In 1979 he formed, on an off-chance, his first band "Lipstick" with Olivier Boumendil on bass and Jean Marc Bibron on drums.
Lipstick got its first hit on a local level with the song "Accident". There are some traces of this sound from his early period during which bands such as Classe X, Les Fils de Joie (Sons of Joy) and The Lords also appeared. Other early songs of Lipstick are "Jenny", "Ballade Pour Une Bourgeoise", "Despy and Joan", and "Je Ne Veux Plus Te Voir" (I Don't Want to See You Anymore).
1980: Deltour Productions
Incorruptibles
In 1980, Gill Dougherty formed Incorruptibles with two ex-members of The Lords. In March 1981, Les Incorruptibles drew critical attention to themselves at a concert in the Théâtre du Taur with songs like "Les Soleils de La Nuit (Suns of The Night)", "Bande Dessinée (Cartoons)", and "Dr Jackson". The story of Incorruptibles, with whom he recorded three albums with Studio Deltour (Predestine, Annabelle and Moi je Doute), ended as quickly as it had begun, and, from 1982 on, Dougherty performed under his own name and recorded three albums: Envie de Tuer (Need to Kill), Monsieur Dupond and Interdit de Séjour, also under contract with Studio Deltour. At the same time, he appears on stage with Gringos, Évadés d'Alcatraz, Misérables, Classe X, and formed a band with Alain Gerard, previously the drummer of Fils de Joie, and Jean Marc Leclerc of Évadé d'Alcatraz on bass.
1984: Reflexes venture
Dougherty, on Reflexes Label
In 1984, while flipping through a magazine in the hospital, following a motorcycle accident, he came across an article about the song "Tu Verras, Tu Verras" (You Will See, You Will See), by the French band Ablettes, produced by Patrice Fabien for the record label fr:Réflexes. Fabien, who had been a producer with CBS, expressed an interest in the demo of "Moi Je Doute" (I Doubt) from 1981. Dougherty contacted him and signed with Réflexes for two singles, "Moi Je Doute" and "Fric Frac Noise", also recorded at Studio Deltour. The single rapidly climbed the playlists of the Europe 1, RTL, and France Inter national radio stations. At the time, Dougherty maintained only tenuous connections with the music business and did not show any will to succeed and lost his chance to produce any follow-up to this hit. Nevertheless, he played at the Rose Bonbon with the Bandits, Ich Libido, Follie's, Ricky Amigos, les Les Désaxés (Offsets), and Drucilla, who were all signed to Réflexes. Their drummer is Jean Luc Guitard, and the bass player is Jean Marc Leclerc. The track is recorded a pre-recorded tape of Eddy Mitchell at the Palais des sports where the applause was preserved. The track was mixed in one night at Studio Caroline with Patrick Giordano, the guitarist from the Bandits, but the live recording was never released. In December 1984, he appeared at the "Zeleste de Barcelone" concert and made the cover of the Avanguardia.
The end of the 1980s: the other ones
In 1985 and 1986, Dougherty had an intensively creative period of writing during which he formed the Vicomtes (Jean Marc Leclerc on bass, Patrick Mir and Yves Bordes of the Partners, on the guitar and on drums, respectively. In that same period, he recorded numerous duos "La Femme Araignée" (Spider Woman) with Monique Sabatier of the Queen Bees, "Ne Joue Pas" (Do Not Play) with Caroline, the bass player of the Calamités and worked with many other artists including Marie Alcaraz (replaced by Anicée Alvina from Ici Paris (Here is Paris). He also recorded three new overproduced albums at Studio Deltour (La Vie Sans Toi (Life Without You), Où Etais Tu (Where Were You?), Mais Ne Reviens Jamais (But Never Come Back)). He also played with the Beach-Brothers, a "one summer" band, and occasionally sat in with the Strikers and the Shifters.
Bound for Glory
Hobos in Bourges (1990)
In 1989, he formed the Hobos with Dominique Dussoud on drums (Ex Little Helpers), Richard Arriaga on bass, Patrick Mir on guitar (Partners), Yann Legoff on saxophone and Philippe Danecker on harmonica. They recorded thirteen tracks in one day. On 12 April 1990 at the beginning of a tour with early Zebda, they played at the "Printemps de Bourges" (Spring in Bourges).
The Hobos disbanded in 1991. In 1993, Dougherty appeared briefly with the Freaks with Richard Arriaga on bass and Erick Pero on drums. On 10 March 1994 at the Bikini, he met Link Wray who signed a guitar for him, and authorised, despite the protests of his wife, Olive, to record the concert.
New horizons
Since the early 1990s, Gill Dougherty has seemingly dropped out of the music business. He is a dedicated sailboat enthusiast and lives in the north of Brittany, in the far west of France. Despite his musical silence, he has never turned his back as a collector of guitars. He is well known with his black Fender Stratocaster, but he has also been noted to play Rickenbaker 330, Flying V, Gibson 345, Gibson SG, Explorer, Telecaster, Gretsch 6120, and Danelectros.
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