Phillip Flathead (Robert William Doctor)
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

In a large glass bowl, mix Neil Young, Van Morrison, Tom Waits and Paul Simon. Toss in a hint of Woody Guthrie meets The Velvet Underground. Simmer 20 years ... Voila!!!... Phillip Flathead. Best served early mornings and late nights.

I've been recording & casually performing music since my teens in the mid-eighties in the foothills of Southern California. I recorded my first song when I was 14 years old, "Lying In My Garden", using two hand held tape recorders with a built in microphone. I'd record my guitar into one and then play it back into the other machine while singing over it. I bounced the recordings back and forth some six or seven tracks. It sounded awful sonically, but, it was nothing but pure inspiration.

In 1997 while on a road trip, I stopped into Sacramento to visit a friend. I've lived here since. Within weeks I began visiting local open mic nights around town, always as Phillip Flathead. A strategy I had come up with to overcome my stage fright. PF made me feel secure up on stage while exposing my soul to the public. Kind of like a superhero, a protector of my personal being.

"Phillip Flathead, a musician who can only be called the Thelonious Monk of local acoustic and folk music." Christian Keifer Sacramento News & Review

four-track mind, 2005

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