Dougie Thomson
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Dougie Thomson (pronounced "doogie") was born Douglas Campbell Thomson, 24 March 1951, in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland and raised in the Rutherglen area of the same city.
[edit] Career
Thomson was a member of the so-called Supertramp 'classic line-up' playing bass guitar from 1973 until Supertramp's initial break-up in 1988.
His musical career began in August 1969, when he joined a local Glaswegian band "The Beings". Then in September 1971 he joined The Alan Bown Set replacing Andy Brown and, as fate had it, first briefly worked with his future Supertramp bandmate, John Helliwell. In February 1972, Thomson auditioned for Supertramp, and ended up playing with the band at several gigs as a temporary stand-in.
In 1973, Thomson joined Supertramp as bass player, and he also helped take over the business management, along with Dave Margereson. Thomson also persuaded John Helliwell to join the band.
Thomson played with Supertramp on its Crime of the Century, Crisis? What Crisis?, Even in the Quietest Moments, Breakfast in America, Paris, ...Famous Last Words..., Brother Where You Bound and Free as a Bird albums.
After Supertramp initially disbanded in 1988, Thomson became a publisher in the music business creating Trinity Publishing, and worked with a management company in Chicago, Illinois. He did not participate in Supertramp's re-grouping in 1997 for the album Some Things Never Change.
He is also an avid sailor, owning a number of yachts.
Thomson has three children, James, Kyle and Emma. He is also working with JBM Management, managing bands such as New Sense, Disturbed, The Fags and Dark New Day.
| Supertramp |
| Rick Davies | Roger Hodgson | Bob Siebenberg | John Helliwell | Dougie Thomson |
| Richard Palmer |
| Discography |
|---|
| Albums: Supertramp | Indelibly Stamped | Crime of the Century | Crisis? What Crisis? | Even in the Quietest Moments | Breakfast in America | ...Famous Last Words... | Brother Where You Bound | Free as a Bird | Some Things Never Change | Slow Motion |
| Live albums: Paris | Live '88 | It Was The Best Of Times | Is Everybody Listening? |
| Compilations: The Autobiography of Supertramp | Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology |
