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HUMONGOUS FUNGUS ALBUM
Official album release date: 4-12-2019
These songs were recorded between 2011 and 2014 at Sylvia Massy's Ashland Oregon studio with her producing.

1. DOES SHE HAVE A SISTER (03:00)
I wrote this as a joke after a friend of mine met an amazing young woman and began dating her. I asked him if she had a similarly amazing sister. He said, "She does NOT have a sister, you lose, don't cry!"
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

2. I WISH YOU'D STOP (03:22)
I wrote this about my sister who was trying to break up with a guy. She told me, "He's super nice, but we just don't have any chemistry. He keeps doing nice things for me. I don't encourage him. He won't stop being nice."
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

3. CANADIAN WOMAN (04:02)
I wrote this for a Canadian friend as a sort of 'answer' song to the huge international hit song, American Woman. It's about a man who loves everything Canadian, wants to meet a Canadian woman and move to Canada.
Written by Doug Fergus & Sylvia Massy
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Ashland, Oregon studio
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

4. FALLEN IN LIKE WITH YOU (04:27)
I had an eight hour layover at the Los Angelese airport. At one point, I went to a cafeteria, got lunch and a glass of wine, sat at a table with my notebook. To my right at the next table was a gorgeous woman who was multi-tasking. She was eating, talking on her cell phone and typing on a laptop computer. In about 45 minutes I wrote all the lyrics to the song. I then closed my notebook and left the cafeteria. Later at home I put the words to music and there you have it!
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

5. REALITY FULFILLMENT (02:42)
I wrote this as a play on the old phrase, Fantasy Fulfillment.
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

6. KITCHEN FLOOR (02:53)
I saw a photograph of my father in law sitting on the kitchen floor playing cards with his grand daughters. I got the idea for the song right then and wrote it over a period of about 2 hours.
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

7. BRAND NEW ENDING (03:50)
I got a piece of junk mail one day. It was from a company that sold t-shirts wholesale. I took all the wording in their letter and added some personal information and the song was born about an hour later.
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

8. FEEL MUCH BETTER (04:05)
I wrote this after I had gone through a few years of dating too much and never being satisfied with any relationship I was in. I took a year off, didn't date at all, read several books on relationships. Then one day I met a really cool, down to earth woman and I was surprised at how easy it was!
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

9. MOTORCYCLE MANIA (02:37)
I wrote this for my dad who is a true motorcycle maniac. He owned a motorcycle dealership and raced off road in the 1950's and 1960's. He was the 1964 South West USA desert racing champion and was the first person in America to win an off road championship on a Honda.
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

10. WHEN I TELL THE TRUTH (03:03)
I wrote this about that feeling most kids (and husbands!) have experienced where you are afraid of getting in trouble if you tell the truth, so you just don't say anything or... lie!
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

11. GUILT SHRINE (03:31)
I wrote this about that weird feeling many people have who think something is wrong and/or they don't deserve it when things are going well for them.
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

12. HEY SHERYL (05:33)
A playful story of a fan obsessed with a celebrity.
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

13. GREY HAIRED LADY (03:21)
I wrote this about all the amazing older, active, healthy, smart, funny women in Ashland Oregon. And of course there are women like this everyhwere in the world.
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

14. POP A WHEELIE (02:43)
I wrote this about the joy kids have riding bicycles.
Written by Doug FergusProduced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

15. DON'T LAUGH (03:57)
I wrote this about the true story of my grandparents suffering with Alzheimers disease. I witnessed my mom dealing with the craziness of it all. At one point she said, "At times it's actually funny. But don't laugh, someday that may happen to us!" I knew I had to write a song about it.
Written by Doug Fergus
Produced by: Sylvia Massy
Recorded at Sylvia Massy’s Radio Star Studios in Weed, California
Publisher: Naked Reality Music LLC
PRO: BMI

ABOUT PRODUCER SYLVIA MASSY:
Sylvia Lenore Massy is an American record producer, mixer, engineer, and author. Massy is perhaps best recognized for her work on 1993's Undertow, the full-length double platinum-selling debut for Los Angeles alternative metal band Tool[1] as well as her work with System of a Down, Johnny Cash, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

In Los Angeles, Massy was an engineer, producer or mixer on recordings from artists including Aerosmith, Babyface, Big Daddy Kane, Bobby Brown, Prince, Julio Iglesias, Seal, Skunk Anansie, Ryuichi Sakamoto and many more. She worked with manager Gary Kurfirst on Irish rock band Cyclefly for Kurfirst's Radioactive Records.
At Larrabee Sound, Sylvia connected with producer Rick Rubin and Massy engineered and mixed several projects for him on his label American Recordings, including Johnny Cash's album Unchained, which won a Grammy award for Best Country Album in 1997.

With Rubin, she also recorded Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Slayer, Donovan, Geto Boys, the Black Crowes, Danzig, and System of a Down's debut album. In the '90s, Massy produced material for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sevendust, and Powerman 5000.
In 1997 Massy mixed the Beastie Boys' "Tibetan Freedom Concert” in New York with Adam Yauch and producer Pat McCarthy.

In 2016, Massy wrote and released a book called Recording Unhinged for Hal Leonard Publishing. Interviews and contributors for the book include Hans Zimmer, Geoff Emerick, Bob Ezrin, Bruce Swedien, Michael Franti, Bob Clearmountain, Al Schmitt, Elliot Scheiner, Linda Perry, Ross Robinson, Matt Wallace, Ross Hogarth, Shelly Yakus, Paul Wolff. Massy also illustrated the book.

In 2015 and 2018 Massy was a visiting professor at Berklee College Of Music in Boston. In 2018 Massy taught a workshop at the Abbey Road Institute in London, UK. In 2016 she lectured at SAE Institute's audio engineering schools in London and Munich. She has presented periodic recording workshops in Dresden at Castle Rohrsdorf and at Mix With The Masters in Les Studios de la Fabrique in Saint-Remy-de-Provence in the south of France.
In 2017 Massy conducted a workshop and lecture at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Gilbert, Arizona, and a workshop at Tecnólogico de Monterrey in Mexico City for several hundred students. She has also conducted workshops in Sardinia, Oslo and Gdansk and Rome.
In 2017, Massy and co-author Chris Johnson began a collaboration for a professional recording course at Berklee based on their book, Recording Unhinged.
In 2019 Massy toured and conducted workshops for Abbey Road Institute locations in Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris and London.

In 2019 Massy produced and mixed the follow up to Life of Agony's River Runs Red album, named The Sound of Scars. Tracks were recorded at Studio Divine in Ashland, Oregon. Later in 2019 Massy mixed a solo album for Taylor Hawkins (drummer for Foo Fighters). The album features performances by Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Joe Walsh (Eagles), Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders), LeAnn Rimes, Nancy Wilson (Heart), Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros), Roger Taylor (Queen), Chris Chaney (Porno For Pyros) and Duff (Guns N' Roses).

LUCKY DOUG FERGUS BIOGRAPHY
In addition to being a bassist, vocalist, lyricist, songwriter, comedian and good cook, Doug is an accomplished tambourine sharpener. 
Doug is driven to create music that is quirky, fun, thought-provoking, and in some way inspiring. 
He has been inspired by some of his favorite comedians and musicians: Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, the Talking Heads, Devo, Weird Al Yankovic, Warren Zevon, Primus and Frank Zappa.

Doug began his music career in 1982 with the Los Angeles band, Split Image and was signed to Allied Artists Records.
In 2012 his band Naked in Public opened for Cyndi Lauper at the Britt Festival in Oregon. 
Most of his songs were recorded and produced by legendary producer Sylvia Massy (Red Hot Chile Peppers, Prince, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash). 

His songs with his bands Naked in Public, Lucky Doug and the Stinkbugs and Lucky Doug Fergus can be found on nearly all digital platforms including Pandora, iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music and have been played on Sirius XM and hundreds of college radio stations across Canada and the US. 

Doug loves puppy dogs, bubble baths, and long candle lit walks on the beach. He believes his role in life is to share his joy for living and his “If life hands you a lemon, make lemonade” outlook. Oh, and he’d like to thank Gosh.

From Jake at Roctober Magazine:
“Odd quirk-rock truth telling through poppy songs that sound like weirdo novelty rock but are really life lessons that are actually funnier than real novelty rock.”

Lucky Doug Fergus
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