DOUG'S    STORY

  Grandson of big band drummer John Gibbon, Doug Mayersky 
grew up in his birthplace of Gary, Indiana. Influenced by 
The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard, and Aerosmith. 
Doug played trumpet in the CYO band, took guitar lessons, 
and settled on drums as his main instrument. This 
delighted his grandfather. Doug trained with his grandpa 
and inherited his red sparkle, four piece jazz kit upon 
his passing. Doug continued his lessons, gaining a jazz 
sensibility while maintaining his love for rock and roll. 
He moved to rural Valparaiso, Indiana and started 
jamming with local musicians. He met Mike Beck in 
highschool. They began skipping school and sneaking off 
to jam whenever possible. Mike, who was also 
sporadically jamming with Steve Andricks, who introduced 
the two. The trio began composing together. 
  
  Doug went to Indiana University 
(about the same time Steve moved to Florida) 
to study percussion and business. At that time 
he joined Harem Scarem, a campus bar band. He kept 
in touch with Mike and Steve.
 
  After college, Doug hit the road with lounge band 
'Something Different', toured the midwest circuit,
starved, then returned home. Upon his arrival
he formed top forty band 'Satin Apple' and at the 
urgency of his father, Doug got a REAL job and 
became a union electrician. But not before reuniting
with old friend Mike. They formed Anvil Axis,
a heavy rock band that played both cover and 
original material. Disbanding over creative differences,
Doug joined The Southbound Band, a local country outfit.
But he yearned to rock and roll once more. 
Mike was playing with the band 'Disposition' at the
time and Doug jumped in upon that band's drummers 
departure. After a few personal changes, Steve 
returned from Florida and replaced the departing
bassist. They changed the name to the Rectifiers and 
worked on new compositions. After losing their 
rhythm guitarist, Mike, Steve, and Doug auditioned 
many musicians to round out their sound before 
Steve suggested Ron Stillabower, a keyboardist he 
had been writing with that he had know for many years.
This completed the sound they had been searching for.
They changed the name to 'LONG' and recorded the CD 
'Almost There' to chronicle this period in their 
ever changing musical landscape.