Clayton Doley
{{Short description|Australian musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}
Clayton Doley is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter, television musical director, arranger, and record producer best known for his Hammond Organ virtuosity. He started his own bands The Hands and Clayton Doley's Organ Donors.
Career
=Bands=
At 16 he joined Adelaide blues band Double Whammy{{cite web|url=http://blueringrecords.com/content/view/16/52/ |title=Blue Ring Records |publisher=Blue Ring Records |date=12 June 2008 |accessdate=21 October 2011}} and at 18 he joined Sydney band The Mighty Reapers.{{cite web |url=http://www.blues.org.au/bands/m/mightyreapers.php |title=Mighty Reapers, The |publisher=Blues.org.au |date=10 September 2002 |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801075238/http://www.blues.org.au/bands/m/mightyreapers.php |archive-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}
In 2002 Clayton and his brother Lachlan Doley formed soul band The Hands, driven by the duelling keyboards of Clayton on Hammond Organ and Lachlan on Hohner D6 Clavinet. The Hands have recorded two albums of original songs, "Live and Breathe" in 2004 and "Everything Is Wonderful"{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=clayton+AND+doley&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=2years&so=relevance&sf=text&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SMH080711AF4EP6HLQMG |title=CD Reviews – Everything is Wonderful |author=John Shand |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=21 October 2011}} in 2008.
In 2006 Clayton Doley's Organ Donors was formed with longtime friends and fellow musicians Jak Housden on guitar (Badloves), James Haselwood on bass, and Dave Hibbard (also from The Hands) on drums. They regularly performed on the Australian festival circuit and have been referred to as Australia's answer to Booker T and the MG's.{{cite web |url=http://www.bluesfest.com.au/artists/detail.aspx?ArtistID=302 |title=Byron Bay Bluesfest |publisher=Bluesfest.com.au |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114352/http://www.bluesfest.com.au/artists/detail.aspx?ArtistID=302 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} In 2010 Clayton Doley's Organ Donors released the instrumental album on Sundazed called Tension.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
=Solo=
In 2012 Doley released his debut album as a solo artist, Desperate Times, an organ trio album recorded in Canada. The organ trio known as The Clayton Doley Organ Experience held down a successful residency gig at the Orbit Room in Toronto and performed mainly in Canada and Australia.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
In 2015 Doley released his second album as a solo artist called Bayou Billabong.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} The album was recorded in both New Orleans, Louisiana, and Sydney, Australia, with past and present members of Jon Cleary (musician)'s band, The Absolute Monster Gentlemen as the rhythm section. It also features marching band brass from The Treme Funktet with members of Galactic and Trombone Shorty's Orleans Avenue. Australian backing vocalists Mahalia Barnes, Jade MacRae and Juanita Tippins (The Clay-Tones) feature heavily throughout and also appearing is didgeridoo player Ganga Giri and Canadian lap slide guitar player Harry Manx.{{cite news|last1=Fell|first1=Samuel|title=Brothers Doling it Out|url=https://rhythms.com.au/brothers-doling-it-out/|publisher=Rhythms Magazine|date=21 August 2015|access-date=9 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312034832/https://rhythms.com.au/brothers-doling-it-out/|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=dead}} In the week of its release, Bayou Billabong made it to Number 1 both in the iTunes Blues Charts and the US Roots Music Report Blues Chart and stayed in the Australian Blues and Roots Airplay Charts six months after its release.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
=Songwriter and producer=
As a songwriter Doley has had his works recorded by The Whitlams,{{cite web |url=http://www.thewhitlams.com/RELEASES/ |title=the official whitlams website |publisher=Thewhitlams.com |date=30 July 1995 |accessdate=21 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409193948/http://www.thewhitlams.com/RELEASES/ |archivedate=9 April 2013}} Jimmy Barnes,{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Barnes-Double-Happiness/release/614207 |title=Jimmy Barnes – Double Happiness (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=21 October 2011}} Mahalia Barnes,{{cite web|url=http://mahaliabarnes.com.au/ |title=Mahalia Barnes + The Soul Mates |publisher=Mahaliabarnes.com.au |accessdate=21 October 2011}} Jade MacRae, Ngaiire and Kara Grainger.
He has produced tracks for Jimmy Barnes' platinum selling Double Happiness album and Jade MacRae's ARIA award-winning self-titled debut.
Doley is credited with writing string arrangements as well as co-producing Harry Manx's 2017 release Faith Lift.{{cite news|last1=Hum|first1=Peter|title=Twenty strings aren't enough for Harry Manx. Now he has a string quartet|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/2017/02/14/twenty-strings-arent-enough-for-harry-manx-now-he-has-a-string-quartet|publisher=Ottawa Sun|date=14 February 2017}}
In 2023 he was credited with writing string arrangements for Ian Moss's new album.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
=Session musician=
As a recording session musician Clayton is most often credited as playing the Hammond Organ and is sometimes listed as Clayton Dooley. He also performs on a wide variety of keyboard instruments and has been credited with playing piano, wurlitzer, rhodes, clavinet and mellotron.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
He has played on albums for artists such as Harry Manx,{{cite web|author=Kane Young |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/05/06/144371_music.html |title=Harry's one cool cat Music |work=The Mercury |date=6 May 2010 |accessdate=21 October 2011}} A Camp{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/A-Camp-A-Camp/release/770236 |title=A Camp – A Camp (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs |date=20 August 2001 |accessdate=21 October 2011}} Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges,{{cite web |url=http://www.bluearmadillo.com/artistpage.php?artist=6 |title=Armadillo Music | Eugene Hideaway Bridges |publisher=Bluearmadillo.com |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003202250/http://www.bluearmadillo.com/artistpage.php?artist=6 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }} Jimmy Barnes,{{cite web |url=http://www.jimmybarnesonline.info/band.htm |title=Jimmy Barnes Online |publisher=Jimmybarnesonline.info |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721214415/http://www.jimmybarnesonline.info/band.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} The Whitlams,{{cite web|url=http://www.thewhitlams.com/RELEASES/default.asp?Mode=VIEWINFO&TrackID=63&ReleaseID=20 |title=the official whitlams website |publisher=Thewhitlams.com |accessdate=21 October 2011}} Troy Cassar-Daley,{{cite web |url=http://www.fender.com.au/feature/troy-cassar-daley/ |title=Troy Cassar–Daley : Rockin Country Soul! : Fender® Australia |publisher=Fender.com.au |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928084130/http://www.fender.com.au/feature/troy-cassar-daley/ |archive-date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} James Blundell,{{cite web |url=http://www.mushroommusic.com.au/songwriters/30/blundell-james |title=Mushroom Music Publishing :: Songwriters |publisher=Mushroommusic.com.au |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927184440/http://www.mushroommusic.com.au/songwriters/30/blundell-james |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} Jackie Orszaczky,{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/gig-reviews/the-hands/2008/04/17/1208025361012.html |title=The Hands – Gig Reviews |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=21 October 2011 |date=17 April 2008}} Mahalia Barnes,[http://liberation.com.au/artists/artist/Mahalia_Barnes_+_the_Soulmates ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915030052/http://liberation.com.au/artists/artist/Mahalia_Barnes_%2B_the_Soulmates |date=15 September 2009 }} Jade Macrae,{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} Kevin Borich,{{cite web |url=http://www.kevinborich.com/KB_reviews.htm |title=Kevin Borich Reviews |publisher=Kevinborich.com |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003171951/http://www.kevinborich.com/KB_reviews.htm |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }} and the Starlite Campbell Band.{{cite web |url=http://albumcredits.com/Profile/375022 |title=Clayton Doley |publisher=Album Credits |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707035422/http://albumcredits.com/Profile/375022 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Doley played keyboards for the Netflix original animated series Beat Bugs released in 2016. IMDb lists him for all 26 episodes.{{cite web|title=Beat Bugs Full Cast|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4716268/fullcredits/|publisher=IMDb}}{{better source needed|date=December 2024}}
As a live session musician, Clayton has played for Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn from Booker T and The MG's, Larry Braggs and David Garibaldi from Tower of Power,{{cite web |url=http://www.towerofpower.com/news-and-updates/ |title=News & Updates |publisher=Tower of Power |accessdate=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006202809/http://www.towerofpower.com/news-and-updates/ |archive-date=6 October 2011 |url-status=dead }} The Divinyls,[http://videohits.com.au/Divinyls.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315112822/http://videohits.com.au/Divinyls.htm |date=15 March 2010 }} Nigel Kennedy,{{cite web|url=http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=34190 |title=Buy tickets to NIGEL KENNEDY PLAYS THE MUSIC OF JIMI HENDRIX, The Basement |publisher=moshtix |date=18 February 2010 |accessdate=21 October 2011}} Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges{{cite web|url=http://abc.gov.au/rn/dailyplanet/stories/2007/1889947.htm |title=Eugene Hideaway Bridges |work=The Daily Planet |publisher=Abc.gov.au |date=9 April 2007 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
Other activities
As has worked as a television musical director for such shows as Good News Week{{cite web|url=http://ten.com.au/good-news-week-credits.htm |title=Good News Week – Credits |publisher=Channel Ten |accessdate=21 October 2011}} broadcast on Network 10, The Sideshow broadcast on the ABC network, Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) Opening Night Gala 2009 and 2010 broadcast on Network 10 and musical director for The Great Debate 2011 broadcast on Network 10.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
Doley was musical director for Jimmy Webb's 2018 tour of Australia, where he performed with an orchestra as well as special guests.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.claytondoley.com/}}
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