Big Boss Man - The Band. Richmond, VA

Doug Bilski
(Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Lead & Backing Vocals)

lives in:	Midlothian, Virginia
"day job:"	Mental Health Therapist / Supervisor
bio:	Although I grew up for most of my life in Fairfield Connecticut, I was born in Hunstville Alabama (a fact that John will never let me live down). I first got into playing music in the second grade when I began taking guitar lessons at a local music shop. When I hit the sixth grade I was introduced to the electric guitar by best friend Eric Videgain who soon became my musical compatriate. We played together in various bands throughout Junior HS and High School (including The Grand Oak Band, Pegasus, Missing Lynx - yuck! and The Cryptical Sound Project - my favorite) until we parted ways to head off to different colleges. At James Madison Univeristy (Harrisonburg, VA) I began playing with several guys who had previously played in a band with John (Ottoman & The Turks) but were ready to "step up" to playing with me (please note intentional harrassing of John in previous statement). We called ourselves "Glass Onion" and played around Virginia until about 1992 when we all had long since graduated and families and work became more of a focus. In the Summer of 1999, realizing that John was living "just down the road" in Powhatan, I contacted John and (easily) sold him on the idea that we should be in band together! Big Boss Man was born... well actually we went through several worse sounding names first including: Mr. Blueski, Sector 7G and of course, "nobody." Michael joined us shortly thereafter and we were off and running... ...that's like way more info than you wanted, isn't it...
equipment:	1979 Gibson Les Paul Standard 2006 Special Edition Koa Stratocaster 1990 Fender US Contemporary Stratocaster 2003 Special Edition Fender FMT Standard Stratocaster 2003 Fender Standard Telecaster 2005 Fender Telecoustic Martin DC-1E Acoustic Guitar Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Amplifier Fender Stage 160 Amplifier Mackie CFX 16 Mixer Shure Beta 58 Microphones Ibanez Tube Screamer, Cry Baby Wah, Boss Delay and Chorus pedals
top albums:	Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Traffic Annunciation - The Subdudes Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen - Jon Cleary Ash Wednesday Blues - Anders Osborne The Rainy Season - Marc Cohn One Man Dog - James Taylor Europe '72 - The Grateful Dead