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Artist
Douglas Aldridge
12+ albums
bluespopcountryfolkDTAJ
about
Douglas Aldridge is a passionate and eccentric American Multi-instrumentalist and Alternative, Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter residing in Atlanta, GA. Born in Miami, FL., in February 1985, to renowned Singer and Music Minister, Douglas Aldridge Sr. They moved to Georgia when Douglas was less than one years old. Douglas's grandfather, Donald Eugene Aldridge (1931-2016), was also a renowned Singer in his 20s in Steubenville, Ohio, making Douglas Aldridge a 3rd generation singer and entertainer. Douglas Aldridge grew up listening to the music of his parents and grandparents. As soon as He was old enough, Douglas joined the chorus in his elementary school, and he continued to sing in the chorus throughout high school. At the age of 16, Douglas started writing down his own song ideas and joined a band called "Grade D Beef" with 2 of his close friends but because of family turbulence, that project only lasted a few months. Two years would pass before he would, around 18 years old, move to Athens, Ga and form a band "Rhabdophobic". Learning a lot of the basics in the three years to follow, Douglas recorded his first solo E.P. "About Time," an album about the struggles he faced as a teenager with his own family, with authority and with the band "Rhabdophobic" and the other two band member's family, which He lived with until 2006. Douglas Aldridge, then reconnected with a longtime friend to start a folk duo "The North and South" and really started to find himself as a Singer-Songwriter.
