{"id":615993,"date":"2026-06-01T22:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/615993\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T22:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:34:13","slug":"i-was-a-fan-of-doug-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/615993\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was a Fan of Doug Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    I Was a Fan of Doug Shaw<\/p>\n<p>          <a class=\"none flex-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/courtsofcontempt.hellgatenyc.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Courts-Banner.png\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n          <a class=\"flex none-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/courtsofcontempt.hellgatenyc.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Courts-Mobile-Banner.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload post-hero__img\"  data-  src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/29\/5d\/295dd95c-dc6c-40d7-9ed4-60debccaffe7\/content\/images\/size\/w100\/2026\/06\/doug.jpg\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/doug.jpg\" alt=\"I Was a Fan of Doug Shaw\"\/><br \/>\n          (Highlife)<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-0\">Remembering the multi-genre musician, who was adored by New York&#8217;s independent music scene.<\/p>\n<p>                3:20 PM EDT on June 01, 2026<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/scotts-picks.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, on the way to see a show at Brooklyn Paramount, I read that Doug Shaw, a widely-beloved New York independent musician and songwriter, had died <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/highlife-and-gang-gang-dances-doug-shaw-dies-at-43\/?ref=hellgatenyc.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of a stroke<\/a> at the age of 43.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The last time I was at the Paramount, to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocities.ws\/ccqsk\/?ref=hellgatenyc.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cindy Lee<\/a> last November, I recognized Shaw in the crowd on the way out. I had seen on social media that he had been working on an album with Animal Collective&#8217;s Josh &#8220;Deakin&#8221; Dibb, so I walked up and told Shaw, &#8220;Can&#8217;t wait for the album.&#8221; He looked at me, a stranger, startled, and asked, &#8220;What album? She has a new album?&#8221; (He thought I meant Cindy Lee.) I said, &#8220;Nah, man, your album!&#8221; He said, &#8220;Oh. I don&#8217;t think anyone&#8217;s ever said that to me before.&#8221; I shook his hand and sped out the door.<\/p>\n<p>          Give us your email to read the full story<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-cta__description mb\">\n          Sign up now for our free newsletters.\n    <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/hellgatenyc.com\/newsletter\/\" class=\"passata color-hg__text background-hg__background p-match radius-match border text-2125 text-decoration-none mb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        Sign up<br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"notification-msg signup-success\">Great! You\u2019ve successfully signed up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"notification-msg signin-success\">Welcome back! You&#8217;ve successfully signed in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"notification-msg subscribe-success\">You&#8217;ve successfully subscribed to Hell Gate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"notification-msg link-expired\">Your link has expired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"notification-msg checkout-success\">Success! 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