Please answer the following question: Facts:   - instrument: keyboards saxophones bass guitar    - years active: 1960s -- present    - origin: california , united states      - birth date: 28 may 1945    - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist    - associated acts: the music machine the millennium    - occupation: band member , session musician   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of doug rhodes .
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doug rhodes , -lrb- born may 28 , 1945 -rrb- multi-instrumentalist , performed with 1960s rock bands the music machine and the millennium .growing up in garden grove , california , rhodes began his music career as a jazz saxophonist at the age of 16 , playing with older brother robbie rhodes .eventually , he became the member of a band called the spats , for whom he played organ .he was kicked out of the band late in 1965 .after moving to l.a. in january 1966 , rhodes met producer curt boettcher , who got him work as a studio musician .he played celeste for the association 's no. 1 hit `` cherish '' .in the summer of 1966 , rhodes joined the rock band the music machine , for whom he primarily played the organ and provided backing vocals .after the release of the band 's first lp and a promotional tour , four of the five members , including rhodes , quit the group , leaving only singer/songwriter sean bonniwell .according to rhodes , there was conflict over money and bonniwell 's attitude toward the other members .bonniwell continued to use the band name and released a second album mostly of older recordings on which rhodes had performed .rhodes continued to work with curt boettcher , forming the band the millennium along with two other former music machine members .the millennium 's debut lp was released by columbia records in 1968 .after the short-lived millennium dissolved , rhodes kept busy as a session musician , playing for the likes of the association , taj mahal , chad and jeremy , tommy roe , and van dyke parks .he was also involved in the millennium-splintered group bigshot , which was signed to together records , the label set-up by gary usher and boettcher in 1969 .the others members of bigshot included drummer ron edgar , guitarist michael fennelly , and ex-goldebriars guitarist murray planta .some demos were recorded but never issued .the producer of those sessions was joey stec .in 1971 , rhodes moved to british columbia , canada .he continued to play around with various...