Mike Doughty
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Mike Doughty (* 10. June 1970 in Fort Knox , Kentucky as Michael Doughty ) is an American singer and songwriter. His most famous songs are "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" and "I Hear the Bells", which were used in well-known television programs (including Grey's Anatomy and Veronica Mars ).
biography
Doughty grew up in a military family. Because of this, he traveled extensively in the US and Europe in his childhood. He spent his youth at the United States Military Academy at West Point . He later attended Bard College at Simon's Rock in the small town of Great Barrington , Massachusetts , but then moved to New York and studied poetry at the New School University.
Music career
While he was working at the New York club Knitting Factory in the early 1990s , he met the musicians with whom he founded the experimental band Soul Coughing in 1992 . In 2000, after an internal dispute and Doughty's heroin addiction, the band split up. However, he managed to overcome his heroin addiction. A short time later he began touring North America with his acoustic album Skittish, which was recorded in 1996 (in just one day) . He performed as a solo artist and also took care of selling the CDs after the concerts. Two other albums - Smofe + Smang and Rockity Roll - were released in 2002 and 2003 respectively. The LP Haughty Melodic , released in 2005, was recorded and produced by Dan Wilson, the singer and guitarist of the band Semisonic over a period of two years. The album was then released on Dave Matthews ' label "ATO Records", where the follow-up album Golden Delicious was released in February 2008. With the song Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well , for which a music video was also shot, Doughty et al. a. on the Late Show with David Letterman .
Discography
- Skittish (LP, 2000)
- Smofe + Smang Live in Minneapolis (LP, July 8, 2002)
- Rockity Roll (EP, 2003)
- Skittish / Rockity Roll (Re-Release, December 7, 2004)
- Haughty Melodic (LP, May 3, 2005)
- The Gambler EP (EP, 2005; released on iTunes )
- Golden Delicious (LP, February 19, 2008)
- Sad Man, Happy Man (LP, October 24, 2009)
- Circles Super Bon Bon ... (LP, September 2013)
- Live at Ken's House (LP, September 2014)
- Stellar Motel (LP, September 2014)
- The Heart Watches While the Brain Burns (LP, October 14, 2016)
bibliography
- Slanky , Soft Skull Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1-887-12871-1 .
Others
- In 1996 he had a guest appearance in the song Bond from the album Don Solaris by the band 808 State .
- Never Gonna Come Back Down is a song from 2000 that Doughty recorded with BT for his album "Movement in Still Life (US release)".
- On the album Mink Car (2001) by the band They Might Be Giants he sang on the songs Mr. Xcitement and Your Mom's Alright .
- The album title Haughty Melodic is an anagram of the name Michael Doughty.
- On the Question Jar Tour 2007/2008, Doughty made it possible for his fans to ask questions that were collected in a pot before the concert and then answered by him during the concert between the individual songs.
- Mike Doughty allows visitors to his concerts to record recordings of his live performances and to offer them for download on the Internet free of charge.
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- ↑ Mike Doughty on Billboard 200
- ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Repertoire+grows+for+Doughty-a087756589
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- David Riedel: Robitussin for the soul
- Lewis Taylor: Repertoire grows for Doughty
- Austinist interviews Mike Doughty
- Mike Doughty's official homepage
- Mike Doughty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Doughty, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Doughty, Michael; Doughty, M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Knox , Kentucky, USA |