Doug Bennett

In 1977, lead singer and British Columbia-native Doug Bennett started his first truly successful band, Doug & the Slugs. Other members were drummer Wally Watson, bassist Steve Bosley, and guitarists Rick Baker and John Burton. The odd name, the Slugs, must not have put off many people, since the group played to decent-sized crowds around Bennett's home ground even before cutting an album. The music that Doug & the Slugs offered fans was a mixture of pop/rock and bar band, similar to that of artists like the Stray Cats, Hall & Oates, Huey Lewis & the News, and Phil Collins. It ...