![]() ![]() With band manager Steve Sesnick looking to fill pending bookings, and with the upcoming release of Loaded in November of that year, Yule, Tucker and Morrison decided to continue performing as the Velvet Underground to promote the album. Lou Reed left the Velvet Underground during their summer residency at the New York club Max's Kansas City in August 1970. 1970–73 ( Loaded tour and final Velvet Underground shows) His lead vocals can also be heard on the song "Ride Into the Sun", which was featured on the Fully Loaded CD reissue of Loaded that was released in 1997. Yule's brother Billy also joined in on the sessions as a drummer when regular drummer Maureen Tucker was pregnant and therefore absent for most of the recording. Yule's role became even more prominent on the band's fourth album, Loaded (1970), singing lead vocals on "Who Loves the Sun", "New Age", "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", and "Oh! Sweet Nuthin '", and playing six instruments, including keyboard and drums. While Cale had been a more experimental bass player, Yule was considered more technically proficient on the instrument and his distinct melodic style suited Reed's desire to move the band into a more mainstream direction. When Reed's voice became strained from touring, Yule would sing lead on several songs. His contribution to the LP was considerable, and his vocals would later come in handy on the road. As well as singing lead vocals on the ballad "Candy Says", which opens the album, he harmonizes with Reed on "Jesus" and co-sings the chorus of the album's penultimate track, "The Murder Mystery", with Maureen Tucker. Yule made his first studio appearance on their third album, The Velvet Underground (1969), playing bass and organ. When John Cale left the Velvet Underground at the behest of Lou Reed in 1968, Yule joined the band (then consisting of Reed, Morrison and Maureen "Moe" Tucker) as Cale's replacement. Yule's improving guitar technique caught the ear of Sterling Morrison. Yule first met the Velvet Underground at his River Street apartment in Boston, which he rented from their road manager, Hans Onsager, and where the band would sometimes stay when they played in the city. Main article: The Velvet Underground 1968–1970 In 1966–67, he played with the Grass Menagerie and other bands in New York, California, and Boston. In Boston he met Walter Powers and Willie Alexander of the Grass Menagerie. In 1965–66 he attended Boston University, where he studied acting. ![]() In high school he played the tuba, as well as the guitar and the banjo, and sang in the church choir. He later said in an interview that he would have preferred violin lessons, but the violin had to be rented and the baritone horn was available free of charge. As a child he took piano and baritone horn lessons. 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 and occasional lead vocalist.ĭoug Yule was born in Mineola, Long Island, New York, and grew up in Great Neck with five sisters and a younger brother. ![]()
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