Champion Doug Veitch
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Douglas Veitch better known as Champion Doug Veitch is a Scottish musician and songwriter.
Born in Hawick in 1960, Veitch, the self styled King of Caledonian Swing rose to some prominence in the mid 1980's. A favourite of John Peel he holds the record for having most (six) consecutive NME singles of the week. His music was a ground-breaking polycultural mix, using elements from Dub, Reggae, Country Music and Scottish folk music which foretold the cross cultural mixing more common in later years.
In 1985 he co-founded the label DiscAfrique with colleague Owen Elias which was one of the first World Music labels in the United Kingdom, releasing records by The Bhundu Boys, Orchestre Baobab and The Four Brothers amongst others.
In 1989 he released an album of Scottish dance music with his wife under the moniker Martin, Doug and Sara.
He later drifted out of music due to personal issues and took a Phd in woodland management. Recently however he has reunited with Bhundu Boys guitarist Rise Kagona under the name Culture Clash. Unusually Veitch sings the songs in Shona rather than his native tongue.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Champion Doug Veitch
All 7" unless stated.
- Lumiere Urban (1982)
- Another place, another time (1983)
- Not the heart (1984)
- One black night (1985)
- Jumping into love/Deep end version (1985)
- The Original (Album, Bongo Records, 1989)
[edit] Martin, Doug and Sara
- Reelin' (Album, Munro Records, 1989)
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