Doug Yule
Douglas Alan Yule (born February 25, 1947) is an American musician and singer, most notable for being a member of the Velvet Underground from 1968 to 1973.
Biography
Early life
Doug Yule was born in Mineola, New York, and grew up in Great Neck with five sisters and a younger brother. As a child he took piano and baritone horn lessons. He later said in an interview that he would have preferred violin lessons, but the violin had to be rented and the baritone horn was available free of charge. In high school he played the tuba, as well as the guitar and the banjo, and sang in the church choir.
In 1965–1966 he attended Boston University, where he studied acting. In Boston he met Walter Powers and Willie Alexander of the Grass Managerie. In 1966 and 1967 he played with the Grass Managerie and other bands in Boston, New York, and California.
The Velvet Underground
1968–1970
Yule first met the Velvet Underground at his River Street apartment in Boston, which he happened to be renting from the Velvets' road manager, Hans Onsager. The band would sometimes stay there when they played in Boston. At the time, Yule was constantly practicing on his guitar. Sterling Morrison noticed how much his playing had improved over time, and mentioned it to Lou Reed.
Podcasts:
Doug Yule
ALBUMS
You Hit Me With a Flower (Redux): The Ptolemaic Terrascope #36 Summer/Fall
Released 2007- Crazy Man Michael
- The Manifestation
- She Moved Thru' the Bizarre/Blue Raga
- Hawk Mountain
- That's the Bag I'm In
- Punching Holes in the Sky
- After the Fall Redux
- Jellyfish Ram
- Blackwaterside
- Slender Trails
- Raining Down on My House
- Temporarily Lucy
- Black Eyed Susan
- Black Shade of Blue
- Writer
- In Hiding
- Topinambour
- Waves of Energy
- (Hats Off to) Bert Jansch
- Once I Had a Sweetheart
In Hiding
by: Happy RhodesYou'll find me
Forever in hiding
And only time will tell
What it's done to me
I've tried to show
God only knows
To grow
But music hides me so well
And reveals me
Oh well
You can find me
In hiding
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