Artist description Q: What happens when...you put the former leader of a Brazilian progressive jazz ensemble, a former member of Penelope Houston's Birdboys, an ex-bouncer from Memphis, a world-class soccer player who may have been conceived at a Led Zepellin concert, and an urban farmer who attends raves until the wee hours of the morning all in the same room with a bunch of musical instruments?A: You get a sound which resembles 'a goofy pre-jihad Cat Stevens, or Donovan joining the Partridge Family', as Berkeley California's East Bay Express has put it. Or, to put it succinctly, you get The Doilies.

Music Style Alternative Country

Musical Influences Big Star, Paul Okenfield Transport, The Mekons, Violent Femmes, the Beatles.

Group Members Doniphan Blair, Kevin Donahue, Jeff Mahaney, Max Michel, Keith Morris

Instruments Drums, bass, guitars, accordion

Albums Porch Scriptures (1999, CD); Three-Legged Dog (1997, Cassette)

Press Reviews "The Doilies' brand of quirky country-pop has an odd retro-square appeal - groovy, but in a Greg Brady/Johnny Bravo way...The bouncy, melodic odes on their self-released debut "Porch Scriptures" are full of folksy accordion, harmonica, cheery yodels, sweet harmonies, and singer/guitarist Max Michel's rambling, offbeat lyrics...delightfully unsentimental." (East Bay Express, November 1999).

Location Oakland, CA - USA

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