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

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musician and songwriter.

Biography

Born in

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, the self-styled 'King of Caledonian Swing' rose to some prominence in the mid 1980s. A favourite of

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, for whom he recorded two radio sessions,Champion Doug Veitch
, ''Keeping It Peel'',

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. Retrieved 2010-10-31 he holds the record for having most (six) consecutive ''

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'' singles of the week. His music was a ground-breaking polycultural mix, using elements from dub,

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and

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, which foretold the cross cultural mixing more common in later years. In 1985, he co-founded the

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DiscAfrique with his colleague Owen Elias, which was one of the first world music labels in the United Kingdom, releasing records by

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and The Four Brothers amongst others.Thomson, Graeme (2006)
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'', 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

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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

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. Unusually Veitch sings the songs in

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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'' (

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, Bongo Records, 1989)

Martin, Doug and Sara

* ''Reelin (album, Munro Records, 1989)

References

External links

Culture Clash website

Culture Clash Myspace page
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