Champion Doug Veitch was born Douglas Veitch in 1960 in Hawick in Scotland. Champion Doug Veitch styled himself the 'King of Caledonian Swing'. He achieved some prominence in the mid 1980s when he was a favourite of the late BBC Radio 1 John Peel. He recorded two Peel radio sessions. Champion Doug Veitch achieved six consecutive NME singles of the week - which is thought to be a record. His music was a polycultural mix of dub, reggae, country, and Scottish folk music. This was years before such cross cultural mixing became common. In 1985, he co-founded the label DiscAfrique with his colleague Owen Elias, which was one of the first world music labels in the United Kingdom, releasing records by The Bhundu Boys, Orchestre Baobab and The Four Brothers amongst others. In 1989, he released an album of Scottish dance music with his wife under the moniker Martin, Doug and Sara. After drifting out of the music industry Veitch took a Ph.D. in woodland management. Recently he has returned to music, reuniting with Bhundu Boys guitarist Rise Kagona under the moniker Culture Clash. The duo released the album Tanzwa Neku Tambura: We've Suffered Enough in 2007.
