Distinctive singer/songwriter Doug Yoel has been on a life-long quest of personal discovery and musical growth.
A folk-rocker to the core, Doug's lyrics are personal and introspective, often attempting to reconcile dreams of love and dreams of life, also childhood hippie ideals with the modern reality. His songs, like the soon-to-be released "So.. I Want You" and "Yellow Light" yearn for love, inner peace and a simpler, better tomorrow.
With a sound built around his finger-style acoustic and electric guitar and expressive vocal delivery, Doug infuses his vintage folk-rock with a dose of Americana and outlaw country; strains of blues, reggae and old-school soul and r&b all forms of psychedelia; even bits of punk and 80s new wave. Also evident is Doug's close relationship with the avant garde, jazz and art music.
Doug Yoel returns with a new digital EP on November 11, 2008, the "Yellow Light / So.. I Want You EP", releasing nationally on Kindred Rhythm. Doug's reappearance on record and stage follows a hiatus of nearly four years.
The last four years have found Doug co-producing projects for others an effort that has garnered an impressive 4 Grammy Nominations. His most recent production, "A Life in Time The Roy Haynes Story", just received a Jazz Journalists Award and a Victoiries Du Jazz, the French equivalent of a Grammy.
Band Members
Doug Yoel: vocals, guitars, dobro, bass, piano.
Influences
James Taylor, Lucinda Williams, Beatles, Tom Waits, The Band, Led Zeppelin, Jackson Browne, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Willie Nelson, Joe Jackson, Steely Dan, Jerry Garcia, Van Morrsion, Neil Young, Lou Reed, John Cale, Paul Simon, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, David Crosby, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Billy Joel, Leonard Cohen, Ravi Shankar, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Prince, John Coltrane, Kenny Rankin, Lou Barlow, The Blue Nile, The Jayhawks, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Wilco, Sinead O'Connor, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Johnny Cash, Allen Ginsberg, Black Crowes, Black Sabbath, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Ahmad Jamal, Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, The Ramones, The Clash, Nick Drake, George Martin, Brian Eno, Phil Spector, Daniel Lanois, Joe Boyd, Todd Rundgren, Phil Ramone, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jean Michel Jarre, Francis Dreyfus, Serge Gainsbourg, The Allman Brothers Band, Hot Tuna, Blues Traveler, Phish, Michael Jackson, Elvis, to name a few...
Other Artists
Martha Wainwright, Erin Mckeown, Gogol Bordello, Feist, Ani DiFranco, Chuck Prophet, Neil Cavanagh, Andy Friedman, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cibelle, Adelle
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