YES!

It's Greg Mahugh--auction owner

by day....rock star by night!

Greg Mahugh, co-owner of DAA Northwest, plays electric guitar with the Cronkites, which has warmed up the crowds at DAA Northwest's annual Rock & Roll sale, "opening" for such as legends as the Wallflowers, The Doobie Brothers, and Huey Lewis on the Spokane stage. His most recent appearance was in the nation's capital, when he and the Cronkites were the featured entertainment at the Inauguration…..not Barak Obama's, but auction partner Bob McConkey's as president of the National Auto Auction Association. 

Greg's love of music began back in the day when transistor radios were all the rage…. before anyone knew what an ipod or a walkman was. Fascinated by hit radio, he would fall asleep with his radio under his pillow. He started playing bass guitar when he was 14, after two friends invited him to join a band if he could find an instrument.. His mother obliged with the purchase of his first guitar, and he played through high school, focusing on the classic rock/school dance scene. His music evolved to rock, R&B and even punk with his Seattle band, The Fallouts. They played mostly private parties because one member of the group was underage, but that didn't stop them from appearing at Doc Maynard's in Seattle's Pioneer Square (they lied about the guitar player's age). 

By 1982, Greg found that his time was being consumed by a new girlfriend (now his wife Karin), the auction business and an old house that needed just about everything redone, so he put the guitar away for several years. But, after he moved to Spokane, he dusted off the bass to play at his church, and eventually got together with some local rockers. An auction customer, Bob Sletner had a band called the Cronkites, and, after an early Rock & Roll Sale, Bob and Greg talked about playing as the opening act for the next year's show. Greg joins the Cronkites occasionally for other dates besides the Rock and Roll sale, and says that he's lucky to be able to sit in with good friends in such a talented band. Even after the rush of opening for the legends of the rock & roll world, Greg says his favorite venue is in the backyard with a group of friends and his acoustic guitar on a warm summer Spokane evening.

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