Gregory Douglass (born December 19, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter. Douglass plays lead guitar and piano.

Background

Douglass was born and raised in rural

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, performing in musical theater and winning local talent shows in his early teens. He taught himself to play the piano and guitar by age 14, and began writing his own original songs throughout junior high. While attending

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, Douglass composed and recorded the material for his first two albums. On graduation day, the schools' Headmaster presented him with a music award and publicly announced that Douglass was the first student he would ever encourage ''not'' to go to college, advice that convinced him to immediately pursue music full-time. Douglass has also been involved in theatre work, both at the amateur and professional levels. His roles included "Hero" in ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'', alongside actor

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who played "Pseudolus", while attending Brewster Academy.

Music

Douglass is an independent musician with eight and a multitude of digital singles and music videos. Douglass has been compared to artists like

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and

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Personal life

Douglass is openly gay, and some of his lyrics deal with

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themes.

Discography

References

External links

Official Website
(English)
Last.FM Page
(English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Douglass, Gregory 1980 births Living people Musicians from Burlington, Vermont American male singer-songwriters American gay musicians LGBTQ people from Vermont American LGBTQ singer-songwriters Gay singer-songwriters 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters 20th-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century American LGBTQ people American gay writers