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May 2007 Featured User
Douglas T. Skynyrd
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Chelle: Where are you from?
Doug: Orlando, Florida, native.
Chelle: Married? Kids?
Doug: Happily married ... 3 step-daughters ... four grandkids ... one more grandbaby on the way!
Chelle: What do you do for a living?
Doug: Own small cabinet business.
Chelle: So, it's a small business or you just make small cabinets?
Doug: It's a small business, we make BIG cabinets ... that is funny ... I'll use that line now! THX!
Chelle: Have you seen Van Halen/Van Hagar live?
Doug: Seen CVH many times. NEVER had the urge to see Van Hagar! I had to laff when I saw them at Monsters of Rock! Half the lights in the VH logo ... burned out! Al with his neck brace ... the drums go to rise up and are shaking like a bobble head doll! It's all chimp (Al) could do to stay balanced! When OU812 was released, I graffittied the overpass with the phrase "NEW VH SUCKS!"
Chelle: Which show was most memorable for you? Why?
Doug: Most memorable show was the show me and my girlfriend split up! Tangerine Bowl 1981! I would love to have a larger version of the picture captioned "People of Earth" in DAVE's book! I was right up front that day and bet I'm in that picture to the left!!
 Chelle: Ever met any VH bandmembers?
Doug: Met DAVE three times. Once he even called me Mother Fu**er! I say ... "See you tonight DAVE!" He replies "Yeah you will Mother F%$ker!" Guess he like to be left alone while bicycling down the road!
 I have two autographs from better meetings! One is an article from Penthouse and the other is the inside of my Crazy From The Heat hardback!
I have taken photos of some DAVE solo shows. Some are featured here with these reviews in 1999!
I also posted my 2005 show pics here
Here's some pics of me you can include:
 Meeting DAVE (first time 1999):
 Meeting Steve Vai the same place the next year!
Chelle: Have you met anyone from the VH boards?
Doug: I attended the first annual DLRML convention in NYC! Fair Warning I believe played that night! Met a bunch of DLR fans that night!
Chelle: Are you musically inclined yourself?
Doug: I am a vocalist. sat in with a few local bands but sing mostly helping my friend with his "Louder than Hell Karaoke Show"! ... furthering my vocal education ... since I've become older and more folically challenged I've join a group I fit in well with! A band of Barbershoppers! Talk about a tough gig! This requires note to note a'cappella perfection! I've been at this about 8 months now! Just last week seven other old guys and me performed for a crowd of 450! See if you can spot me in the video section! Here's our page: www.myspace.com/orangeblossomchorus
Chelle: Anything else you'd like to mention?
Doug: I started the WALDO CVH myface tribute page late last year! It is doing well. Fun stuff!
Chelle: myface?
Doug: Yeah, that's the name I've given to myspace. Here's the link to Waldo: www.myspace.com/sitdownwaldo
Here's my MyFace page: www.myspace.com/douglas_t_skynyrd
Here's an old as dirt, pre MyFace era page of mine!
Chelle: Do you have any siblings?
Doug: Two sisters five and six years older. There was to be another girl two years older than me. She was still born! Donna Dee REST IN PEACE! If she'd lived I'm not sure I'd be here today!
Chelle: What is your earliest memory?
Doug: Running from my house to Christy's as fast as I can so the Blob wouldn't get me on the way!
Chelle: What is your opinion of the current state of VH?
Doug: Well ED has come out of rehab looking like a new man. He has the construction foreman look down! Now let's see if he can restore the greatest band in the land CLASSIC VAN HALEN! I think it was a sad thing .... them missing the RRHOF gig! That was very embarassing!
Chelle: Have you ever been told that you resemble a celebrity?
Doug: OK you asked! Too too many times! Gene Wilder and Kip Winger! Now I'm in my forties ... twice in Vegas I was told I looked like Kevin Costner! Here's a pic from around the Wilder/Winger stage.
 
Chelle: If your company gave year-long paid sabbaticals, what would you do for that year?
Doug: Go hang out with my good friends Charles and Betty in Zimbabwe! They are working with Eco and building neighborhood gardens. Chelle: Do you collect anything?
Doug: Stamps in my passport and autographs!
Chelle: What would most people be surprised to learn about you?
Doug: I'm a Barbershopper and an Elder of my church!
Chelle: What is the craziest thing you've ever done?
Doug: Just one? Here's a few! Flipped my mini pickup end over end racing. Got involved in a shoot out and unarmed a man ... I had no weapon!
Chelle: If you could get away with it, who would you kill?
Doug: Not a fun question ... I can't even kill bugs! Although when I was a kid we used to stick firecrackers in frogs mouths! I'd just lke to beat some child and animal abusers!
Chelle: How much cash do you have on you right now?
Doug: On my dresser there is a jar of change .... maybe I should cash it in and go double wide!
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