▁he ▁appeared ▁on ▁local ▁television ▁as ▁the ▁pian ist ▁for ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁western ▁D ale ▁Thomas ▁Show . ▁D augh ert y ▁interview ed ▁jazz ▁artists ▁who ▁performed ▁in ▁Iowa , ▁including ▁Bud dy ▁Rich , ▁Stan ▁Kent on , ▁George ▁She aring , ▁and ▁Rah sa an ▁Roland ▁Kirk , ▁and ▁he ▁wrote ▁articles ▁on ▁their ▁music ▁for ▁the ▁high ▁school ▁newspaper . ▁During ▁the ▁sum mers ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 2 – 7 7 , ▁D augh ert y ▁played ▁Hamm ond ▁organ ▁at ▁county ▁fair s ▁across ▁the ▁Mid west ▁for ▁various ▁popular ▁music ▁stars ▁such ▁as ▁Bobby ▁V inton , ▁Bo ots ▁Rand olph , ▁P ee ▁We e ▁King , ▁and ▁members ▁of ▁The ▁Lawrence ▁Wel k ▁Show . ▁ ▁Education ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Europe ▁D augh ert y ▁studied ▁music ▁composition ▁and ▁jazz ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁North ▁Texas ▁College ▁of ▁Music ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 2 – 7 6 . ▁ ▁His ▁teachers ▁of ▁composition ▁included ▁Martin ▁Mail man ▁and ▁James ▁S ell ars . ▁ ▁D augh ert y ▁also ▁played ▁jazz ▁piano ▁in ▁the ▁Two ▁O ' C lock ▁Lab ▁Band . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁after ▁hearing ▁the ▁Dallas ▁Sym phony ▁Orchestra ▁perform ▁the ▁P iano ▁Con cer to ▁by ▁Samuel ▁Bar ber ▁that ▁D augh ert y ▁decided ▁to ▁dev ote ▁his ▁full ▁energ ies ▁into ▁compos ing ▁music ▁for ▁the ▁concert ▁stage . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁conduct or ▁An sh el ▁Br