Sorrow for a dead Slug

Cafe Society
1

There is much mourning in my house this week for Doug Bennett of the great Canadian band Doug and the Slugs. Are there any other fans out there feeling the loss of the most obnoxious man in Canadian music? :frowning:

"Doug Bennett, 53
Calgary — Doug Bennett, the lead singer of the prolific Canadian indie band, Doug and the Slugs, died over the weekend at the age of 53.

He was admitted to hospital in Calgary on Oct. 9, suffering acute symptoms from what his former band member, Simon Kendall, called a long-standing illness in a statement released Sunday.

He lost consciousness soon after his arrival and died on Saturday.

Bennett was born in Toronto and moved to Vancouver in 1973. He formed Doug and the Slugs four years later.

The band released four gold albums and performed from New York to the far north as one of the premier Canadian touring acts in the 1980s."

A prolific songwriter, Bennett wrote a number of hits for the band including; Too Bad, Day By Day, Making It Work, Tomcat Prowl, among others.

2

Geeze!

I thought it was Slug Signorino that bought it.

Don’t scare me like that!!!

3

If they bury him, it’ll really be “Doug and the Slugs”.

4

Mumboo
I did not know that Doug Bennett had died. I really liked their hit “Too Bad”. What do you mean he was obnoxious? I did not know too much about the band but heard they were a pretty easy-going group of folks.

5

They were a very laid back band but Doug was known to insult audience members. I saw them many times in concert and they really put on a great show but he did have an edge. If you really like “Too Bad” you should check out some of their other stuff. I really never understood why they didn’t make it bigger. Oh well…