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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Gregory Adams

“It’s something I’ve always done all my life, and I can’t get away from it. I have to remind myself it’s okay to play the tops of chords”: Doug Gillard of Guided By Voices on finally going solo again –and the playing quirk he can’t shake

Doug Gillard plays a capo'd Les Paul onstage.

Doug Gillard’s got a great work ethic. Devoted, quick and efficient – and passionate in equal measures – it’s the kind of trait that comes in handy when you’re making a couple of records a year with legendary indie-rock act Guided By Voices.

His first stint with the prolific band began in the late Nineties, while he’s collaborated on close to 20 albums with project mastermind Robert Pollard since rejoining in 2016. It’s also helped Gillard learn dozens upon dozens of early Beatles songs and rock ’n’ roll standards for Bambi Kino, the fab Cavern Club-era-honoring covers act he plays with on the side.

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