"I started playing music when I was 15 and my friend across the street got a Silvertone guitar with the amp built into the case. I thought that was the coolest thing ever created. I started playing in bands in junior high school and my first gig was on Halloween 1966. I began playing professionally with Blue Seal Band in Vermont in '70 and even though I was always broke, I never considered anything else..... Rambunctous (aka the Big Kids) in the early '70s (with local OKC players Jim Hoke, Tom Lienke, Phil Reimer and Bill Byrd). Around that time I met J.R. Pulte who played with the Disciples and Southwind (Southwind was a later version of the Disciples ) in the '60s and recorded 2 solo albums for United Artists. He was living in Blanchard and we recorded a jingle for the Blue Onion in Norman and I knew this was my fate. When a reformed version of Southwind began playing locally I started sitting in with them when they played the High Horse Tavern and having jams at my house on E Rich St (in Norman). Willis Alan Ramsey used to sit in with us and at the time I recall his self titled album on Shelter Records just blew my mind."

"I joined Southwind as their soundman and 'guest artist' and went on the road with them in '76. We played all around the Great Lakes (Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, Toronto....) and became a really incredible live band playing 4 sets 4-5 nights a week. We headed for the West Coast to get a record deal in summer '77 and I became their guitarist while we were in Albuquerque. We arrived in L.A. and started playing all the showcase clubs up and down the coast (Golden Bear, Whisky, Troubadour, Cantina West, Starwood........). We also played a lot in Mammoth Lakes at the ski lodges (Rafters, Mammoth Lodge, Arlberg....) and up in Big Sur and Carmel. We changed our name from Southwind  to Fast Fontaine (Fontaine Brown was the singer/frontman and main songwriter along with Erik Dalton on drums and Gary Johnson keyboardist extrordinaire ( both from Norman) and Kris Farris on Sax). Some execs from NBC's Midnight Special saw us at the Rafters in Mammoth Lakes and we were asked to appear in June '79 which also reran in Aug. '79. Meeting Wolfman Jack was one of those unforgetable times that I'll always treasure- "yeah, baby, you're gonna love 'em." We also toured as opening act for Cheap Trick and played the Lloyd Noble Arena in '79 which I don't mind saying was the most fun I'd ever had and let me know then I had probably the best job on the planet."

" We signed a record deal with EMI-America in '80 and made an album produced by the legendary Paul A. Rothchild ( Paul Buttersfield, Doors, Janis Joplin and Bette Midler-The Rose). I think he missed the point and the record didn't really reflect the band, but we went out and toured anyway with Gary US Bonds who was also on EMI. The tour hit every major city on the East Coast and Great Lakes in 4 weeks and then we went back to LA with a "dead" record. The music business was pretty crazy at that time and if not for the fact that I got to play with some really great musicians (Rick Vito, Joe Sample, Jesse Ed Davis, Bobby Keys, John Herron, Bill Champlin, Gary Busey etc. etc etc.) I would have gotten discouraged by all the bulIshit I encounterd out there in Hollywood. I left the band in '82 due to EMI's lack of vision and returned to OKC where I built a recording studio (Ambient Sound Productions ) and did preproduction, commercial and songwriter demos for 10 years. During that period I did a lot of work with J.R. Pulte and the late John Herron. I began writing songs and realizing that I wasn't going to have much of a satisfying life if I didn't find a vehicle to play music with."

" I formed the Resonators with George and Dennis to just be able to have fun with some great songs and play my guitar loud again with a set of drums. I hadn't really ever sang much as I always played in bands that had that part covered so I really only began singing when it was apparent that if I wanted to play a particular song, well, then I was going to have to sing it. It's a whole new world and I wish I'd started back when I was 15. As band mates, we really get along well and I don't think we've ever even had an angry word with each other. We like the element of featuring guest players as we never know what will happen on any given night. Gregg Standridge, Terry "Buffalo" Ware and Phil Reimer are 3 of the really talented guitarists who bring their unique slant to the songlist and keep things interesting. As for the future......I think if I had my way, we'd play more and make more MONEY!!! (haha....that's not funny!) Actually, money's definitely not the object. The music is the thing and I'm thankful just to be able to get in the groove and play for people." Doug Matthews 2008