Garth Douglas

Singer/songwriter Garth Douglas is a songwriter and musician. He has twiddled his thumbs in a dozen odd bands as a performer, side-man, front-man and solo artist. He has spent 30 years crafting songs about philosophy, love, experiences and along the way has written some pretty serious stuff as well. The Garth Douglas Band (he wanted to call it something else) is his way of putting the songs out the way hed like to hear them. Garth is a film/ television/ radio producer who lives in Toronto, still dabbles in other musical forms and genres and just loves to play.

Jeff Cohen (lead guitar)

Jeff Cohen is a Montreal native with a wealth of musical experience and eclectic tastes. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario’s faculty of music, Jeff plays electric guitar with the GDB and is also a member of the acoustic pub band, The Don Valley Boys.

By day, Jeff is a computer consultant at the University of Michigan and runs his own Toronto based consulting company.

Pete Leblanc (Bass)

The GDB is pleased to have the bass stylings of Peter for the past 2 years. A multi-instrumentalist, Peter's primary instrument is bass and fretless bass, but he also dabbles in electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards and recently the mandolin. A small digital home studio keeps him busy when he is not gigging with other artists. Over the years Peter has performed a wide variety of music in many bands. At the University of Guelph Peter formed the Musicians Guild…a collective to organize like minded musicians... which resulted in performing a variety of folk, rock and jazz night functions with many musicians. This led to involvement with Guelph based "RUM RUNNER" (island reggae), 8 piece rock/blues horn band "Perfect Strangers", and a long stunt with the 6 piece "THE REVERBS" with Tannis Slimmon and Lewis Melville featuring the release "Not Enough Room.

Peter performed in the Cambridge based 5 piece band "TYRO" which also had an EP release. For almost 10 years, Peter performed in the new age jazz trio "FLIGHT 019" along with appearances and other gigs with Toronto session keyboardist John Ebata. Peter has written many original songs and composed and recorded the music for a short film "The Devil" which was in the Toronto Short Film Festival. In the last five years Peter has performed with a number of artists including "AMC (AMPLIFIED MIDLIFE CRISIS") featuring the guitar wizardry and vocal stylings of Alan Dollar and Tony Giovinazzo, the keyboard of Ian Cook with Pat Iniglis on Digital Drums performing Classic Rock at corporate events throughout Ontario.

While not out on tour with Canadian and International performers such as Colin Hay of Men at Work or Ashley Macisaac, both AMC and GDB are pleased to have the assistance of Mark Fortuna with sound reinforcement and and recording. Peter is also playing mandolin and other stringed instruments in the KEEWATIN STRING BAND (also with Garth Douglas) with it's eclectic brand of bluegrass and folk musicians.

Originally from Guelph, (when not on the golf course, the tennis courts or the ski slopes) Peter spends his time relaxing and renovating his North Toronto home, and has found a community of like minded musical friends. During the day, Peter hones his skills as a Landscape Architect and Planner as a Project Manager with a major land development company.

Colman Jones (Keyboards)

Colman Jones (keyboards) is an award-winning writer, radio broadcaster, and television producer in Toronto, besides enjoying a very diverse musical career, both as a solo performer as well as collaborating with a wide array of different artists in a variety of genres.

His many years of experience as a musician have seen him record and perform with some of Toronto's most interesting artists, including progressive rock bands S.K.L.A.R.B., 241-2121 and NRG, as well as folk/pop acts The Heat, Holy Smoke, Marie-Lynn Hammond, Gwyneth Baillie, The Gloria Shrieve Band, The Roach Motel, Jill Fillion, Michael Keith, and now the Garth Douglas Band.

A prolific composer in his own right, Colman has scored many of his own radio and television documentaries, and continues to record material in his home-based recording studio in downtown Toronto.

Leigh Robinson (Drums)

Leigh Robinson, the percussionist with the Garth Douglas Band, has the honour of being one of the first five graduates from the prestigious Humber College music program.

He spent the early part of his career touring North America and Europe with a number of Rock and Show bands such as Father, Barry Hall and Delegation, Savannah, and Carla Charest and Airplay. He enjoys playing a wide variety of music that encompasses Jazz, Funk, Blues, Latin, Rock, Folk and Roots music.

Over the last couple of years, the eclectic mix of bands that Leigh has performed with includes: Big Bands and Jazz Ensembles ( such as the Don Bowes Band, Big Smoke, Mega City Big Band, Swing Shift and Brian Rose and Combo Number 5 ) Rhythm & Blues bands - (The Majestics, Van Dixon and Rhythm Changes) and a 19th century focused roots band called Hardtack and Harmony that plays historical venues in period costume. With this band, Leigh plays hammered dulcimer and contributes the vocal arrangements.

Leigh has performed on 5 different C.D.'s' as a drummer, vocalist, dulcimer player, percussionist and arranger to add to a number of albums and 45's that he recorded during the days of vinyl.

When not indulging his passion for music, Leigh works as an Account Manager for CNC Global, (a Canadian based I/T staffing firm) or shoulders his musket to participate in Civil War and War of 1812 re-enactments across Canada and the U.S.

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