Biography
Katherine Dougan picked up the guitar after a divorce, trading her wedding ring for a used guitar at a Kentucky pawnshop. An Indiana native, she has lived in the Deep South for 11 years.
She performs as a singer/songwriter on guitar and piano, plays jazz flute and is learning to play banjo.
Devoted to Americana and traditional country music, Katherine's influences include Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, the Carter family, Hank Williams Sr., John Prine, Patty Griffin, and Buddy & Julie Miller. She cites her mother's family's Tennessee mountain music as her earliest musical influence.
A freelance writer and an award-winning journalist, Katherine's honors include state and national awards for her series on PCB contamination in Anniston, Alabama, and a Fellowship with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
She has received awards and recognition for her poetry, short stories, songwriting, White Trash Cooking, and fast typing skills (105 words per minute).
A native of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Jenkins' influences include the Beatles, James Taylor and David Wilcox.
A computer programmer, Robert has played piano since he was old enough to sit upright at his father's baby grand. He has played guitar for 20-plus years and also plays banjo.
MORE STUFF ABOUT KATHERINE DOUGAN:
A lifelong musician and writer, I have been: an obituary writer, a staff writer for a pizza magazine, a pizza maker, a Dairy Queen employee, a typist, a temporary worker, a print shop manager, a copy editor, an editor/publisher of a weekly newspaper, worked four hours at a JC Penney store, a bartender, a waitress, a typesetter, an assistant for an eye doctor, a liquor store clerk, sold jewelry in a Mall store, a church pianist/organist, a choir director, an award-winning journalist, winner of a poetry contest, winner of a songwriting contest, winner of an advertising campaign contest, Yankeetown (Indiana) Elementary School Fall Festival Queen when I was in the fifth grade, Yankeetown junior high cheerleader, Yankeetown School valedictorian of the 8th grade class (17 class members), winner of a Knight Fellowship for Journalism with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, winner of the Jackson, MS, Musiquarium's White Trash Cookoff in 2002, and winner of an Academic Achievement Award in Advertising from the University of Southern Indiana. I've also been married twice, bereaved, bespectacled, betrayed, belittled, uplifted, a good friend, a bad friend, owner of many good dogs, writer of what I think are some good songs and stories, and fortunate enough to realize life is short and meant to be enjoyed.
Be sure to visit my MUSIC myspace page, www.myspace.com/katherinedougan AND my regular myspace page, www.myspace.com/kathydougan
Instrumentation
Katherine Dougan - vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, Nord Electro 2 keyboard, banjo
Robert Jenkins - acoustic guitar, keyboard, banjo, backup vocals
Discography
Katherine Dougan's (DouganJones) LP "Morningside," featuring the single, "One Little Question," debuted at number 24 on CMA-Germany charts.
Links
| http://katherinedougan.com |