Doug Legacy

About me:

Born in Houston, Texas 1954 - Started playing the piano around age 4. - Starting tuning pianos before he was twenty and still does. - multi-instrumentalist including steel drums, accordion, tuba and penny whistles. - His "Montrose Marching Band" won the Gong Show in 1977. - Toured as a keyboard tech. for groups like Rod Stewart (also played steel drums), ELO, Barry Manilow, Boz Scaggs, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Joe Cocker, Stevie Nicks, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Joel, Simon & Garfunkel, Ry Cooder, The Tubes, Todd Rundgren and Oingo Boingo. - He was singer in Todd Rundgren's 11 voice orchestra supporting his release "Acapella" in 1987. - He then worked with Oingo Boingo for several years playing various instruments and singing background vocals. - After Boingo broke up he grabbed the band (without Danny Elfman) and went into the studio to record a CD called "New Hat" - Doug and the Mystics. - During all this he still maintained the Zydeco Party Band and has made several CDs with them. - The latest is "Do You Know What it means..." and features Doug Legacy and Mark Shark with several incredible guests. - In 1990 Jim Keltner, Freebo and Doug Legacy produced "King Cake Party" which featured artists such as Ry Cooder and David Lindley. - It was a follow up release made for the Japanese to his first solo album : "Hey You!" Doug Legacy and the Legends of the West/1988. - It had many guest star appearances including Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitte, Todd Rundgren and Eric Gale. - It is now available at CDBaby along with "Hey You!". - Doug is a pirate at Disneyland playing sea shantys on accordion and penny whistles on Wed., Thur. and Fri.. - He plays three nights a week in L.A. doing solo piano at the Red Lion Tavern in Silver Lake. - He also frequently plays with Acadiana, a zydeco band based in Oxnard, CA led by guitarist and vocalist Teresa Russell featuring Phil Salazar n fiddle. He has been touring and recording in Switzerland for over 10 years; sometimes as a solo or with the Zydeco Party Band or with Swiss bands like the Donkey Biters or Cla Nett and BluesNettWork. - He has appeared with Paul McCartney playing accordion and singing background vocals. - He has worked on several films including "Town & Country", "BaseketBall" and "The Bucket List". - He has participated in many commercials. - The Zydeco Party Band was the house band for "the Late Mr. Pete Show" and "Muppets Tonight".