Thax Douglas

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Thax Douglas reads a poem at The Note, Chicago, December 27, 2007

Thaxter Elliott Douglas III (born October 31, 1957), better known as Thax Douglas, is an American poet based out of Austin, Texas. Due to his close relationship to the city's music scene, he is often referred as a "rock poet."[citation needed] For many years, Douglas has been a fixture at Chicago-area shows, reading poems directly inspired by the music of bands as introductions for their performances. Many of these poems have been compiled in Douglas' books.

He began writing "confessional poetry" in the 1980s before he settled on his present style of "poetry-portraits".[1]

In 2006, Douglas made an ill-fated attempt to move to New York City.[citation needed] He returned to Chicago and resumed reading poems before performances until he moved to Austin in 2009,[2] where he currently resides.

The Posies 2010 album "Blood/Candy" takes its title from Douglas' poem written for their 2000 show at Schuba's in Chicago.[3]

[edit] Selected bands

Thax Douglas has read poems before shows of many notable rock groups and performers. These include:

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://mattrainwaters.com/blog/?p=294
  3. ^ [2]

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