Paul Dougherty

MONUMENTAL is the new release from veteran Nashville musician and expatriate Paul Dougherty, now living in Munich, out on Bake It Black Records. It’s a collection of songs from Paul’s father Tommy Dougherty, written in the 1980s and 1990s.

MONUMENTAL is a blues collection with jazz leanings in the vein of Ray Charles and Billie Holiday. Ballads such as the opening song Stars Above, Fat Lady and the stark sounds of Solo Shadow lay alongside rollicking shuffles like Little Damn Dog, Together We Shine and It’s You.

The singer, writer and Hammond organ player Tommy Dougherty hailed from the Houston, Texas music scene in the 1960s, recording two 45s, the 1965 single Karate K K along with Lou Grimaldo and The Symbols, and then the 1968 regional hit Cold Cold World under the name Tommy Jackson for Tear Drop Records.

After moving to Nashville in the early 1970s, Tommy recorded two albums at Audio Media Studios and Odyssey Productions, including the funk gospel classic Touch My Soul for Emerald Gem label in 1975 and then the self-titled album Tommy Dougherty in 1977 for Guinness Records. These two albums included the stellar Audio Media band that would go on to play on countless country classics, including drummer Eddie Bayers (14 time winner of Country Drummer of the Year), Dennis Burnside on piano, Paul Worley on guitar, Jack Jackson on bass along with Don Sheffield on trumpet and the Cherry Sisters on background vocals.

You can hear these recordings at www.tommydougherty.com

Paul Dougherty has taken this collection of songs written in the 80s and 90s from his father, who passed away in 2017, and recorded them for release on Bake It Black Records in Munich.

Recorded, produced and all instruments by Paul Dougherty. All songs written by Tommy Dougherty.