Bill Staines says… “Doug is a wonderful songwriter with a great sense of tradition.”
Douglas Clegg’s musical career began in the San Francisco Bay Area where he grew up, first inspired by watching his father play stride and boogie-woogie piano. He studied piano, then went on to teach himself guitar, fiddle, mandolin, accordion, and various other string and wind instruments.
By his late twenties, Clegg had been playing out in clubs and bars, and began writing his own songs. His first record, Fill My Thirst, was well-received, and the title track was covered by Bill Staines. The song Run, Run from the album was featured in SingOut! Magazine. He went on to record several more singer/songwriter projects, and then put out his first full-length fiddle record in 2019, Above the Din. Said to be “stunningly evocative, ancient and yet current,” and “a wonderful musical web of his own top-notch tunes woven together with traditional Celtic numbers,” it was highly praised.
Doug’s performances in clubs, coffeehouses, in concerts and at festivals throughout New England and the Northeast, California, and other parts of the U.S. have made him a well-known and sought-after artist on the national folk music circuit.
New Release
This collection of compositions has come through that inexplicable thin space. Each piece has meaning for me, and virtually all of these are written for, or in honor of, someone dear.
My hope is that this music will feel timeless. As I played the parts for this recording, I realized how much the old masters have influenced my ear. Folk Baroque.
Clegg’s first full-length fiddle record, was released in 2019: A collection of original and traditional fiddle music, which features acoustic arrangements of sets of tunes that Douglas has blended into a musical journey from Ireland and Scotland, to New England, Montana, the West Coast, the Celtic region of France, and Spain … [more >
Appreciation and Gratitude
“An adept multi-instrumentalist” with “just plain good music, performed well and without gimmicks.”
The Boston Globe
“Clegg demonstrates a maturity of sound that comes only with time, both in the writing and the musicianship.”
–New Hampshire Sunday News