Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Doug Seegers


























Artist:  Doug Seegers 
Origin:  Long Island, New York, USA
Genre:   Country, Traditional Country, Honky Tonk

Doug Seegers is an American Singer and Songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee, he is a struggling street artist and basically lived as a homeless musician.  He was drawn to the music his parents loved and sang hard country music from Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Faron Young ETC and he fell in love with Rock 'N' Roll and learned to play guitar, especially take with the music of John Lennon when he attended college in New York City.  He was deeply moved by The Country Rock emerging from The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young and Gram Parsons recordings with Emmylou Harris to sing on a cover of Parsons "She".














Title:  Going Down To The River  (2014)
Genre:   Country, Traditional Country, Honky Tonk
Label:  Lionheart Music Group
Rating:   *****

Tracks: 

 1.  Angie's Song  (3:29)
 2.  Going Down To The River  (4:14)
 3.  She (feat. Emmylou Harris)  (4:36)
 4.   Lonely Drifter's Cry  (3:37)
 5.  Hard Working Man  (3:28)
 6.  Pour Me  (3:42)
 7.  There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (feat. Buddy Miller)  (2:34)
 8.  Memory Lane  (3:15)
 9.  Gotta Catch That Train  (2:36)
10. Burning A Hole In My Pocket  (4:00)
11. She's In A Rock'N'Roll Band  (3:29)
12. Baby Lost Her Way Home Again  (2:38)

Personnel:

Doug Seegers:  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Will Kimbrough:  Guitar, Mandolin
Phil Madelra:  Lap Steel, Guitar, Piano
Chris Donohue:  Upright & Electric Bass
Bryan Owings:  Drums, Percussion
Barbara Lamb:  Fiddle, Violin, Viola
Al Perkins:  Pedal Steel, Dobro
Brigitts DeMeyer:  Backing Vocals
Emmylou Harris:  Vocals on Track 3
Anne Christenson:  Harmony Vocals on Tracks:  6, 8
Jim Hoke:  Saxophones on Tracks: 10, 12
Jr Willis:  Banjo

Going Down To The River is a debut studio album by Doug Seegers, was released on May 28, 2014 by Lionheart Music Group, reaching No. 1 in the Sverigetopplistan Chart on June 5, 2014 on the first week of release, with Gold Certificate.






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