nathenson's digital garbage » Music http://digitalgarbage.net dumpster-diving for bits about law, info, tech, and culture Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 RIP Doug Fieger, 57, leader of The Knack http://digitalgarbage.net/2010/02/15/rip-doug-fieger-57-leader-of-the-knack/ http://digitalgarbage.net/2010/02/15/rip-doug-fieger-57-leader-of-the-knack/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:13:47 +0000 Ira Nathenson http://digitalgarbage.net/?p=1430 Continue reading →]]> RIP Doug Fieger, leader of 70s pop band The Knack, who died of cancer.  The Knack wrote classic power pop tunes combining a gritty edge with a Beatlesque gloss, including classics My Sharona and Good Girls Don’t.

Like many teens learning to play guitar in the 70s, I spent far too many hours torturing my parents and neighbors with the riff from My Sharona (along with, of course, the obligatory Smoke on the Water).

RIP, Doug.

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