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Doug and the Slugs was founded in Vancouver in 1977 by Toronto-born Doug Bennett, [2] who had been a graphic designer in his home town before moving to British Columbia in the mid-1970s. Bennett served as the band's chief songwriter, frontman, and lead singer.
Douglas Craig Bennett (October 31, 1951 – October 16, 2004) was the lead singer of Canadian rock band Doug and the Slugs. He also produced and directed music videos for artists such as Headpins, Trooper, Zappacosta, Suzanne Gitzi, and Images in Vogue as well as for the Slugs themselves. Born in Toronto, Bennett moved to Vancouver in 1973. In ...
Doug and the Slugs and Me is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Teresa Alfeld and released in 2022. [1] The film documents the history of the 1980s Canadian rock band Doug and the Slugs , jumping off from Alfeld's own childhood friendship with bandleader Doug Bennett 's daughter Shea.
The song was released on Doug and the Slugs' 1980 album Cognac and Bologna (1980), [15] as well as their greatest hits albums Ten Big Ones (1984) and Slugcology 101 (1996). [16] [17] It also appeared on the multi-artist compilations Hitline (1980, K-Tel Records) and Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music Vol. 2 (2001).
Simon Kendall is a Canadian rock musician and film composer. The longtime keyboardist for Doug and the Slugs, [1] he won the Genie Award for Best Original Score at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for the film Cadillac Girls, [2] and was shortlisted for Best Original Song at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2001 for "Parting Glass", a song which he cowrote with Tom Landa and Geoffrey Kelly for the film ...
Music critic Rudyard Kennedy of Allmusic stated: [11]. What makes this album a real keeper, though, is that if you dig a little deeper and get to the words hiding under the Slugs' peppy, poppy grooves, you'll find that the characters in singer-songwriter Doug Bennett's tunes are rarely as upbeat as the songs they inhabit.
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"Tomcat Prowl", written by Doug Bennett and John Burton, is a song performed by Doug and the Slugs for the soundtrack to the 1988 action film Iron Eagle II. It was the group's second-highest-charting single in their native Canada, reaching #23 on the RPM Top 100 Singles chart. [1]