John Dougherty

John Dougherty, after 25 years as a pharmaceutical representative, opened All About Music in Owasso. Also an OSU grad, John led the “Four Kings” band and “The Breakaways in college.

BIO

   When I entered my teenage years, guys like Chuck Berry and Freddie King were all over the radio. I just couldn't get enough of them. I picked up my first guitar when I was 14 and one of my classmates at Eli Whitney showed me a few licks. Mike Bruce & I attended Nathan Hale High School together and after graduation he went to work for the likes of Bob Seger and Bobby "Blue" Bland and I went away to Oklahoma State University to pursue my degree in Sociology. (BS 1972) Many high school bands later, I joined the "Break-A-Ways" at OSU and we played together thru college.
Before long I got married and hung up my rock and roll shoes for the next thirty years! I thought that was what one should do to become a 'responsible adult'! 
   In 1997, my late son Andrew was taking guitar lessons from my old pal Mike Bruce and I decided to learn a few new chords myself. Mike suggested that I get a few guys together and jam for the fun of it. I called former "Break-A-Ways" drummer Johnny Winters. John knew Steve Lee and had heard about Jim Stunkard. Steve Lee had heard about Steve Parkhurst because both their daughters are former Miss Tulsa! The next thing I knew, I was sitting in Winters' living room with a bunch of guys I had never met before, playing really awful rock and roll and having the time of my life!
   We became a 'garage band' a few month's later and after a couple of years began calling ourselves F.O.G. ... Five Old Guys. In the meantime, we changed drummers a few times and Carl joined the group. Six Old Guys (SOG) just didn't have a ring to it so I suggested we call ourselves MID LIFE CRISIS ... and the name stuck.
   I retired from the pharmaceuticl business after 28 years and opened up a musical instrument store in Owasso called ALL ABOUT MUSIC. Performing with this band is a rock and roll dream come true.