Stereo Embers The Podcast 0123: Gary Douglas (The Gary Douglas Band)

“It Was Definitely Not Like Riding A Bicycle” That’s how Gary Douglas describes what it was like to get back onstage after not playing live for many years. Well, to cut him some slack, he’s been busy. Like, really busy. Douglas is not only an attorney, he’s in the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame and he’s devoted his life to fighting the injustices that are dished out by corporations to those who can’t afford to fight for themselves. After playing in bands for most of his young life, Douglas ditched his rock and roll aspirations to go to law school but a decade or so ago, he couldn’t stay on the sidelines any longer. Now with a few albums under their musical belts, the Gary Douglas Band is in full swing and their new album Wild Life is a roots rock gem, filled with numbers that bring to mind the work of everyone from John Mellencamp to Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers. In this interview Gary talks to Alex about his love of Bruce Springsteen, how to juggle two occupations and the Mark Buffalo-Starring movie Dark Waters, which is about the DuPont case that he helped settle in a record-breaking class action lawsuit.