Doug Rea (born 10 October 1948) is one of the founders of the Down Town Roll Band in

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, from which the band Sherbet was formed. Guitarist

Clive Shakespeare Clive Richard Shakespeare (3 June 194715 February 2012) was an English-born Australian pop guitarist, songwriter and record producer, producer. He was a co-founder of pop rock group Sherbet (band), Sherbet, which had commercial success in the 1 ...

was also one of the founders. Rea left Sherbet to perform with Maple Lace who covered the UK single "

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." Their cover version reached number 6 on the Australian music charts in 1970.Feature Item - poparchives.com.au
/ref> In the 1980s he relocated to

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and teamed up with Peter Jaggle. In 1991, he moved with his family to

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. A car accident in 1995 meant he could not perform live whilst he recovered, but he returned to live music two years later until deciding to retire to the studio in 1999. However, he continued to play with Tasmanian musicians, Graham Austen (keyboards), Christine Brightman (vocals), and ex-Sydney guitarist Alan Andrewartha and other guitarists and musicians from time to time at Graham and Christine's studio.

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