opening act at the Fillmore West and the Avalon Ballroom, opening for acts like Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, and Greg's No. 1 personal guitar hero, Jeff Beck.
Douglass remembers: "Here I was, learning how to play guitar in front of huge crowds, and having to follow Jeff Beck to boot. It wasn't tough being humble."
Country Weather dissipated in 1972, and drummer Bill Baron and Greg formed Mistress, a power trio that also included Brian Kilcourse on bass, vocals, and songwriting. It was the first time Greg acted as the frontman for a group, and word began to spread about this hotshot from the East Bay. (Greg's long-time association with Terry & the Pirates and the late, great guitarist John Cipollina also blossomed during this period.)
The band performed a string of still-legendary live shows and recorded an album at Wally Heider's Studio in San Francisco, produced by the late, great Mallory Earl. The completed album was passed on by every record label it was presented to. (The same album was recently released on the German label, Taxim, as Greg Douglass and Mistress: Free Flyte, and is garnering great reviews and sales twenty-three years after its creation.) ...
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