Grammy award winning producer whose credits include some of Rock’s true legends; Yoko Ono, John Lennon, The Who, Supertramp, Slash, New York Dolls, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, and the hit mobster television show “The Sopranos”.

Starting out as folk musician and performer, he worked on Robert Kennedy's senatorial campaign as a song-writer. His first professional job was at a new recording studio Record Plant Studios, not as producer or engineer, but as the janitor.

Soon he was working at the recording desk contributing to projects by Miles Davis, The James Gang, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Moxy and Mountain. Later on as a Record Plant staff engineer Douglas also forged working relationships with Patti Smith, Blue Öyster Cult, the New York Dolls, Cheap Trick and most notably Aerosmith.