Doug Ingle
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| - | '''Doug Ingle''' (born [[September 9]], [[1946]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[United States|U.S.]]) was the [[Organ (music)|organ]]ist, vocalist and primary [[composer]] for the band [[Iron Butterfly]]. He was the member who lasted the longest in Iron Butterfly. He was also reportedly a very kind person with an extravagent personality. | + | '''Douglas Lloyd Ingle''' (1945 – 2024) was an [[American musician]], best known as the founder and organist, primary composer, and lead vocalist for the band [[Iron Butterfly]]. Ingle wrote the band's iconic song "[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]", which was first released in 1968. He was the last surviving member of the classic 1967–1969 lineup. |
| - | Ingle's father, a [[church]] organist, introduced him to music at an early age. Ingle moved from his native Nebraska within three months of his birth to the [[Rocky Mountains]] and after spending his impressionable years as a mountain child moved to [[San Diego]], [[California]]. | ||
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| - | His work featured on ''[[Heavy (album)|Heavy]]'', ''[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (album)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]'', ''[[Ball (Iron Butterfly album)|Ball]]'' and ''[[Metamorphosis (Iron Butterfly album)|Metamorphosis]]''. Most famously, he authored the band's biggest hit, the epic seventeen-[[minute]] "[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]." Ironically, when he originally wrote the song, he had not intended it to run seventeen minutes long. | ||
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Douglas Lloyd Ingle (1945 – 2024) was an American musician, best known as the founder and organist, primary composer, and lead vocalist for the band Iron Butterfly. Ingle wrote the band's iconic song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", which was first released in 1968. He was the last surviving member of the classic 1967–1969 lineup.
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