Doug Hoyer has released 3 eps, a 30 track concept album under the name 'Bike Month', and has toured Canada coast to coast numerous times. He is mostly known for playing ukulele, writing witty songs, and his engaging live shows.
His first ep was entitled "Tattoo", and charted in many college stations across Canada. The always entertaining Henri "Faberge" Fletcher was kind enough to lend his trumpet and french horn skills to the recording.
His Second EP
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Doug Hoyer has released 3 eps, a 30 track concept album under the name 'Bike Month', and has toured Canada coast to coast numerous times. He is mostly known for playing ukulele, writing witty songs, and his engaging live shows.
His first ep was entitled "Tattoo", and charted in many college stations across Canada. The always entertaining Henri "Faberge" Fletcher was kind enough to lend his trumpet and french horn skills to the recording.
His Second EP, "Songs from Grand Marquee" was a mini concept album about a boy who falls asleep in the back of the #8 bus in Edmonton, only to have his dreams and memories fade together in song.
In April, 2009, Doug pushed forward with a new, non-ukulele ep entitled "Busy, Busy, Busy", both a Kurt Vonnegut reference as much as it just reflects his busy life. A departure from his initial 'small' sound, this rock EP deals with teenage awkwardness, drunken romances and heartbreak. This album reflects his fun and engaging live show the best.
He put out 'Bike Month', a 30 song lo-fi record on Old Ugly Co, an Edmonton based record company. It's been free to download from their site since July 30th, the day Michael Jackson died. Bike Month is the month of June, so Doug thought that he would dedicate the 30 song album to the month, a song for each day.
Years ago in the summer of 2003 Doug was a cast member on the CBC reality "rockumentary" called "Rock Camp", a show that featured Joel Plaskett & Ian McGettigan (from Thrush Hermit), as well as many others.
Doug has shared the stage with many different bands, of all sorts of genres, but a few of them have been: Bob Wiseman, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Library Voices, Wax Mannequin, The Faunts, Geoff Berner, The Burning Hell, the Superfantastics, Mohawk Lodge, Jenny Omnichord, Mt. Royal, Torngat and many many more.
