Doug Hoyer
{{short description|Canadian musician}}
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Doug Hoyer is a Canadian musician originally from Edmonton and currently based in Chicago. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Edmonton-based music collective OLD UGLY Recording Co. Active since 2003, Hoyer began as a cast member of the reality show Rock Camp,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398555/|title=Rock Camp|date=April 29, 2004|access-date=October 8, 2024|website=IMDb.com}} which aired on CBC Television in 2004 and featured Joel Plaskett with various guests.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1571983/|title=Doug Hoyer|website=IMDb.com|access-date=May 22, 2018}} Hoyer has released ten solo recordings and performed on several other releases by artists such as Born Gold and Jessica Jalbert.
Career
Hoyer has toured Canada multiple times since 2008, including once with Sean Nicholas Savage, once with Michael Rault, and twice with Edmonton hip hop outfit The Joe. He has played in and collaborated with numerous artists, including Jessica Jalbert, Christian Hansen, and Born Gold. Hoyer's side project, Bike Month, has featured extensive collaboration with dozens of his cohort, including Andy Shauf, Jessica Jalbert, and Michael Rault.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bike-Month-Bike-Month-II-Ultimate-Sunset-Vol-1-My-Album-With-Andre/release/3643801|title=Bike Month – Bike Month II – Ultimate Sunset Vol. 1: My Album with Andre|website=Discogs.com|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
In 2012, Hoyer was nominated for two Edmonton Music Awards, one for Male Artist of the Year and one for Pop Album of the Year.{{Cite news|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/full-list-of-edmonton-music-awards-nominees|title=Full list of Edmonton Music Awards nominees|date=February 3, 2012|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|access-date=May 22, 2018}} In 2014, he opened for St. Vincent at Sled Island Music & Arts Festival in Calgary.{{Cite news|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/64ykp3/we-saw-this-sled-island-music-festival|title=People Versus Nature at the Sled Island Music Festival|date=June 27, 2014|website=Noisey.vice.com|access-date=May 22, 2018}} In 2015, Hoyer and songwriter Jeremy Witten represented the City of Edmonton in Nashville at World of Friendship, Nashville's annual Sister Cities celebration.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/people/2015/11/19/world-of-friendship-reception/76045948/|title=World of Friendship reception|newspaper=The Tennessean|access-date=May 22, 2018}} Though currently based in Chicago, Hoyer returned to Edmonton in May 2018 to celebrate the release of his EP A Trio of Quartets with Baby Jey, Tropic Harbor, and Mark Mills.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vueweekly.com/event/tropic-harbour-with-mark-mills-doug-hoyer-and-baby-jey/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419181037/http://www.vueweekly.com/event/tropic-harbour-with-mark-mills-doug-hoyer-and-baby-jey/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 19, 2023|title=Tropic Harbour with Mark Mills, Doug Hoyer and Baby Jey {{!}} Vue Weekly|website=Vueweekly.com|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
Discography
=Solo=
- Tattoo EP (2007)
- Songs from Grand Marquee EP (2008){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Doug-Hoyer-Doug-Hoyer-Presents-Songs-From-The-Grand-Marquee/release/7681125|title=Doug Hoyer – Doug Hoyer Presents Songs from the Grand Marquee|website=Discogs.com|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
- Busy Busy Busy EP (2009)
- Walks with the Tender and Growing Night (2011){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Doug-Hoyer-Walks-With-The-Tender-Growing-Night/release/4106837|title=Doug Hoyer – Walks with the Tender & Growing Night|website=Discogs.com|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
- To Be a River (2013){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Doug-Hoyer-To-Be-A-River/release/5084714|title=Doug Hoyer – To Be a River|website=Discogs.com|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
- Blood Döner EP (2014){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Doug-Hoyer-Blood-D%C3%B6ner/master/752221|title=Doug Hoyer – Blood Döner|website=Discogs.com|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
- Dream Life (2015){{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/doug_hoyer-get_it_right|title=Doug Hoyer "Get It Right"|website=Exclaim.ca|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
- Stepping Stone (2017){{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/doug_hoyer_returns_with_stepping_stone_lp_premieres_new_song|title=Doug Hoyer Returns with 'Stepping Stone' LP, Premieres New Song|website=Exclaim.ca|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
- A Trio of Quartets (2018)
- Character Witness (2019)
- Getting Older (2021)
=With Bike Month=
- Bike Month (2009)
- Ultimate Sunset Vol. 1: My Album with Andre (2010)
- III: Bike to the Future (2015)
References
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External links
- {{official website|doughoyer.com}}
- [http://doughoyer.bandcamp.com/ Doug Hoyer bandcamp profile]
- [http://bikemonth.bandcamp.com/ Bike Month bandcamp profile]
- {{IMDb title|0398555|Rock Camp}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Musicians from Edmonton
Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters