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Craig Doerge
Craig Doerge
Born	December 4, 1944 (age 80); Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Musician; songwriter;
Instrument	Keyboards

Craig Doerge (/ˈdɜːrɡi/; born December 4, 1944) is an American keyboard player, session musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his keyboard work with Crosby Stills and Nash, James Taylor, and Jackson Browne.

Biography

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Doerge (rhymes with Fergie) had an R&B band through college at Hartford, Connecticut, and then moved to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles in the late-1960s to work as a studio player and songwriter with A&M Records, and with Jim Keltner, Larry Carlton, and others playing on early Kenny Rogers First Edition tracks, The Challengers, and cartoon shows, ("Groovy Goolies" and "Fat Albert"). After appearing on the Frank Zappa production, The GTOs' album Permanent Damage, he teamed up with Judy Henske, Jerry Yester and Jon Sieter, in the band Rosebud, marrying Henske in 1973.

From the early 1970s he appeared on many sessions. Initially these included albums by Lee Hazlewood and Linda Ronstadt, and he also recorded a solo album for Columbia Records in 1973. Aside from a principal role as keyboardist in the recordings of Crosby, Stills and Nash, James Taylor, and Jackson Browne, he has played on albums by Gene Clark, Carly Simon, The Temptations, Shawn Phillips, Donovan, Mimi Farina and Tom Jans, Willie Nelson, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Hallyday, to name a few.^[1]^[2]

He was a founding member of The Section, a session supergroup, with Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel, which recorded three mostly instrumental LPs in the early to mid-1970s. This band continued through the 1980s in recordings and as a touring back-up band for Crosby, Stills and Nash, James Taylor and Jackson Browne.^[1]^[2]

Doerge has also collaborated as a songwriter with Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Paul Williams and others, and has worked on movie soundtracks. He won a Grammy Award for his participation as co-writer with Paul Williams and their song, "Life Goes On", sung in Lena Horne's Tony Award winning Broadway show, Lena. He was nominated for another Grammy in the blues category for the song, "World in Motion", co-written with Jackson Browne, and performed by Pops Staples. In recent years he has written the music for, and produced, two albums for his wife and lyricist, Judy Henske.^[1]^[2]

"Yellow Beach Umbrella," the lead track on Doerge's 1973 eponymous debut album, co-written with Henske, was recorded in 1976 by Three Dog Night on their American Pastime LP, by Andy Williams on his Andy LP, and by Bette Midler on her 1977 Broken Blossom LP,^[3] as well as by Libby Titus and Perry Como.

Partial discography

As an artist

Rosebud, Reprise Records RS-6426
Craig Doerge, Columbia A1-32179
The Section, Warner Brothers BS-2662
Forward Motion, The Section, Warner Bros. BS-2714
Fork It Over, The Section, Capitol ST-11656

As a sideman

With James Taylor

One Man Dog, Warner Brothers BS-2660
Greatest Hits, Warner Bros BSK-3113
In the Pocket, Warner Bros BS-2912

With Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne, Asylum SD-5051
For Everyman, Asylum SD-5067-A
The Pretender, Asylum 7E-1079-A
Running on Empty, Asylum 6E-113-A-SP
Hold Out, Asylum 5E-511-A
Lawyers in Love, Asylm EA-60268-A
Lives in the Balance, Asylum EA-60457
World in Motion, Asylum

With Crosby & Nash

Graham Nash David Crosby (The "Black album"), Atlantic SD-7220
Wind on the Water, ABC Records ABCD-902
Whistling Down the Wire, ABC Records ABCD-956
Crosby & Nash Live, ABC Records ABCD-1042
The Best of Crosby & Nash, ABC Records AA-1102

With Crosby, Stills & Nash

CSN, Atlantic SD-19104
Daylight Again, Atlantic SD-19360
Allies, Atlantic 88075-1
Live It Up, Crosby Stills & Nash, Atlantic Records 82107-1

With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

American Dream, Atlantic 81888-2

With other artists (partial list)

Phoebe Snow, Rock Away, Atlantic WTG-19197
Phantom of Paradise soundtrack, A&M SP-3653
No Nukes, The Muse concerts-New York, Asylim ML-801-B
Linda Ronstadt, Don't Cry Now, Asylum SD-5064
Frank Zappa and The GTOs, Permanent Damage, Straight Records S-1059]
Patti Dahlstrom, The Way I Am, 20th Century T-421
Craig Fuller & Eric Kaz, Columbia AL-35324

As record producer

Rich Kids, soundtrack and eight songs with Allan F. Nicholls for the Robert Altman movie production
Graham Nash, Innocent Eyes, co-produced with Graham Nash and Stanley Johnston, Atlantic 816331
CSN, Daylight Again, co-production on two cuts: "Delta", and "Might as Well Have A Good Time"
"Step by Step", co-producer with JD Souther. JD Souther & Karla Bonoff from the movie, About Last Night
David Crosby, Oh Yes I Can, co producer with Stanley Johnston and David Crosby
Judy Henske, producer, Loose in the World, Fair Star 8323
Judy Henske, producer, She Sang California, Fair Star 8393
Judy Henske, production (10 songs) co-produced box set with Cheryl Pawelski, Big Judy: How Far This Music Goes 1962-2004, Rhino Handmade 7726