Douglas Veitch, better known as Champion Doug Veitch (born 1960)Frame, Pete (1999) Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland, Omnibus Press, , p. 233 is a Scottish musician and songwriter.
Biography Born in Hawick, the self-styled 'King of Caledonian Swing' rose to some prominence in the mid-1980s. A favourite of John Peel, for whom he recorded two radio sessions,"Champion Doug Veitch", Keeping It Peel, BBC. Retrieved 2010-10-31 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 his 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.Thomson, Graeme (2006) "Jinxed: the curse of the Bhundu boys", The Observer, 17 September 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2010
In 1989, he released an album of Scottish country dance music with his wife under the moniker Martin, Doug and Sara.
He later drifted out of the music industry 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. The duo released the album Tanzwa Neku Tambura: We've Suffered Enough in 2007., he has since become a window cleaner...
Discography 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) "Margarita" (1986) The Original (album, Bongo Records, 1989)
Martin, Doug and Sara Reelin' (album, Munro Records, 1989)
References
External links Culture Clash website Culture Clash Myspace page