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Doug Gillard

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Listen to Frequent Weaver Who Burns (2019 Remaster) by Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard, see lyrics, music video & more!
Frequent Weaver Who Burns (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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Slick As Snails (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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Pop Zeus (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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Do Something Real (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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Soul Train College Policeman (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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And I Don't (So Now I Do) (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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Same Things (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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Port Authority (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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Messiahs (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard
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Tight Globes (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard

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ALBUMSpeak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (2019 Remaster)Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard

About Doug Gillard

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Hometown
Cleveland, OH, United States
Born
December 23, 1965
Genre
Rock
One of the best and busier sidemen in indie rock since the 1980s, Doug Gillard has established himself as a guitarist and songwriter who is just as comfortable with hooky pop tunes as full-on rock & roll, and has released a handful of solo recordings in addition to collaborating with a wide variety of well-respected acts. Gillard was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 23, 1965, and first made waves in Ohio as a member of the glam-influenced indie/punk band Death of Samantha, who made their debut in 1983 and cut three albums between 1986 and 1989. After Death of Samantha broke up in 1990, Gillard made his solo debut, releasing a cassette-only album called It'll Be Such a Thrill, consisting of songs he wrote as a child. In 1992, Gillard and his Death of Samantha bandmate John Petkovic formed a new band, Cobra Verde, who made their recording debut in 1994 with the album Viva la Muerte; Gillard also launched a side project, Gem, with Scott Pickering from Prisonshake and Tim Tobias of Four Coyotes. In 1996, Gillard and Cobra Verde found themselves playing for a considerably larger audience when Robert Pollard, after a series of disputes with his bandmates in Guided by Voices, fired the rest of the band and hired Cobra Verde en masse to serve as his band for the 1997 GbV album Mag Earwhig! and subsequent touring. A song Gillard originally wrote for Gem, "I Am a Tree," was included on Mag Earwhig!, and while Pollard soon moved past the Cobra Verde lineup, he kept Gillard on as lead guitarist, and he remained in the band until Pollard opted to retire Guided by Voices in 2004. During some downtime with Cobra Verde and Guided by Voices, Gillard cut a solo EP, Malamute Jute, in 1999, and as GbV was winding down in 2004, he made a full-length album, Salamander. In 2007, Gillard left Ohio for New York City, and was playing sessions with the likes of Richard Buckner, the Hold Steady, and Pollard's side project Boston Spaceships, as well as recording film music that was collected on the 2009 album Call from Restricted. In 2010, Gillard became a member of the band Nada Surf, and appeared on their album If I Had a Hi-Fi, as well as 2012's The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy. In 2011, Gillard teamed with Mark Rozzo, Eric Papparazi, and Ira Elliot to form an unusual Beatles tribute band, Bambi Kino, which specialized in replicating the rough and tumble rock & roll and rhythm & blues that were the Fab Four's stock in trade when they played in Hamburg before becoming stars. In 2013, Death of Samantha reunited for a handful of live shows and an album, If Memory Serves Us Well, in which they re-recorded some of their favorite material from their salad days. After taking a look at his musical past, Gillard swung back into the present in 2014 with the release of another solo effort, Parade On. ~ Mark Deming
Doug Gillard has also released music as a member of ESP Ohio, The Oranges Band, Cobra Verde, My Dad Is Dead, Guided By Voices, Lifeguards, Bambi Kino, and Death of Samantha.

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