Doug Lancio is an American guitarist and record producer, based in

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. He has worked with a wide range of artists including

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and

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Biography

Questionnaires

Lancio was a member of the 1980s group Questionnaires, along with Tom Littlefield (guitar, vocals),

Chris Feinstein Christopher Todd Feinstein (May 26, 1967 – December 15, 2009) was an American bass guitarist, record producer, and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Feinstein's career began at the age of 15, recording and touring in bands (Shadow 15, The Qu ...

(bass), and Hunt Waugh (drums).

Bedlam

With guitarist

Jay Joyce John Joseph "Jay" Joyce is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In the 1990s, Joyce, with Chris Feinstein and Brad Pemberton, recorded and toured as Iodine. He also fronted the band Bedlam, featured on the soundtrack to ...

and bassist Chris Feinstein, Lancio formed the group Bedlam in 1991. They released an eponymous EP and the album ''Into the Coals'', both on MCA. Bedlam also recorded music for the

soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( ...

of the film ''

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'': "Harvest Moon" and a cover of " Magic Carpet Ride."

Touring and recording

Lancio has toured and recorded with a number of noted artists. In the mid-'90s he was a member of

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's touring and recording band. Lancio has been a member of

's touring bands since 2008. Lancio also produced Hiatt's 2014 album '' Terms of My Surrender''. Lancio has had a long professional working relationship with

. He first played with Patty on her '' Silver Bell'' album, and contributed to other recordings, such as ''

Flaming Red ''Flaming Red'' is Patty Griffin's second album. It was released on June 23, 1998, and reached number 12 on the Top Heatseekers chart. According to ''Billboard'', the album has sold 122,000 copies in the U.S. up to May 2004. Critical reception ...

'', ''

Children Running Through ''Children Running Through'' is Patty Griffin's sixth commercially released album, and fifth studio album. The album debuted at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in mid-February, the highest chart position achieved by Griffin in her career. I ...

'', ''

Downtown Church ''Downtown Church'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Patty Griffin, released on January 26, 2010, by Credential Recordings, a Christian label distributed by EMI. The album was recorded in Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nas ...

'', and '' American Kid''. He produced '' 1000 Kisses'' and her live album '' A Kiss in Time''. Lancio has also toured with

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in support of his recent recordings. Lancio played guitar with

during the first leg of his Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour beginning on November 2, 2021.

Awards

Lancio was nominated for the 2013 Americana Music Award for Instrumentalist of the year.

Studio G

Lancio maintains Studio G (in partnership with Patty Griffin), a Nashville recording studio that features a

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, and

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V76 preamps.

Discography

As a member of the Questionnaires

;Albums * 1989: ''Window to the World'' ( EMI USA) * 1991: ''Anything Can Happen'' (EMI USA) ;Singles * 1989: "Window To The World (LP Version)" / "Window To The World (Edited Version)" (EMI USA) * 1989: "Teenage Head" (EMI USA) 12" promo

As a member of Bedlam

;Albums * 1992: ''Into The Coals'' ( MCA) ;EPs * 1991: ''Bedlam'' (MCA) ;Singles * 1992: "Heaven" (MCA)

As producer

* 2002:

– '' 1000 Kisses'' ( ATO) * 2003: Matthew Ryan – '' Regret Over the Wires'' (

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) * 2003: Patty Griffin – '' A Kiss in Time'' (ATO) * 2005: RobinElla – ''Solace For The Lonely'' (

Dualtone Dualtone Records is an American record label specializing in folk, Americana, and indie rock. It was founded in 2001 by Scott Robinson and Dan Herrington. The company is run by Robinson and the label's president, Paul Roper. Albums are distribute ...

) * 2007: The Greencards – ''

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'' (Dualtone) * 2007:

Gretchen Peters Gretchen Peters is an American singer and songwriter. Early life Peters was born in Bronxville, New York on November 14, 1957. She wrote her first song with her sister at the age of 5. In 1970, her parents broke up, and Peters moved with her ...

– ''Burnt Toast & Offerings'' (Scarlet Letter / Curb) * 2008: Matthew Ryan – '' Matthew Ryan vs. The Silver State'' (

One Little Indian One Little Independent Records (formerly One Little Indian Records) is an English independent record label. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarcho-punk bands, and managed by former Flux of Pink Indians bassist Derek Birkett. In t ...

) * 2008:

Todd Snider Todd Daniel Snider (born October 11, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter whose music incorporates elements of folk, rock, blues, alt country, and funk. Early career Snider was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in nearby Beaverton, wher ...

– ''Peace Queer'' (Aimless) * 2009:

Matraca Berg Matraca Maria Berg Hanna (; born February 3, 1964, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Records, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and h ...

– ''South Of Heaven'' (self-released, later became ''The Dreaming Fields'') * 2009:

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– '' Big Dreams & High Hopes'' ( Big Machine) * 2011: Ian McFeron – ''Summer Nights'' (self-released) * 2011: Matraca Berg – ''The Dreaming Fields'' (

) - track 10 ("South Of Heaven") * 2012: Gretchen Peters – ''Hello Cruel World'' (Scarlet Letter) * 2013: Ian McFeron – ''Time Will Take You'' (self-released) * 2014:

– '' Terms of My Surrender'' (

New West New West Records is a record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville and Athens, Georgia. It previously had offices in Burbank, California and Beverly Hills, California. From 2013 to 2018, New West's records in the U.S. were distributed b ...

) * 2015: Gretchen Peters – ''Blackbirds'' (Scarlet Letter) * 2015: Ian McFeron – ''Radio'' (self-released) * 2021: Ian McFeron – ''West Wind'' (self-released)

As sideman

1982–1999

* 1982:

– ''Poet In My Window'' (Rounder) - electric guitar * 1989: The Questionnaires – ''Window To The World'' (EMI USA) - guitar * 1994:

– ''

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'' ( MCA) - guitar on track 4 ("This Land Is Our Land") * 1995: Tom Ovans – ''Tales From The Underground'' (NSR) - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, accordion, bass, percussion * 1997: Matthew Ryan – ''May Day'' ( A&M) - electric guitar, resonator guitar * 1998:

– ''

'' (A&M) - guitar * 1998: Nanci Griffith – '' Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)'' (

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) - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar * 1998: Sarah Masen – ''Carry Us Through'' ( re:think) - guitar * 1998:

– ''Positively Na Na'' (Checkered Past) * 1999: Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Orchestra with the

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– ''

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'' (Elektra) - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar * 1999: Troy Campbell – ''Man Vs. Beast'' (Blue Rose) - slide guitar

2000–2005

* 2000:

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– '' Transcendental Blues'' ( E-Squared) - guitar on track 10 ("When I Fall") * 2000:

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– ''Center Of My Universe'' ( Sparrow) - guitar * 2000: Matthew Ryan – '' East Autumn Grin'' (A&M) - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin * 2001:

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– ''The Earth Rolls On'' (New West) - acoustic guitar, electric guitar * 2001:

– '' Clock Without Hands'' (Elektra) - electric guitar * 2001:

Will Kimbrough William Adams Kimbrough (born May 1, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Biography Kimbrough was born in Mobile, Alabama. He started his musical career as a fo ...

– ''This'' (Waxysilver) - guitar * 2001:

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– ''Walls & Windows'' (Sugar Hill) - 12-string guitar * 2002: Jeff Finlin – ''Somewhere South Of Wonder'' (Gravity / BMG) - guitar * 2002: various artists – ''KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 10'' (

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) - guitar on track 2-13 (

: "Rain") * 2004: Nanci Griffith – '' Hearts in Mind'' (New Door) - guitar * 2005:

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– ''

'' (

) - vocals, guitar, percussion * 2005: various artists – ''KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 13'' (KGSR) - guitar, backing vocals on track 1-08 (Patty Griffin: "When It Don't Come Easy")

2006–present

* 2006:

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– '' Getting Somewhere'' ( Sugar Hill) - guitar * 2007:

– ''

'' (ATO) - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, autoharp * 2007: Patty Griffin – ''Live from the Artists Den'' DVD (ATO) - guitar * 2008:

– ''Northern Lights'' (Scarlet Letter) - electric guitar * 2008: Jeff Finlin – ''Ballad Of A Plain Man'' (Bent Wheel) - electric guitar, resonator guitar * 2008: The Bittersweets – ''Goodnight, San Francisco'' (

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) - electric guitar * 2009: Holly Williams – '' Here with Me'' ( Mercury) - guitar * 2010:

– '' The Open Road'' (New West) - guitar * 2011: John Hiatt – '' Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns'' (New West) electric guitar, mandolin, 12-string guitar * 2012: Amelia White – ''Beautiful And Wild'' (White-Wolf) - electric guitar, mandolin * 2012: John Hiatt – ''Mystic Pinball'' (New West) - guitar, mandolin, resonator guitar * 2013: Patty Griffin – '' American Kid'' (New West) - guitar, mandolin * 2013: Scott Miller – ''Big Big World's (F.A.Y.)'' - guitar * 2014:

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– '' Set Me Free'' (

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) - guitar * 2021:

– Rough And Rowdy Ways Tour - guitar * 2022: Steve Louw – ''Thunder And Rain'' (BFD / The Orchard) - guitar, mandolin

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lancio, Doug Living people Alternative rock guitarists Record producers from Tennessee Year of birth missing (living people)