"one of the world's most expressive dobro players"

- Boston Globe

Doug Cox

Doug Cox is a roots music renaissance man. From his home in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island the songwriter, slide guitar and dobro player has carved-out an amazingly diverse career as a recording artist and as a session and touring musician who has played festivals, clubs and concert halls across Canada, the United States and around the world from the Montreal Jazz Festival to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Cox was the first Canadian Dobro player to be invited to perform at the prestigious 'Dobrofest' in Slovakia! Although primarily known as a Dobro player, Cox also spends time on the Guitar, Weissenborn, National Mandolin and most recently the Mohan Veena (an Indian Slide Guitar). With his feet firmly grounded in the traditions of Blues and Bluegrass music, each project Cox involves himself with leads into new musical directions.

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Doug Cox's fourth CD release "Stay Lazy" is an impressive, eclectic showcase of the musician's gifts as a songwriter, arranger, bandleader, and soulfully succinct soloist on dobro and slide guitar. "It's my best CD by far!" enthused Cox while taking a break from his next recording project, a collection of live performances with funny man Todd Butler. "For Stay Lazy, I've selected favorite performances from my three previous CDs plus some new recordings I'm really excited about." Stay Lazy is a stunning collection of thoughtful songwriting, virtuoso playing, and brilliant arranging. Although it is essentially a compilation, the CD has an exquisitely sequenced flow that mirrors the care and craft evident in each of Cox's elegant dobro and slide guitar solos.