Mike DOUGHTY, the singer, songwriter, producer, author and founder of
seminal 90’s band Soul COUGHING WILL BE PLAYING THEIR DEBUT LP RUBY
VROOM IN FULL ACROSS THE U.S. in 2019.
DOUGHTY WILL BE JOINED BY A FULL BAND ON THESE SPECIAL DATES. While
they will be performing _Ruby Vroom_ in its entirety, in the original
sequence, what the audience experiences will be different each night.
“When I was looking for something to do between album cycles I
decided to tour _Irresistible Bliss_ in full” explains DOUGHTY.
“It was incredibly fun forcing myself to work within that structure.
The decisions you make when putting together a set list are different
from the ones you make when sequencing a record. This is like
performing a single, hour-long piece of music.”
Rather than an exact replication of the studio recording, DOUGHTY
PLANS TO USE A VARIETY OF CUES AND HAND SIGNALS TO ADJUST THE
PERFORMANCE IN REAL TIME. “Live we turn into a musical
super-organism. We’re basically doing a real-time remix of the
record at each show” tells DOUGHTY. “It won’t _not_ be a
note-for-note performance. I’m very proud of the record we made;
it’s the sonic embodiment of lower Manhattan in the early 1990’s.
Yet there’s a whole other version of this record that lives in my
head. I’m extremely excited to see how it evolves night after
night.”
DOUGHTY HAS RELEASED 11 SOLO ALBUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY, including
_Haughty Melodic_ and_ Stellar Motel_, and a memoir, _The Book of
Drugs_ (he’s currently writing a second one). He makes electro
tracks under the names UUL and Dubious Luxury; his opera _Revelation_
was staged in conjunction with WNYC; he’s currently writing songs
with Wayne Kramer from the MC5. He recently posted his 100th weekly
new song for his Patreon subscribers. And, finally, he has three
improvised-music bands in Memphis, where he lives: Moticos, Baby Men,
and Spooky Party.
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