Doug Yule
Douglas Alan Yule ( born February 25, 1947) is an American rock musician. He became a member of the avant-garde band The Velvet Underground, where he remained from 1968 to 1973 notoriety.
- 2.1 solo
- 2.2 with The Velvet Underground
- 2.3 with American Flyer
- 2.4 with RedDog
- 2.5 as a guest musician
Career
To 1973
In the 1960s, Doug Yule played in various bands in Boston, including The Grass Menagerie. So he got to Hans Onsager, a roadie of The Velvet Underground, know and became friends with him. After Lou Reed John Cale had thrown out of the band, Doug Yule was in September 1968 Bassist of The Velvet Underground and completed in October of the same year made some appearances with them. 1969 appeared with " The Velvet Underground" the first studio album on which he can be heard on bass and organ. In the following months, he became more and more the role of Lou Reed as a singer because his voice was suffering from the ongoing tours; on the 1970 released album "Loaded" he sang three songs New Age, Who Loves The Sun and Oh! Sweet Nuthin ' and played other instruments, including drums, with his brother Billy temporarily supported him, as Maureen Tucker had become pregnant.
Even before the release of " Loaded" left Lou Reed, who did not want to accept the loss of his leadership role, but the band, the three remaining band members decided to carry on for the time being. Doug Yule took over the role of guitarist and picked as new bassist Walter Powers, with whom he had played in The Grass Menagerie together already in the band. The occupations changed frequently in the sequel, with Maureen Tucker and Sterling Morrison left in 1971, the last two founding members of The Velvet Underground. In October 1972 along with Yule Ian Paice recorded the album Squeeze on the band, who also belonged to Billy Yule went again, now dropped by their manager Steve Sesnick, one last time on tour. In May 1973, still one last concert followed by the name of The Velvet Underground:
" We met someone who started to book us around New England. He should apply to us as to me of The Velvet Underground, but he should not say, if it were The Velvet Underground. [ ... ] The last appearance was a ski resort in Vermont or anywhere, we went there, saw The Velvet Underground ' and said: ' Now that's enough, '"
1973-1978
After the end of The Velvet Underground Lou Reed again took on contact with Doug Yule and begged him on his planned solo album " Sally Can not Dance " (1974) playing bass. On this album, Doug Yule is heard in the song Billy. By August 1975 he accompanied Lou Reed on his European tour, another shot, Downtown Dirt, was released in 1992 on Lou Reed's album Between Thought and Expression.
In the fall of 1975 Doug Yule Elliott Murphy supported as a studio musician for his album Night Lights, in 1976, he joined the country-rock band American Flyer in as drummer. On both of George Martin produced albums of this band, American Flyers (1976) and Spirit of a Woman (1977 ), he is also to hear with background vocals. After the dissolution of American Flyer in 1978, Doug Yule time being pulled back from the music business and worked as a luthier.
Since 1993
As the Velvet Underground in 1993 the newly formed, Doug Yule was not asked because of the resistance of Lou Reed and John Cale about to attend; However, the resurgent interest in the Velvet Underground and the release of " Peel Slowly and See" in 1995 led him to appear in public again. At first he confined himself to this interview. In the following years he began to play the violin, and in 1997 he took with " Song Cycle ", the first demo recording since the end of American Flyer on. In November 1998, followed with the song Beginning To Get It, which was released on the charity compilation " A Place to Call Home ," a first release as a solo artist. On 25 May 2000, he took with some of The Velvet Underground - pieces in the joint concert Unloaded - An Homage to the work of the Velvet Underground in part. The live album " Doug Yule Live In Seattle " was compiled from some appearances in 2000, which was released in Japan in 2002, he also supported the Maureen Tucker at a concert on November 4, 2000, which also published in 2002 as " Moe Rocks Terra floor" been. 2006 was followed by a short tour with the surf rock band The Weisstronauts that he supported as a bass player.
Since 2007, Doug Yule member of roots-rock trio RedDog, which his debut album "Hard Times" published in 2009.
Discography
Solo
- 2002: Doug Yule Live In Seattle
With The Velvet Underground
With American Flyer
By RedDog
- 2009: Hard Times
- 2011: Nine-Tail Cat