Creighton Doane

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Creighton Doane is a Canadian drummer and songwriter, best known as a longtime member of the rock band Harem Scarem.

The son of music educator J. Chalmers Doane and the brother of singer-songwriter Melanie Doane, [1] his first significant musical project was as the drummer in The October Game, a local Halifax band fronted by Sarah McLachlan. [2] In 1989 he had a role in a theatrical production of Michael Hollingsworth and Deanne Taylor's rock opera adaptation of Rigoletto for Theatre Passe Muraille. [3]

In the early 1990s he was the drummer in country singer-songwriter Terry Kelly's band. [4] He was also a credited songwriting collaborator on many of Kelly's songs, most notably "In My Father's House", which won the East Coast Music Award for Song of the Year, [5] and was nominated for the Canadian Country Music Award for Song of the Year, [6] in 1993.

In the mid-1990s he was a frequent collaborator with his sister Melanie, both in songwriting and as the drummer in her touring band. [7] He also independently released a solo album, Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear, in 1998. He subsequently joined Harem Scarem, appearing for the first time on the band's 2001 album Ultra Feel .

He released his second solo album, Learning More and More About Less and Less, in 2005. [8]

In recent years he has written music for film and television, including songs for The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie and Melanie's children's television series Ukulele U . Along with Bob Ezrin, the Doanes received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song in Television for "Use Your Outside Voice" at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Terri Mingo, "With Love, from Melanie: Special evening launches campaign to bring mobile breast screening to northern Nova Scotia". Truro Daily News , May 4, 2002.
  2. ↑ Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995 . ECW Press. ISBN   978-1-55022-992-9. p. 464.
  3. ↑ Vit Wagner, "Theatre Passe Muraille opens new stage season Tuesday with rock 'n' roll version of Verdi's classic opera Rigoletto's Big Risk"]. Toronto Star , September 15, 1989.
  4. ↑ Paul Kennedy, "New tape could be Kelly's ticket". Halifax Daily News , October 25, 1992.
  5. ↑ Sandy MacDonald, "Music to win by. . .; Terry Kelly, Rawlins Cross sweep East Coast Music Awards". Halifax Daily News , February 15, 1993.
  6. ↑ "Complete list of Country Music Awards nominees". Edmonton Journal , August 12, 1993.
  7. ↑ Cam Fuller, "Doane oozes superstar quality". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , March 22, 1999.
  8. ↑ "Reviews". Sherbrooke Record , April 15, 2005.
  9. ↑ John R. Kennedy, "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards". iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.
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