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Doug Adamz
12+ albums
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Official Website: http://web.mac.com/dougadamz/iWeb/Site/HOME.html Folk, blues, country and American and Irish fiddle tunes. Doug Adamz, Russ Gauthier and Bill Amatneek are Trio Bravo, a more intimate version of Doug's popular dance band, Bravo! Russ and Doug bring an array of instruments including guitar, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica, and banjo, with Bill on string bass. Russ Gauthier spent many years playing with the New Riders of the Purple Sage and Bill (author of 'Acoustic Stories') was one of the founding members of the Dave Grissman Quintet. Doug Adamz & Light Rain: Doug Adamz & Light Rain are considered pioneers of what has come to be known as “World Beat” music. Their four albums, DREAM DANCER, DREAM SUITE, VALENTINE TO EDEN and DARK FIRE, feature Adams’ violin as it weaves sensuous melodies over the rhythms of doumbec and finger cymbals. The compositions were originally written to accompany the dancing of De Ann. Mysterious and romantic, Light Rain’s music sings to the gypsy in each of our souls. With their unique hybrid of Arabic and American musical sensibilities, they have indeed made a niche of their own in this diverse musical world we live in. Light Rain’s first album, Dream Dancer, was recorded in 1977 and became an underground hit. Sales of that album soon numbered in the tens of thousands with orders coming in from across the United States and around the world. Dream Dancer was discovered by the Joffrey Ballet who set a dance to some of its music. The
