Luke Doucet
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Luke Doucet is a Canadian
singer-songwriter
and guitarist. He writes and performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock
band Veal
.
In 2006, Doucet was nominated for a Juno Award
in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category for his album, Broken (And Other Rogue States)
. Doucet has received plenty of critical acclaim; the Toronto Star referred to him as "the best young guitarist in the country".
in Cape Breton
, Nova Scotia
with his father, who had recently completed a train journey across Russia. When he was eleven years old, Luke Doucet travelled solo across Canada (from Winnipeg
to Nova Scotia). Two years later he travelled from Winnipeg to Vancouver
, once again, unaccompanied, on a Greyhound
bus.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but raised in Manitoba, Doucet grew up planning to become a lawyer before deciding to focus on guitar. Doucet got his first guitar when he was 13, and played in blues band with his dad two years later, at age fifteen. This was some of the first time he was able to spend with his father since his parents divorced when he was a child.
After playing in bands throughout high school, a nineteen-year-old Luke Doucet moved to Vancouver and joined Sarah McLachlan
's band.
. The band has been referred to as Vancouver's answer to the Flaming Lips. As well as Doucet, Veal consisted of bassist Nik Kozub
and drummer Chang. Previous bassists in Veal include Howard Redekopp
and Barry Mirochnick. Veal released three albums, Hot Loser
in 1996, Tilt O'Whirl
in 1999 and The Embattled Hearts
in 2003. Doucet's first solo album, Aloha, Manitoba
, consisted of songs that written for Veal that his band-mates felt were "too soft". The band is now defunct.
. A departure from his work with Veal, Aloha, Manitoba has a mellower, more folk-influenced sound. Aloha, Manitoba was the first official release of Toronto record label, Six Shooter Records
, with a catalogue number of SIX01. Doucet remains with the label currently, and has released all of his subsequent solo and Veal albums with them. Bazil Donovan, Barry Mirochnick, Lloyd Peterson, Christine Fellows
, Sky Onosson and Gilles Fournier performed on the record.
In 2004 Doucet released Outlaws: Live and Unreleased, a collection of mostly live songs and two unreleased studio recordings. Most of the album was recorded on February 10–11, 2004 at the Rivoli
in Toronto
.
In 2005 Doucet released his sophomore studio album, Broken (And Other Rogue States). A break-up album, Broken focused on the heartbreak of a failed relationship. Broken was nominated for a 2006 Juno nominated for a Juno Award in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category.
The Fokestar EP was released as a digital-only EP in 2006. It contains five songs, two of which are early versions of songs which would be rerecorded for Doucet's next album, Blood's Too Rich; "Long Haul Driver" and "Bombs Away".
In 2007 Doucet moved to Nashville for six months, where he wrote Blood's Too Rich
. Despite of his excitement to live in such a musical city, Doucet found himself homesick and claims he "was longing to be back in Canada". Blood's Too Rich was released in Canada on January 8, 2008 on Six Shooter Records. Six Shooter Records released the album in the United States on June 24, 2008.
Blood's Too Rich is billed as being by Luke Doucet & The White Falcon, while Doucet's earlier albums were simply billed as being by Luke Doucet. Doucet wanted to express that the band had become a more important part of his creative process. He had worked with them closely enough and long enough that they were more than just hired musicians and played an important role in the creative process. The name The White Falcon refers to Doucet's reissue Gretsch
White Falcon
guitar.
In promotion of Blood's Too Rich, Doucet toured across Canada and the United States with Blue Rodeo
, toured Europe twice with Oh Susanna and Melissa McClelland
and toured across Canada supporting James Blunt
. In February 2009, Doucet headlined a Canadian tour with opener Amelia Curran
.
Blood's Too Rich was listed on "best of 2008" lists, including a mention from the Independent (UK), a spot on Nick Hornby
's 2008 top 10 favourite songs (for Cleveland) as well as another nod from Hornby earlier in the year when he said:
Doucet also got the number one spot on a Toronto Star list of "unforgettable recordings, performances, and moments in 2008" and Blood's Too Rich won the 2008 Canadian Folk Music Award for "Contemporary Album of the Year"
(2004), Thumbelina's One Night Stand
(2006) and Victoria Day
(2009) ; three albums by NQ Arbuckle
, including Hanging the Battle-Scarred Pinata (2002), The Last Supper in a Cheap Town (2005), and X O K (2008); Hoserista (2000) by Captain Tractor
; T. Greer's self-titled album, Rose Cousins
' 2009 album The Send Off and Tanya Coghlin's Astral Is Annie. Doucet also co-produced the first two albums by his band Veal, Hot Loser
(1996) and Tilt O'Whirl
(1999).
, Chantal Kreviazuk
, Oh Susanna
, Veda Hille
, Melissa McClelland
, Delerium
, John Bottomley
, Maren Ord
, Captain Tractor
, Mae Moore
and Major Maker
.
Luke Doucet married Melissa McClelland
on June 24, 2006. The couple announced their marriage on the CBC program Sounds Like Canada
on June 23.
Doucet has one daughter, named Chloe, who was born when he was 23 years old (in 1996). She sings on two songs on his album, Blood's Too Rich and has joined him on stage for covers of Tom Waits
' "Gun Street Girl" and Dolly Parton
's "Jolene".
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and guitarist. He writes and performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Veal
Veal (band)
Veal is a Canadian indie rock band with country music influences that formed in Vancouver in the mid-1990s. They are now based in Toronto.Veal's front man Luke Doucet was named Musician of the Year at the 2001 West Coast Music Awards...
.
In 2006, Doucet was nominated for a Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category for his album, Broken (And Other Rogue States)
Broken (and other rogue states)
Broken is Luke Doucet's third album. The album was released in 2005 in Canada. A break-up album, Broken focused on the heartbreak of a failed relationship...
. Doucet has received plenty of critical acclaim; the Toronto Star referred to him as "the best young guitarist in the country".
Early life
When Doucet was six years old he travelled the Cabot TrailCabot Trail
The Cabot Trail is a highway and scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located in northern Victoria County and Inverness County on Cape Breton Island....
in Cape Breton
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
with his father, who had recently completed a train journey across Russia. When he was eleven years old, Luke Doucet travelled solo across Canada (from Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
to Nova Scotia). Two years later he travelled from Winnipeg to Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, once again, unaccompanied, on a Greyhound
Greyhound
The Greyhound is a breed of sighthound that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing, and the breed has also recently seen a resurgence in its popularity as a pedigree show dog and family pet. It is a gentle and intelligent breed...
bus.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but raised in Manitoba, Doucet grew up planning to become a lawyer before deciding to focus on guitar. Doucet got his first guitar when he was 13, and played in blues band with his dad two years later, at age fifteen. This was some of the first time he was able to spend with his father since his parents divorced when he was a child.
After playing in bands throughout high school, a nineteen-year-old Luke Doucet moved to Vancouver and joined Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
's band.
Veal
Luke Doucet was the frontman for Vancouver surf rock band VealVeal (band)
Veal is a Canadian indie rock band with country music influences that formed in Vancouver in the mid-1990s. They are now based in Toronto.Veal's front man Luke Doucet was named Musician of the Year at the 2001 West Coast Music Awards...
. The band has been referred to as Vancouver's answer to the Flaming Lips. As well as Doucet, Veal consisted of bassist Nik Kozub
Nik Kozub
Nik Kozub is a Canadian musician. Formerly a bass guitarist for the band Veal, he is currently associated with the dance punk band Shout Out Out Out Out....
and drummer Chang. Previous bassists in Veal include Howard Redekopp
Howard Redekopp
Howard Redekopp is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based Canadian music producer/mixer/engineer.In 2009, Rolling Stone ranked one of Howard's projects, The New Pornographers' Electric Version, #79 in the "100 Best Albums of the Decade".-Discography:...
and Barry Mirochnick. Veal released three albums, Hot Loser
Hot Loser
Hot Loser is the title of Veal's first album. The album was released in 1996 in Canada.- Track listing :#"Sugar Pants" #"Mexico Texaco" #"Hot Loser, Part 1" #"Cauchemar" #"In Bed With the Pope" #"Down Again"...
in 1996, Tilt O'Whirl
Tilt O'Whirl
Tilt O'Whirl is the title of Veal's second album. The album was released in 1999 in Canada.- Track listing :#"Spiderman" #"Skid" #"Peroxide" #"Harold's End" #"Graduation" #"Happy as Pye" #"Pinkos"...
in 1999 and The Embattled Hearts
The Embattled Hearts
The Embattled Hearts is the title of Veal's third album. The album was released in 2003 in Canada.- Track listing :#"Defiler"#"Everybody Wants More Cocaine"#"Girlfriend "#"Radio"#"Judy Garland"#"Mitzi's"#"I Hate Your Lipstick"...
in 2003. Doucet's first solo album, Aloha, Manitoba
Aloha, Manitoba
Aloha, Manitoba is Luke Doucet's debut solo album. The album was released in 2001 in Canada. It was the first release of Toronto record label, Six Shooter Records. Doucet remains with the label currently, and has released all of his subsequent albums with them...
, consisted of songs that written for Veal that his band-mates felt were "too soft". The band is now defunct.
Solo career
In 2001 Doucet released his first album, Aloha, ManitobaAloha, Manitoba
Aloha, Manitoba is Luke Doucet's debut solo album. The album was released in 2001 in Canada. It was the first release of Toronto record label, Six Shooter Records. Doucet remains with the label currently, and has released all of his subsequent albums with them...
. A departure from his work with Veal, Aloha, Manitoba has a mellower, more folk-influenced sound. Aloha, Manitoba was the first official release of Toronto record label, Six Shooter Records
Six Shooter Records
Six Shooter Records is an independent record label, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The music label was founded by Shauna de Cartier in 2000. Artists who have released material on the label include Jenn Grant, Amelia Curran, Elliott Brood, Luke Doucet, Christine Fellows, Ford Pier, Captain...
, with a catalogue number of SIX01. Doucet remains with the label currently, and has released all of his subsequent solo and Veal albums with them. Bazil Donovan, Barry Mirochnick, Lloyd Peterson, Christine Fellows
Christine Fellows
Christine Fellows is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.-History:Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal before settling in Winnipeg in 1992.In 1993, she formed her first group,...
, Sky Onosson and Gilles Fournier performed on the record.
In 2004 Doucet released Outlaws: Live and Unreleased, a collection of mostly live songs and two unreleased studio recordings. Most of the album was recorded on February 10–11, 2004 at the Rivoli
Rivoli
Rivoli may refer to:*Rivoli, Piedmont, , a town near Turin in Italy*Rivoli Veronese, a community in the Italian province of Verona*Battle of Rivoli, a battle that took place near Rivoli Veronese*The Rivoli, a restaurant/club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
.
In 2005 Doucet released his sophomore studio album, Broken (And Other Rogue States). A break-up album, Broken focused on the heartbreak of a failed relationship. Broken was nominated for a 2006 Juno nominated for a Juno Award in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category.
The Fokestar EP was released as a digital-only EP in 2006. It contains five songs, two of which are early versions of songs which would be rerecorded for Doucet's next album, Blood's Too Rich; "Long Haul Driver" and "Bombs Away".
In 2007 Doucet moved to Nashville for six months, where he wrote Blood's Too Rich
Blood's Too Rich
Blood's Too Rich by "Luke Doucet & the White Falcon" is Luke Doucet's fourth album. The album was released in Canada on January 8, 2008 by Six Shooter Records...
. Despite of his excitement to live in such a musical city, Doucet found himself homesick and claims he "was longing to be back in Canada". Blood's Too Rich was released in Canada on January 8, 2008 on Six Shooter Records. Six Shooter Records released the album in the United States on June 24, 2008.
Blood's Too Rich is billed as being by Luke Doucet & The White Falcon, while Doucet's earlier albums were simply billed as being by Luke Doucet. Doucet wanted to express that the band had become a more important part of his creative process. He had worked with them closely enough and long enough that they were more than just hired musicians and played an important role in the creative process. The name The White Falcon refers to Doucet's reissue Gretsch
Gretsch
The Gretsch Company was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a twenty-seven year old German immigrant recently arrived in the US. Friedrich Gretsch manufactured banjos, tambourines, and drums, until his death in 1895. His son, Fred, moved operations to Brooklyn, New York in 1916...
White Falcon
Gretsch White Falcon
The Gretsch White Falcon is a visually distinctive guitar commercially introduced in 1955 by Gretsch. While it has seen vast and substantial changes to its body shape and features through the years, and is currently offered in several styles, the White Falcon has always maintained a striking and...
guitar.
In promotion of Blood's Too Rich, Doucet toured across Canada and the United States with Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
, toured Europe twice with Oh Susanna and Melissa McClelland
Melissa McClelland
Melissa McClelland is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Hamilton, Ontario, in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto. McClelland's music is influenced by blues and americana. A writer on CMJ's staff blog wrote that McClelland has "a persona reminiscent of a female...
and toured across Canada supporting James Blunt
James Blunt
James Hillier Blount , better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and musician, and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005...
. In February 2009, Doucet headlined a Canadian tour with opener Amelia Curran
Amelia Curran (musician)
Amelia Curran is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
.
Blood's Too Rich was listed on "best of 2008" lists, including a mention from the Independent (UK), a spot on Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby is an English novelist, essayist and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels High Fidelity, About a Boy, and for the football memoir Fever Pitch. His work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists.-Life and career:Hornby was...
's 2008 top 10 favourite songs (for Cleveland) as well as another nod from Hornby earlier in the year when he said:
Doucet also got the number one spot on a Toronto Star list of "unforgettable recordings, performances, and moments in 2008" and Blood's Too Rich won the 2008 Canadian Folk Music Award for "Contemporary Album of the Year"
Production work
Doucet has produced all of his solo records and has worked with several other artists as a producer. His production credits include Melissa McClelland's albums Stranded in SuburbiaStranded in Suburbia
Stranded in Suburbia is the title of Melissa McClelland's second album. The album was released in 2004 in Canada by the Orange Record Label.- Track listing :#"Good as Gold" #"White Lies " #"Pretty Blue"...
(2004), Thumbelina's One Night Stand
Thumbelina's One Night Stand
Thumbelina's One Night Stand is the title of Melissa McClelland's third album. The album was released in 2006 in Canada by the Orange Record Label.-Performers:*Melissa McClelland: vocals, backup vocals, guitars...
(2006) and Victoria Day
Victoria Day (album)
Victoria Day is the title of Melissa McClelland's fourth album. The album was released in 2009 in Canada by Six Shooter Records.-Performers:*Melissa McClelland: vocals, backup vocals, acoustic guitar, piano on "Segovia"...
(2009) ; three albums by NQ Arbuckle
NQ Arbuckle
NQ Arbuckle is a Canadian alternative country band, consisting of Neville Quinlan , Mark Kesper, Peter Kesper and John Dinsmore...
, including Hanging the Battle-Scarred Pinata (2002), The Last Supper in a Cheap Town (2005), and X O K (2008); Hoserista (2000) by Captain Tractor
Captain Tractor
Captain Tractor is a Canadian folk rock band, based in Edmonton, Alberta. They play a punk-influenced variant of Celtic folk music, similar to such bands as Great Big Sea, The Pogues or Spirit of the West...
; T. Greer's self-titled album, Rose Cousins
Rose Cousins
Rose Cousins is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Prince Edward Island, she is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia....
' 2009 album The Send Off and Tanya Coghlin's Astral Is Annie. Doucet also co-produced the first two albums by his band Veal, Hot Loser
Hot Loser
Hot Loser is the title of Veal's first album. The album was released in 1996 in Canada.- Track listing :#"Sugar Pants" #"Mexico Texaco" #"Hot Loser, Part 1" #"Cauchemar" #"In Bed With the Pope" #"Down Again"...
(1996) and Tilt O'Whirl
Tilt O'Whirl
Tilt O'Whirl is the title of Veal's second album. The album was released in 1999 in Canada.- Track listing :#"Spiderman" #"Skid" #"Peroxide" #"Harold's End" #"Graduation" #"Happy as Pye" #"Pinkos"...
(1999).
Session and touring work for other artists
Doucet has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Sarah McLachlanSarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
, Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar.-Albums:...
, Oh Susanna
Suzie Ungerleider
Suzie Ungerleider, who writes and performs under the name Oh Susanna, is an American-Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. Born in the United States, she was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia and is currently based in Toronto.-Bio:...
, Veda Hille
Veda Hille
Veda Hille is a Canadian singer-songwriter.- Biography :Veda Hille was born in 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She started playing piano when she was 6 at her own insistence. Her family moved around a lot, from the city to the country and back again...
, Melissa McClelland
Melissa McClelland
Melissa McClelland is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Hamilton, Ontario, in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto. McClelland's music is influenced by blues and americana. A writer on CMJ's staff blog wrote that McClelland has "a persona reminiscent of a female...
, Delerium
Delerium
Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
, John Bottomley
John Bottomley
John Bottomley was a Canadian singer-songwriter. Bottomley was born in Toronto in 1960 and died in 2011 in Brackendale, British Columbia...
, Maren Ord
Maren Ord
Maren Whitney Ord is a Canadian singer-songwriter of rock and pop music.-Childhood and early teenager career:Ord was born and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, the eighth of ten children. She grew up in a musical family; her father was a professor of music, her mother taught voice and piano, and the...
, Captain Tractor
Captain Tractor
Captain Tractor is a Canadian folk rock band, based in Edmonton, Alberta. They play a punk-influenced variant of Celtic folk music, similar to such bands as Great Big Sea, The Pogues or Spirit of the West...
, Mae Moore
Mae Moore
Mae Moore is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her music is a blend of pop, folk and jazz. Her most successful album, 1992's Bohemia, was an international hit, although her other albums have been successful mainly in Canada....
and Major Maker
Major Maker
Major Maker is a Canadian indie rock band, formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2006 by Bulgarian-born Todor Kobakov, and Icelandic singer-songwriter Lindy Vopnfjord. Their track "Rollercoaster" was used in a Maynards candy commercial, which led the company to be inundated with requests for the name of...
.
Personal life
Luke Doucet married Melissa McClelland
Melissa McClelland
Melissa McClelland is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Hamilton, Ontario, in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto. McClelland's music is influenced by blues and americana. A writer on CMJ's staff blog wrote that McClelland has "a persona reminiscent of a female...
on June 24, 2006. The couple announced their marriage on the CBC program Sounds Like Canada
Sounds Like Canada
Sounds Like Canada was a Canadian radio program, which aired weekday mornings on CBC Radio One from 2002 to 2008. Until the end of May 2008, the program was hosted by the award-winning broadcaster Shelagh Rogers, and in the summers by a rotating series of guest hosts...
on June 23.
Doucet has one daughter, named Chloe, who was born when he was 23 years old (in 1996). She sings on two songs on his album, Blood's Too Rich and has joined him on stage for covers of Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
' "Gun Street Girl" and Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
's "Jolene".
Veal
- Hot LoserHot LoserHot Loser is the title of Veal's first album. The album was released in 1996 in Canada.- Track listing :#"Sugar Pants" #"Mexico Texaco" #"Hot Loser, Part 1" #"Cauchemar" #"In Bed With the Pope" #"Down Again"...
(Divine Industries, 1996) - Tilt O'WhirlTilt O'WhirlTilt O'Whirl is the title of Veal's second album. The album was released in 1999 in Canada.- Track listing :#"Spiderman" #"Skid" #"Peroxide" #"Harold's End" #"Graduation" #"Happy as Pye" #"Pinkos"...
(Released on Square Dog Records, 1999 and re-released by Six Shooter Records, 2000) - The Embattled HeartsThe Embattled HeartsThe Embattled Hearts is the title of Veal's third album. The album was released in 2003 in Canada.- Track listing :#"Defiler"#"Everybody Wants More Cocaine"#"Girlfriend "#"Radio"#"Judy Garland"#"Mitzi's"#"I Hate Your Lipstick"...
(Six Shooter Records, 2003)
Solo albums
- Aloha, ManitobaAloha, ManitobaAloha, Manitoba is Luke Doucet's debut solo album. The album was released in 2001 in Canada. It was the first release of Toronto record label, Six Shooter Records. Doucet remains with the label currently, and has released all of his subsequent albums with them...
(Six Shooter Records, 2001) - Outlaws (Live & Unreleased) (Six Shooter Records, 2004)
- Broken (And Other Rogue States)Broken (and other rogue states)Broken is Luke Doucet's third album. The album was released in 2005 in Canada. A break-up album, Broken focused on the heartbreak of a failed relationship...
(Six Shooter Records, 2005) - Fokestar (EP) (Six Shooter Records, 2006)
- Blood’s Too Rich (Six Shooter Records, 2008)
- Steel City TrawlerSteel City TrawlerSteel City Trawler is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Luke Doucet, released August 31, 2010 on Six Shooter Records. The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:...
(Six Shooter Records, 2010)
External links
- Luke Doucet official website
- Six Shooter Records