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Doug Yule
Yule in 2009
Background information
Birth name
Douglas Alan Yule
Born
(1947-02-25) February 25, 1947 (age 77) Mineola, New York, U.S.
Genres
Rock
art rock
folk rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
Instrument(s)
Bass guitar
vocals
keyboards
guitar
Years active
1965–1977
1997–present
Formerly of
The Velvet Underground
Musical artist
Douglas Alan Yule (born February 25, 1947) is an American musician and singer, most notable for being a member of the Velvet Underground from 1968 to 1973, serving as the bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and occasional lead vocalist.
accessible albums The Velvet Underground (1969) and Loaded (1970), with DougYule replacing Cale for the latter two. None performed to the expectations...
Bassist DougYule, who had replaced founding member John Cale in 1968, proposed his younger brother Billy, then sixteen years old; he was accepted. Yule started...
occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing vocals. Unlike bandmates Lou Reed, DougYule, John Cale, Maureen Tucker and Nico, Morrison never released a solo album...
finished edit. In a 2005 interview, former Velvet Underground member DougYule stated that the main signature "riff" of the song (as it appears on Loaded)...
album The Velvet Underground, their first project with Cale's replacement DougYule. It did not chart upon its original release. However, when reissued in...
Candy Darling's desire to escape her birth gender. Reed insisted that DougYule take the lead vocal on the song. Reed said the song was also "about something...
fourth and final album with Lou Reed. Billy Yule, the younger and high-school-age brother of bassist DougYule, filled in the role of drummer for live performances...
— DougYule Over the next few years, Sesnick influenced the Velvet Underground to move toward a more "overtly pop direction" in their music. DougYule was...
Baby includes bonus tracks featuring Reed's Velvet Underground bandmate DougYule. Reviewing for Rolling Stone in 1976, Paul Nelson wrote, "For the eight...
while Reed was still a member of the Velvet Underground. Fellow member DougYule, in a 2005 interview, recalled Reed's first mentioning the song to him...
his dismissal from the band, Cale was replaced by Boston-based musician DougYule, who played bass guitar, keyboards and who would soon share lead vocal...
Velvet Underground in late 1971, joining fellow Grass Menagerie alumni DougYule and Walter Powers and replacing Sterling Morrison, who had gone off to...
the time was married to another man. Lou Reed – vocals, electric guitar DougYule – bass, Hammond organ Sterling Morrison – electric guitar Maureen Tucker...
Underground's self-titled album in 1969, written by Lou Reed and sung by DougYule. The second verse of Lou Reed's 1972 "Walk on the Wild Side" is devoted...
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