Doug Fieger

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Doug Fieger (2005)

Douglas "Doug" Lars Fieger (born August 20, 1952 in Oak Park , Michigan , † February 14, 2010 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American musician and composer. He became known as the co-founder, singer and guitarist of the music group The Knack , for which he wrote most of the pieces alongside Berton Averre. Among other things, the world hit My Sharona from 1979 came from his pen .

biography

Doug Fieger grew up in his native Oak Park, Michigan, where he attended Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School and Oak Park High School . He had an older brother and a younger sister. In 1964 Fieger began playing the guitar. The Beatles , who dominated the world of popular music at that time , had a great influence on the young Fieger . About two years later he formed the band Sky with his friend John Corey . The group released two albums on the RCA Records label in 1970 ( Don't Hold Back and Sailor's Delight ). During this time, Fieger moved from Michigan to California. After the band split up, he stayed in California, where he worked on his musical career for the next few years. In the following years he first met the drummer Bruce Gary , then the guitarist Berton Averre. With the latter he began to compose songs together. The three recorded demos but were rejected by record companies for years.

In May 1978 Prescott Niles completed the band on bass that was now called The Knack . This was followed by a large number of appearances in clubs, the first of which took place in the well-known Whiskey a Go-Go . About a year later, the group received a recording deal with Capitol Records . The first album Get the Knack and the debut single My Sharona were released in June 1979 and were successful in the charts worldwide. The inspiration for the piece was the then 17-year-old Sharona Alperin , with whom Fieger fell in love. The two had a four-year relationship. Two more albums followed in 1980 and 1981 before the group separated for the first time. Ten years later the fourth album was released, followed by another break of several years before the fifth Knack album was released in 1998. In 2000 Fieger released his solo album First Things First . The Knack's last studio album to date followed in 2001.

In 2004, doctors found malignant tumors in Fieger's lungs . He had an operation, but the disease was diagnosed too late. The cancer had spread and reached the brain. Another operation followed in August 2006 and two brain metastases were removed from Fieger . In October 2007, more tumors were removed.

Fieger died on February 14, 2010 after fighting lung cancer for many years . His last recording was released on Bruce Kulick's 2010 album BK3 , on which Fieger sang the title Dirty Girl .

Discography

With Sky

  • 1970 - Don't Hold Back
  • 1970 - Sailor's Delight

With The Knack

  • 1979 - Get the Knack
  • 1980 - ... but the little girls understand
  • 1981 - Round Trip
  • 1991 - Serious Fun
  • 1998 - zoom
  • 2001 - Normal as the Next Guy
  • 2002 - Live from the Rock 'n' Roll Funhouse

solo

  • 2000 - First Things First

Other

  • 2010 - Bruce Kulick: BK3 (Title: Dirty Girl )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.guardian.co.uk: Doug Fieger obituary . Accessed September 2, 2010.
  2. ↑ www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com: Doug Fieger's Rolling Stones Connection . Accessed September 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ www.epiphone.com: A Conversation With Doug Fieger Of The Knack . ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed February 15, 2010.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.epiphone.com
  4. ↑ www.vintageguitar.com: Doug Fieger. A Knack For Classic Guitars Accessed February 15, 2010.
  5. ↑ Doug Fieger Dies at 57, Singer of 'My Sharona' , The New York Times , February 15, 2010.
  6. ↑ Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick hits the right notes on 'Got To Get Back' , Glide Magazine, June 15, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Fieger, Doug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fieger, Douglas Lars
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Oak Park , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 2010
Place of death Woodland Hills , California