Unabashedly devoted to country and bluegrass, Dougan's influences include Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, the Carter family, Hank Williams Sr. and John Prine.
In 2001, she co-founded DouganJones, an alt-country duo that in April 2002 released Morningside, which features eight songs written by Dougan and two written by Steven Jones.
Dougan picked up guitar after a divorce, trading her wedding ring for a used guitar at a Kentucky pawnshop. She plays flute and piano, and cites her mother's family's Tennessee mountain music as her earliest influence.
A native of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Jenkins' influences include the Beatles, James Taylor and David Wilcox.
He has played piano since he was old enough to sit upright at his father's baby grand. He has played guitar for 20-plus years and also plays banjo.
Katherine Dougan: Bio
About me:
A lifelong musician, I have been: an obituary writer, a staff writer for a pizza magazine, a pizza maker, a Dairy Queen employee, a typist, a temporary worker, a print shop manager, a copy editor, an editor/publisher of a weekly newspaper, worked four hours at a JC Penney store, a bartender, a waitress, a typesetter, an assistant for an eye doctor, a liquor store employee, sold jewelry in a Mall store, a church pianist/organist, a choir director, an award-winning journalist, winner of a poetry contest and a songwriting contest, Yankeetown Elementary (Indiana) School Fall Festival Queen, junior high cheerleader, Yankeetown School valedictorian of the 8th grade class (17 class members), winner of a Knight Fellowship for Journalism with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, "Queened" as winner of the Jackson, MS, Musiquarium's White Trash Cookoff in 2002, and winner of an Academic Achievement Award in Advertising from the University of Southern Indiana. I've also been married twice, had everything I owned stolen in 2002 by a creep; I've been betrayed, belittled, uplifted, the owner of many good dogs, writer of what I think are some good songs and stories, and fortunate enough to realize life is short and meant to be enjoyed.
Be sure and also visit my MUSIC myspace page www.myspace.com/katherinedougan AND my "regular" page, www.myspace.com/kathydougan
THANKS!
Who I'd like to meet:
John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Paul Thorn, Lyle Lovett -- singers/songwriters/musicians who write because they have to, not because they seek fame, fortune or commercial success.