Douglas 'Doogie' Campbell Thomson (born 24 March 1951) is a Scottish musician, born in

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and raised in the

Rutherglen Rutherglen (, sco, Ruglen, gd, An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own ...

area of the city. He was the

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band

Supertramp Supertramp were an English rock band that formed in London in 1969. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson (vocals, keyboards, and guitars) and Rick Davies (vocals and keyboards), they are distinguished for blending p ...

during much of the seventies and eighties.Whitburn, Joel, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 9th Edition, (Billboard Books, 2010), 636.

Career

Thomson's musical career began in August 1969, when he joined a local Glaswegian band "The Beings". In September 1971 he joined

The Alan Bown Set The Alan Bown Set later known as The Alan Bown! or just Alan Bown, were a British band of the 1960s and 1970s whose music evolved from jazz and blues through soul and rhythm and blues and ended up as psychedelia and progressive rock. The band a ...

where he briefly worked with future Supertramp colleague,

John Helliwell John Anthony Helliwell (born 15 February 1945) is an English musician, best known as the saxophonist, secondary keyboardist, backing vocalist, and occasional songwriter for the rock band Supertramp. He also served as an MC during the band's ...

. In February 1972, Thomson auditioned for Supertramp, and ended up playing several gigs as a temporary stand-in. In 1973, Thomson permanently joined Supertramp and helped in the business

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with Dave Margereson; he also persuaded John Helliwell to join the band. Thomson played with Supertramp on all of their most famous albums: ''

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'', ''

Crisis? What Crisis? ''Crisis? What Crisis?'' is the fourth album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1975. It was recorded in Los Angeles and London – Supertramp's first album to have recording done in the US. A remastered CD version of the album ...

'', ''

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'', '' Breakfast in America'', ''

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'', '' ...Famous Last Words...'', ''

Brother Where You Bound ''Brother Where You Bound'' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1985. It was their first album after original member Roger Hodgson left the band, leaving Rick Davies to handle the songwriting and singing ...

'' and ''

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''. On the back cover of Breakfast in America was a photograph showing Thomson reading the

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. Thomson was a member of Supertramp until the band went on hiatus in 1988; He didn’t return to the band once the hiatus ended. Dougie Thomson played a

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, a

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and a Fender Jazz Bass during his time with Supertramp. He has since become a

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in the

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, creating Trinity Publishing, and worked with a

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management company. Thomson has four children, Laura, James, Kyle and Emma. Kyle Thomson played one game of football for the Scottish team

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in 2018. Thomson is the older brother of

Ali Thomson Ali Thomson (born 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. His brother is Dougie Thomson, of the Alan Bown Set and Supertramp. Ali began singing and playing piano in local bands and moved to London in the 1970s where he worked ...

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* * 1951 births Living people Scottish bass guitarists Supertramp members Musicians from Glasgow People from Rutherglen Scottish expatriates in the United States People from Park Ridge, Illinois The Alan Bown Set members {{Scotland-musician-stub