"...a multilayered, hypnotic groove that combines the most advanced
electronic techniques with the most primitive of instruments- human breath.
The playing is phenomenal... ***" -Q Magazine
Dr. Didg are a Boston based trio led by Graham Wiggins and featuring
Scott Eisenberg on drums and Todd Wright on electric guitar. Graham first
picked up the didgeridoo in 1982 while an undergraduate at Boston
University. After moving to England in 1985, he earned a PhD in physics from
Oxford University, gaining himself the nickname "Dr. Didg". Originally
self-taught, Graham has studied the instrument with the Australian
Aborigines, has published research on the physics of the didgeridoo, and
helped first bring the didgeridoo to the outside world as co-founder, along
with Martin Cradick, of the group "Outback". Two Outback albums were
released on the Hannibal/Rykodisc label ("Baka" and "Dance the Devil Away"),
topping the Billboard World Music and CMJ New Music Charts. In 1993 Graham
performed with the Grateful Dead at Oakland Coliseum in California, prior to
a recording session with their drummer Mickey Hart. That session led to
Graham's inclusion on two of Mickey Hart's solo albums ("Mystery Box" and
"Planet Drum- Supralingua").

Following the breakup of Outback in 1993, Graham and Ian Campbell, long
time drummer for Outback, carried on together and formed a new group called
Dr. Didg. At this point Graham began incorporating a technique he calls
"live sampling", in which he samples himself as he plays, building up layers
of rhythmic loops. Over the years they became part of the fabric of the
Glastonbury Festival in England, including some seminal, legendary
battery-powered jam sessions through the night. It was during one of these
sessions that Graham realised that the live sampling technique allowed them
to improvise extensively while maintaining a constant foundation of tight
groove which had much in common with electronic dance music. With the
addition of Mark Revell on guitar, and later Tim Harries on bass (ex- Bill
Bruford's Earthworks), the band was complete. They produced two albums for
Hannibal/Rykosdisc ("Out of the Woods" and "Serotonality"). Later on Mark
Revell was replaced by Dave Motion. They toured extensively in the club and
festival circuit in Europe, reaching Italy, Austria, Sweden, Holland, France
and Germany, and finally toured America twice in 1998.

In 1999 Graham decided to move back to America and put together a new
band based in Boston. After holding extensive auditions, he settled on Scott
Eisenberg (recent Berklee graduate) on drums and Todd Wright on guitar.
After a couple of rehearsals they jumped in at the deep end, opening for
Guster on a two week east coast tour in January 2000. They toured Austria in
April, appeared at the High Sierra Festival on July 4, teamed up with the
String Cheese Incident for their Full Moon Dream Dance at Hornings Hideout
in Oregon and delivered a momentous set at the Berkshire Mountain Music
Festival, with Slip members Mark Friedman and Andrew Barr as guests.