Lachy Doley

Lachy Doley
Birth name Lachlan R Doley
Born ca. 1977
Origin Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Genres
  • Blues
  • pop
  • rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • vocals
Years active 1995–present
Associated acts
  • The Hands
Website lachydoley.com

Lachlan R "Lachy" Doley (born ca. 1977) is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter best known for playing the Hammond Organ and Whammy Clavinet. Doley has recorded and/or toured with Jimmy Barnes, Glenn Hughes, Billy Thorpe, Joe Bonamassa and Powderfinger. Doley has issued two albums as a solo artist, Typically Individual Conforming Anti-Social (2011) and S.O.S (Singer Organ Soul) (2013); and two albums fronting Lachy Doley Group, Conviction (2015) and Lovelight (2017). The latter album peaked at No. 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Biography

Lachy Doley grew up in Adelaide, where he started a course at university.[1] In the early 1990s his older brother, Clayton Doley, was a member of Sydney-based blues and roots group, Bondi Cigars, before turning to session work.[1] During a break from his uni Doley joined Clayton in Sydney in the mid-1990s also as a session musician, "once I got here I thought, 'This is fantastic,' I dropped out of uni and stayed."[1] In 1999 Clayton travelled to New York while Doley continued his local session work.[1]

In 2002 the brothers reunited in Sydney and formed a classic rock and soul band, the Hands, with Doley on a Hohner clavinet and Clayton on a Hammond organ.[1] They issued two albums, Live and Breathe (2004) and Everything Is Wonderful (2008).[1] Brett Winterford of The Sydney Morning Herald observed the first album was "sung by guest soul vocalists Jade MacRae, Kara Grainger and Mahalia Barnes. The band struggled to afford to tour with guest vocalists and so narrowed their act to a four-piece (the brothers backed by drums and bass). By necessity, the brothers took to singing themselves."[1]

Doley provided piano and Hammond organ for Powderfinger's fifth studio album, Vulture Street (July 2003), as a recording session musician.[2] Subsequently the group used him as their touring keyboardist from mid-2007 to 2010. As a solo artist Doley released two studio albums, Typically Individual Conforming Anti-Social (2011) and S.O.S (Singer Organ Soul) (2013).[3][4]

He has recorded with English rock musician, Glenn Hughes, on the artist's solo album, Resonate (2016), and on a cover version of "Highway Star" for the Deep Purple tribute album, Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head (2012).[2] For the latter he also worked with Steve Vai and Chad Smith.[5]

Doley fronted the eponymous Lachy Doley Group from 2014, which issued two albums, Conviction (2015) and Lovelight (January 2017). The latter debuted at No. 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[6][7] Other recording sessions include with Mahalia Barnes and Joe Bonamassa on Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook Album (2015). Doley is a regular member of Jimmy Barnes live shows including, Barnes' brief Australia Day set aboard a ship on Sydney Harbour in 2017.[8]

Selected discography

ProjectAlbumYear
The HandsLive and Breathe2003
PowderfingerVulture Street2003
Glenn HughesResonate2016
Lachy Doley GroupConviction2015
Lachy Doley GroupLovelight2017
SoloTypically Individual Conforming Anti-Social2011
SoloS.O.S (Singer Organ Soul)2013

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    • First page: Winterford, Brett (17 April 2008). "The Hands – Gig Reviews – Music – Entertainment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
    • Second page: Winterford, Brett (17 April 2008). "The Hands – Gig Reviews – Music – Entertainment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Lachlan Doley | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Doley, Lachy (2011), Typically Individual Conforming Anti-social, [Adelaide?] [L. Doley?], retrieved 29 March 2018
  4. ↑ Lachy Doley Group (2013), Singer. Organ. Soul, Australia L. Doley, retrieved 29 March 2018
  5. ↑ ""Artists Lachy Doley"". The Blue Strain. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Hung, Steffen (29 March 2018). "Discography The Lachy Doley Group". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  7. ↑ "Kasey Chambers claims fifth #1 Album". ARIA. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Jimmy Barnes had no idea he was receiving Australia Day honour". Today. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

Further reading

  • "See Lachy live at Lefties". Whyalla News. January 24, 2017. "Lachy’s last album Conviction took him onto the world stage reaching #5 on the UK Blues Broadcasters Charts as well as #1 on the Australian iTunes Blues Charts and #1 on the Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Charts."
  • "Concertverslag: Lachy Doley – Cacaofabriek, Helmond". Blues Magazine (in Dutch). September 6, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  • "Recensie: The Lachy Doley Group – Conviction". Blues Magazine (in Dutch). June 27, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2017. (Album review)
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