Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt—Slide to Freedom II
From Doug's home on Vancouver Island the composer, multi-instrumentalist and music programmer has carved-out a diverse career as a recording artist and session and touring musician. He has played festivals, clubs, camps and concert halls from Seldovia, Alaska; to the Baseball Hall of Fame (with Chuck Brodsky) in Cooperstown, New York; to the Sore Fingers Camp in England. Cox was the first Canadian Dobro player to be invited to perform at 'Dobrofest' in Slovakia and was the first Dobro player to be a featured player at the Montreal Jazz Festival (with Todd Butler).
He has worked as a sideman and frontman with Canadian Bluesman Ken Hamm, with beloved west coast group Travels With Charley, in duos with Todd Butler and Sam Hurrie, with American songwriter Chuck Brodsky, the late British Blues Icon Long John Baldry and guitar string-bender Amos Garrett among many others.
Doug's latest collabrations include 'Slide To Freedom' group with Salil Bhatt and 'Strung' with Tony McManus & April Verch. Both groups are actively touring and recording.
Although primarily known as a Dobro player, Cox also spends time on the Guitar, Weissenborn, National Mandolin and other slidey instruments. With his feet firmly grounded in the traditions of Roots music, each project Cox involves himself with leads into new musical directions.
Doug's music has begun to appear on many soundtracks in film and on TV including his song 'Cold When I'm Dead' being in Terry Gilliam's feature film 'Tideland.' His music has been featured on CMT's 'The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Series,' A&E's 'The President Slept Here,' & 'Biography,' PBS's 'Real Simple,' Spike TV's 'Roadies,' Discovery's 'Extreme Engineering,' NBC's 'Race Across America,' Discovery's 'Strictly Sex w Dr. Drew,' The Travel Channel's 'Taste of America,' Animal Planet's 'Amazing Animal Inventions,' CMT's 'Dukes of Hazzard Reunion,'MTV2's 'Wildboyz,' CMT's 'Homecoming - Trisha Yearwood' and many more.
Performing solo or in many of his genre-bending collaborations, Cox's performances are always full of musical surprises.
An acclaimed educator, Cox has produced a series of instructional packages to teach slide guitar, dobro and guitar playing. He loves guitar camps & has taught at camps from Kerrville, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, to the Sore Fingers Camp in the Cotswolds, England. He also teaches at many day-long workshops while on tour.
www.dougcox.org & www.salilbhatt.com
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