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Doug Gray

Doug Gray

American singer

Jul 3, 2026

2:36
Like what first drew you to this context and like the unique challenges and opportunities that are in Alaskan schools and communities? Yeah.
2:46
Well, yeah, it is interesting.
2:47
Alaska is not where I thought I would be when I started out my career 30 years ago.
2:52
I was a I grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and Alaska was really never on my radar.
2:59
And it really wasn't until I like to I always think Brad Pitt and the movie A River Runs Through It because I had seen that and I was like, gosh, I really would be interested in.
3:09
you know, going someplace remote and interesting and fascinating.
3:13
And so that kind of stuck with me.

21 MINS LATER

24:01
But do you have anything for us in terms of like maybe what would really illustrate what it's like to to join and choose this this particular experience for yourself as an educator out in the Alaskan bush?
14:29
This is Kevin Cronin's girlfriend who's cheating on him?
14:31
Right.
14:32
And, you know, he's gotten wind of this.
14:34
It's not sitting well.
14:35
And he tells the story that in the middle of the night, he wakes up three o'clock in the morning or whatever.
14:41
And he said he had learned over the years when inspiration strikes, you go with it.
14:46
when you're writing songs.

15 MINS LATER

29:33
That's a lot of names, but that's also not a lot of bands we've covered.

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