Doc Holliday (band)


Doc Holliday are an American Southern rock band from Macon, Georgia, United States, who were named after the American frontier gambler, gunfighter, and dentist, Doc Holliday.

Career

In 1971 Bruce Brookshire, a guitarist, singer and songwriter, formed a blues band called Roundhouse. Towards the end of that decade, the outfit came to the attention of Molly Hatchet's manager, which led to a renaming as Doc Holliday and securing of a recording contract with A&M Records.
Their initial line-up comprised Brookshire, John Samuelson, Ric Skelton, Eddie Stone and Herman Nixon, who recorded their self-named debut album in 1981. It was produced by Tom Allom and peaked in the Top 30 of the Billboard 200. This was followed the next year by Doc Holliday Rides Again, which also used the services of Allom plus David Anderle. The band went on to share tours with Black Sabbath, Gregg Allman, and Molly Hatchet amongst others. Doc Holliday's third album, Modern Medicine, was produced by Reinhold Mack and alienated some of their existing fan base for its change in musical direction. The band broke up at this time due to the perceived lack of commercial success, but reformed to release the harder edged Danger Zone on the Metal Masters label in 1986. In 1989, the live album, Song for the Outlaw - Live, also garnered good reviews. After a quite few years, from the early 1990s, the band continued to record and tour, mainly in Europe.

Original lineup 1981-1983

Studio albums