Before Doog could walk, his family gave him a guitar to hold and encouraged him to play music. By the time he was twelve, he'd started writing songs as a way to make sense of the confusing world around him. Back then he was just Eric Alexander, the friendly weird kid who dressed like a punky cowboy. In college a fellow musician asked Eric what his middle name was. "Douglas," Eric replied. "Douglas? Doug, Doug... Doog... I'm going to call you Doog." The name stuck, and eventually Eric created his raspy, crass musical persona: Sir Deja Doog. [FULL DESCRIPTION AND PICTURES ON OUR WEBSITE: http://HBMpodcast.com]
I had the honor to produce an episode in collaboration with the team at KCRW’s Here Be Monsters. The podcast produces stories of the unknown. This is a story of a lifelong musician, Eric Alexander, who struggled with episodes of psychosis. After ten years of mis-diagnoses, doctors found a stage 2 cancerous tumor growing in his brain. Throughout his struggle music kept him rooted. The story follows Eric for two years through diagnosis, brain surgery, and recovery.