This site is about the music I talk about when describing the bands I played with in my memoir, “Cool Fool, Blues Rockin’ the Hammer and the songs I’ve written along the way, Unfortnately, I don’t have audio of all the bands I played with mentioned in the book.

All tracks were recorded live using a Sony 2 two track reel to reel machine, a Sony 4 track reel to reel machine or a Teak 2 channel cassette recorder except where noted. 

All songs on this site are downloadable, Click the 3 vertical dots at the end of the audio player and select download.

As all the songs were recorded live they should be considered ‘historical documents’. Best listened to through a sound system where the bass and treble can be controlled.

Click button below to download a PDF copy of my memoir.

Doug Carter was born educated in Hamilton and Dundas, ON, Canada. After a few years fooling around on an acoustic guitar in 1961 at the age of 18 he joined The Chessmen as their bass player.  He is also a visual artist and writer. Retiring from playing in bands in 2005 Doug moved to south Niagara and he has been participating in the Niagara arts scene both as an exhibitor, art installer and as a website designer. Previously to moving he had been participating in the Hamilton arts scene since 1976 with exhibitions in Brantford, Burlington, Hamilton and Niagara area art galleries. He has also continued to write songs providing several songs for Michael McMillan’s 2012 CD Out of the Box. HIs memoir, Cool Fool, Blues Rockin’ the Hammer, was published by Seraphin Books in 2010. He also has an art website, culturaldebris.com, featuring his assemblage, drawings, prints, collage and paintings.

Art used on this site are woodcut prints, drawings &etchings from live sketches by Doug Carter

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