Douglas Clegg
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Douglas Clegg

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"Boston Globe"

"A healthy dose of humor...a smooth, mid-range voice that doesn't strain for notes and is under control even in pianissimo passages...an adept multi-instrumentalist...Just plain good music, performed well and without gimmicks." - Boston Globe


"Los Angeles Times"

"Clegg plays multiple instruments with entitled panache and winking humor....superb!" - Los Angeles Times


"Marilyn Rea Beyer"

"Intense and sincere. His singing, especially, comes from so deep down; emotionally, it's very satisfying...He plays like lightning, sings like thunder." - WUMB Radio, Boston


"Victory Review"

"Clegg does everything but set himself on fire....and (his) writing is excellent -- focused, understandable, and universal -- a refreshing change...Highly recommended." - Seattle, Washington


"Dirty Linen Magazine"

"Rich in lyrical detail and instrumental precision, his songwriting is solid. Clegg also knows when to have some rollicking fun..." - Dirty Linen Magazine


"Santa Barbara Independent"

"...the skilled Doug Clegg, as inventive as a scatting jazzman as he is on fiddle, mandolin, keyboards and guitar." - SBI


"New Hampshire Sunday News"

"Clegg demonstrates a maturity of sound that comes only with time, both in the writing and the musicianship." - New Hampshire Union Leader


"Sing Out Magazine"

"Doug Clegg is a tall, curly-blond with a gentle soul...full of well-written songs." - Sing Out Publications


Discography

1989 Fill My Thirst
1994 Only Fools Predict the Weather
1996 I Want To Grow Up (Children's CD)
1998 Looking For A Sign
1998 Noel (Christmas CD)
2000 Light Of The World
2007 Tales Of Content

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Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Douglas Clegg's career as a songwriter and performer began with his early training on piano, inspired by watching his father play stride and boogie-woogie. After a few years he taught himself guitar, and then fiddle, mandolin, accordion, and various other strings, winds, and open-reeds.

Clegg began writing songs in 1980, and has since made his living performing in clubs and coffeehouses, in concerts and at festivals throughout New England, the northeast, and other parts of the US. and Canada. His lively performances of original songs and traditional tunes, his expert musicianship, and strong, pleasing voice have made him a well-known and sought-after artist on the folk music circuit.

Victory Review of Seattle, Washington, says "Clegg does everything but set himself on fire, and his writing is excellent -- focused, understandable, and universal -- a refreshing change."

Clegg recorded his first album, Fill My Thirst, in 1987. The title song has been recorded by Bill Staines, and the record received strong reviews and sales. He was a 1989 finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival (Texas) songwriting competition, and has won numerous other songwriting and fiddling awards, and has gone on to record six more CD's on his own label, including a collection of children's songs and a Christmas project.

Boston's WUMB Radio says Clegg is "intense and sincere. His singing, especially, comes from so deep down; emotionally, it's very satisfying...he plays like lightning, sings like thunder." The New Hampshire Sunday News says "Clegg demonstrates a maturity of sound that comes only with time, both in the writing and the musicianship." And the Boston Globe calls Clegg "an adept multi- instrumentalist," and his style "just plain good music, performed well and without gimmicks."

Clegg performs with guitars (six-string, steel, and twelve-string), piano, fiddle, accordion, mandolin, and flute. His recordings receive airplay on over fifty radio stations nationwide, as well as in Europe and Australia. He has shared the stage with Patty Larkin, Dave Van Ronk, Livingston Taylor, Jonathan Edwards, Tom Rush, Beppe Gambetta and many more. Bill Staines says "Doug is a wonderful songwriter with a great sense of tradition."

Now living in Santa Barbara, California, Douglas Clegg is one of the reasons that acoustic music thrives today, and the strong personal statement he makes is sure to connect with any listener and inspire any lover of hand-crafted music.