Doane Perry

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Doane Perry performing with Jethro Tull in Oakland, California, USA.

Doane Ethredge Perry (born June 16, 1954 in Mt. Kisco, Westchester County, New York) is an American musician, composer and author. He has been working since 1984 as drummer and percussionist with Grammy award winning band Jethro Tull.

Early life

From New York City, Perry began playing the piano at age seven and then took up drums at eleven. After hearing The Beatles, he decided to take up drums, because of what he describes as "the possibility, however unlikely that might have been, of young girls chasing me down the street, if I took up the drums."^[1] By the time he was 14, he was working with his own band on weekends, and continued to do so until he graduated high school at the age of 17.

He attended Browning, St. Bernard's and Collegiate Schools in New York City. Later he briefly attended New York University and extension programs at The New School, Rutgers, and Juilliard, followed by extensive private musical study in Jazz and Orchestral Percussion.

Musical career

By the time Perry was 18, he turned professional while simultaneously attempting to attend college. This led to a serious conflict, finally resolved, when he opted to pursue music full-time. He began gaining a broader musical background, in a wide variety of styles, which included genres such as Rock, Pop, Jazz, Fusion, R&B, Classical, World and Folk. He has appeared on over 100 successful records within his musical career in various musical capacities as a performer, composer and producer, that have achieved gold to multi-platinum status.

Member of the faculty of the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, Ca. from 1988-1996. He continues to perform solo clinics at Drum Festivals and Music Colleges around the world. In 1992, released a critically acclaimed instructional video entitled “Creative Listening”, still widely used in the curriculum of music schools in the USA and abroad.

Jethro Tull

In 1984 Perry joined Jethro Tull as drummer and percussionist to replace Gerry Conway. He is the second member of Jethro Tull to have been born in the United States; (the first was drummer Mark Craney). He continues to record and tour with the band today and is the third longest standing member of Jethro Tull.

He has played on the following Jethro Tull albums and DVD's:

Live at Hammersmith 1984

20 Years of Jethro Tull (Boxed Set) - CD & Video

Crest of a Knave (Grammy award winner-1989)

25th Anniversary Box Set - CD & Video

A New Day Yesterday - DVD

Rock Island

Jethro Tull - In Concert

Catfish Rising

Roots to Branches

J-Tull Dot Com

Through the Years

Nightcap

The Very Best of Jethro Tull

Live at Montreux 2003 - CD & DVD

Living with the Past - CD & DVD

The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull

The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Aqualung Live

Jack in the Green - Live in Germany - DVD

Jethro Tull - Classic Artists - 40th Anniversary-Fully Authorised Story - DVD

Live at AVO Sessions 2008 - CD & DVD

Jethro Tull members - solo recordings:

With Ian Anderson - Divinities - 12 Dances With God

With Martin Barre - The Meeting

With Dave Pegg - Box of Peggs

Equipment

Doane Perry has used a wide variety of equipment over the years. He will use different drum kits depending on several factors, such as whether he is performing live or recording in the studio. On recent Tull tours and records, he has been using Premier's Artist Series maple drums, but will occasionally use birch Genistas or maple Signia Series drums, Paiste cymbals, DW Pedals & Hardware, Pro Mark Drumsticks, Remo Drum Heads, Rhythm Tech Percussion, LP Percussion.

Personal life

In 1990 he married actress Heather Woodruff. They currently reside in Woodland Hills, California.

References

↑ j-tull.com

Biography at the Official jethro Tull Website
www.examiner.com/live-music-in-chicago/jethro-tull-drummer-doane-perry-a-percussive-genius
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=Doane+Perry&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=Doane+Perry&pbx=1&fp=a7810f12bf69e3fb
Jethro Tull official website

External links

v t e Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson Martin Barre Doane Perry David Goodier John O'Hara Clive Bunker Glenn Cornick Mick Abrahams Tony Iommi John Evan Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond Barriemore Barlow David (Dee) Palmer John Glascock Dave Pegg Mark Craney Eddie Jobson Peter-John Vettese Gerry Conway Paul Burgess Don Airey Maartin Allcock Andrew Giddings Dave Mattacks Jonathan Noyce

Studio albums	This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Thick as a Brick A Passion Play War Child Minstrel in the Gallery Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! Songs from the Wood Heavy Horses Stormwatch A The Broadsword and the Beast Under Wraps Crest of a Knave Rock Island Catfish Rising Roots to Branches J-Tull Dot Com The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Live albums	Bursting Out Live at Hammersmith '84 Jethro Tull In Concert A Little Light Music Living with the Past Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Aqualung Live Live at Montreux 2003 Live at Madison Square Garden 1978

Compilations	Living in the Past M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II Original Masters 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights Nightcap The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection Through the Years The Very Best of Jethro Tull The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull Essential

Boxed sets	20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set

Videos	Slipstream 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video Living with the Past A New Day Yesterday Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Live At Montreux 2003 Jack in the Green Classic Artists: Jethro Tull Live at Madison Square Garden 1978

Singles	"Sunshine Day" / "Aeroplane" (as "Jethro Toe") "A Song for Jeffrey" / "One for John Gee" "Love Story" / "A Christmas Song" "Living in the Past" / "Driving Song" "Sweet Dream" / "17" "Bouree" "Witch's Promise" / "Teacher" "Inside" / "Alive and Well and Living In" "Life Is A Long Song" "Hymn 43" "Living in the Past" "A Passion Play" "Bungle in the Jungle" / "Back-Door Angel" "Minstrel in the Gallery" / "Summerday Sands" "Living in the Past" / "Requiem" "Too Old to Rock And Roll, Too Young to Die" / "Rainbow Blues" "Locomotive Breath" "The Whistler" "A Stitch in Time" / "Sweet Dream" "Beastie" "Fallen On Hard Times" "Lap of Luxury" "Farm on the Freeway" "Jump Start" "Steel Monkey" "Said She Was a Dancer" "Part of the Machine" "Kissing Willie" "Another Christmas Song" "Rocks on the Road" "Living in the (Slightly More Recent) Past" "Bends Like a Willow"

Tours	Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll Tour Heavy Horses Tour Stormwatch Tour

Related	Discography A Billion Hands Concert The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus A Classic Case Ian Anderson solo discography Thick as a Brick 2

Persondata
Name	Perry, Doane
Alternative names
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	June 16, 1954
Place of birth	Mt. Kisco, New York
Date of death
Place of death

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