Doug "The Professor" Bell is a singer-songwriter, plays guitar and ukulele, and he is the front man and bandleader of "Bellevue Cadillac" a band that Doug started in 1991. This band has been performing, recording and touring the world for 19 years. Their music is a mixture of Jazz, Blues, Swing, Soul, and Gospel on top of Rock & Roll.
Doug picked up the guitar and started playing at the age of 11. He has been in many bands including "The Merits" (1966), "Bitter Almond" (1970), "Bigbucks" (1972), and "The Numbers" (1977). When he started out he was a guitarist first, then turned songwriter, then returned to guitar to hone his skills into a lead guitarist.
During his four decade musical career he has written most of the original music for the bands he has played in. During this time he took some side trips as a folk singer, a blues guitarist, as well as a career as a retailer of musical instruments.
The Professor was elected president of the "Boston's Blues Society" in 1996 and was the commentator for the Television Premier of A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan, which featured Six Strings Down, a song written as a eulogy for Stevie Ray Vaughan. This show featured performances of Stevie Ray Vaughan's music by his brother Jimmie Vaughan and music legends Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Dr. John, Art Neville and others.
To date Doug's Bellevue Cadillac songs have been recorded on 23 CDs, have been used on TV Commercials, 18 Television Shows, used in Motion Pictures, heard in Broadway Plays, turned into digital Karaoke and covered by other music artists. As of 2009 Bellevue Cadillac has songs on 17 Compilation CDs being heard right along with such artists as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, Louis Jordan, Sammy Davis Jr., Peggy Lee, Brian Setzer, Joe Jackson, Cab Calloway, Mel Torme, Rita Coolidge, Eva Cassidy, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and many others.
Bellevue Cadillac started in 1991 when Doug Bell was going through a multi-million dollar bankruptcy. The Real Estate empire that Doug worked in was in shambles and Doug had no creative outlet, so he dusted off his guitar and wrote a series of songs about what happens to people when they lose everything. After writing his new songs, he assembled some of his childhood musician friends to bring his songs to life, then he looked for a vocalist who could deliver the true emotion of his heartfelt lyrics.
Thus Bellevue Cadillac was born when all of these elements came together in a Milford, Massachusetts, music store. During their after-hour sessions Doug's music came alive with echoes of an American Road trip starting with New Orleans Jazz and ending up with Blue-eyed Soul. The Cadillac rolled off the assembly line and never stopped rolling down the music highway. Soon after they took their American Music Show on the road, they began touring China, Japan, South America, Moscow (Russia), then the next stop was signing a record deal.
Bellevue Cadillac was introduced to Island Records and Rob Fraboni, while backstage at the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour (1994-1995).
Rob Fraboni was vice-president of Island Records in New York. He is also a skilled sound engineer and executive producer of famous recording artist such as Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Palmer, The Beach Boys, John Lennon, Allen Ginsberg, The Band, B.B. King, Joe Cocker, Bob Marley, Phoebe Snow and a long list of other recording artists.
The Bellevue Cadillac began pre-production with Rob Fraboni on their CD "Black & White". It was released on "Ardeo Records" in 1995 to great magazine reviews, not only for it's music, but also for the Production Quality of their digital mastering using High Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD) Technology.
Black & White was hailed as a near masterpiece by The Boston Phoenix newspaper, "Pulse" magazine, Rolling Stone magazine. Stereophile magazine and by a well known music reviewer Ted Drozdowski. The CD's Cover Artwork, was controversial at first, but eventually won an award for it. It also earned a page in the 100 BEST Album Covers book written by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell.
Unfortunately Ardeo Records was a short lived record label, and Bellevue Cadillac continued on down the music highway in search of new horizons...
In 2004 Bellevue Cadillac added Charlie Sorrento (A.K.A. 'Moose' and 'The Count') as their featured lead singer and keyboard player to the band's lineup. He is an Associate Professor and vocal coach at the renowned Berklee College of Music. He's also the Legendary lead singer of the Colwell Winfield Blues Band, the band who played on Van Morrison's Moondance album.
Credits:
Doug 'The Professor' Bell - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Jeremy Carter - Guitar & Vocals
Mark 'Muggy Doo' Leach - Hammond B3 Organ & Piano
Michael Chaney - Bass & Vocals
Scott Lankford - Drums
Cassandre McKinley - Vocals
Tracklist:
01. Take Me Down 04:52
02. That's Rock N' Roll 03:47
03. Walk Like a Man 03:41
04. 2 Trains 04:01
05. Hope Against Hope 04:11
06. Firecracker 04:04
07. Silvertone 02:49
08. Higher Light 03:21
09. Katrina 02:42
10. Changes 05:49
11. Changes Change 05:18
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