Doug McCombs

Douglas McCombs
Douglas McCombs
	Douglas McCombs with Tortoise in London, February 2016
Background information
Birth name	Douglas McCombs
Born	Peoria, Illinois
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, lap slide guitar, guitar

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Douglas McCombs is an American musician who plays bass and guitar with the instrumental rock band Tortoise^[1] and leads the instrumental band Brokeback.^[2] He is also the longtime bassist for the rock band Eleventh Dream Day.^[3] In 1997, he formed Pullman with Bundy K. Brown, Chris Brokaw, and Curtis Harvey, with whom he released two albums.^[4] In May 2018, McCombs replaced Eric Claridge as the touring bassist with Chicago jazz-pop outfit The Sea and Cake.^[5]

Brokeback

Brokeback is a project of McCombs. It has featured the following artists:

Rob Mazurek
Noel Kupersmith
Mary Hansen (Stereolab)
James McNew (Yo La Tengo)
Chad Taylor (Chicago Underground Duo)
Tim Foljahn (Two Dollar Guitar)
James Elkington (The Zincs, Tweedy, The Horse's Ha)
R. Christopher Hansen (Pinebender)
Areif Sless-Kitain
Pete Croke

Discography

Another Routine Day Breaks, (Hi-Ball Records, 1997)
Returns to the Orange Grove (Thrill Jockey, 1997)
Field Recordings from Cook County Water Table (Thrill Jockey, 1999)
Morse Code In The Modern Age: Across The Americas (Thrill Jockey, 2001)
Looks at the Bird (Thrill Jockey 2003)
Brokeback and the Black Rock (Thrill Jockey, 2013)
Illinois River Valley Blues (Thrill Jockey, 2017)
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References

^ Bush, John. "Biography: Tortoise". AMG. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
^ McCarthy, Kieran. "Biography: Brokeback". AMG. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
^ Ankeny, Jason; Westergaard, Sean. "Biography: Eleventh Dream Day". Retrieved May 8, 2010.
^ Kellman, Andy. "Pullman - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
^ Kot, Greg. "The Sea and Cake rolls with the changes". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 24, 2018.

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[1] Bush, John. "Biography: Tortoise". AMG. Retrieved May 8, 2010.

[2] McCarthy, Kieran. "Biography: Brokeback". AMG. Retrieved May 8, 2010.

[3] Ankeny, Jason; Westergaard, Sean. "Biography: Eleventh Dream Day". Retrieved May 8, 2010.

[4] Kellman, Andy. "Pullman - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

[5] Kot, Greg. "The Sea and Cake rolls with the changes". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 24, 2018.

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v t e Boxhead Ensemble
David Michael Curry Michael Krassner Fred Lonberg-Holm Tim Rutili Scott Tuma Jim White David Grubbs Glenn Kotche Doug McCombs Jim O'Rourke Will Oldham Mick Turner Ken Vandermark
Studio albums	Two Brothers Quartets
Live albums	The Last Place to Go
Extended plays	Niagara Falls
Soundtracks	Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
Related articles	The Lofty Pillars
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v t e The For Carnation
Brian McMahan Bobb Bruno Todd Cook Steve Goodfriend John Herndon Doug McCombs Michael McMahan David Pajo John Weiss
Studio albums	The For Carnation
Extended plays	Fight Songs Marshmallows
Compilation albums	Promised Works

v t e Tortoise
Dan Bitney Doug McCombs Jeff Parker John Herndon John McEntire Bundy K. Brown David Pajo
Studio albums	Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die TNT Standards It's All Around You Beacons of Ancestorship The Catastrophist
Other releases	Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters Remixed In the Fishtank 5 The Brave and the Bold A Lazarus Taxon

v t e Eleventh Dream Day
Rick Rizzo Janet Beveridge Bean Doug McCombs Mark Greenberg Jim Elkington Baird Figi Matthew "Wink" O'Bannon Shu Shubat
Albums	Prairie School Freakout (1988) Beet (1989) Lived to Tell (1991) El Moodio (1993) Ursa Major (1994)