On his Farfisa organ, he learned " Light My Fire" by The Doors. They made a list of songs to learn over the summer break, and Doughty landed a summer job to buy his first keyboard. On the last day of the university's spring semester, guitarist Joe Matt called the band's leader and told him that he, drummer Gratzer, and bassist Mike Blair had decided to leave the band to start a new one with Doughty.
The keyboard player was the leader, but several other band members were unhappy with the situation. Gratzer had been a drummer since high school, and was playing in a local group on the weekends, while Doughty had learned some Beatles songs on his parents' piano.ĭoughty began to follow Gratzer's band, eventually sitting in on a song or two. They held an impromptu jam session in the basement of their Illinois Street Residence Hall dormitory and soon started a rock band. On his first night, he met fellow student Alan Gratzer. In the autumn of 1966, Neal Doughty entered the electrical engineering program at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, as a junior.
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