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John Doe
Background information
Birth name	John Nommensen Duchac
Born	February 25, 1954 (1954-02-25) (age 56) Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Genres	Roots rock Alternative country Folk rock Punk rock
Occupations	musician, actor
Instruments	bass guitar, guitar, singing
Associated acts	X, The Flesh Eaters, The Knitters
Website	http://www.theejohndoe.com

John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet^[1] and bass player who was the founder of the L.A. punk band X. His musical compositions and performances also include country and folk music. Doe performs with the country-folk-punk band The Knitters. In the early 1980s, Doe performed on two albums by The Flesh Eaters.

Doe is also a film and television actor. He has played Jeff Parker in the Roswell television series has appeared in such films as Road House, Roadside Prophets, Vanishing Point, Salvador, Great Balls of Fire!, Boogie Nights,The Specials, The Good Girl, Gypsy 83 and Pure Country. He was also in music videos for The Doors' "L.A. Woman" and The Ramones' "Something To Believe In" with the other members of X.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1992 movie The Bodyguard (starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston), it was Doe's version of "I Will Always Love You" that plays on the jukebox when Costner and Houston's characters are dancing. It was released on audio cassette by Warner Bros. in September 1992, but is difficult to obtain (though bootleg copies can be downloaded from the Internet). No version is believed to have been released on CD.

John Doe released an album with Canadian indie rock band The Sadies called Country Club on April 14, 2009. The album features covers of country classics along with original songs.

Personal

Doe was married to fellow X member Exene Cervenka from 1980-1985. He remarried in 1987 and currently resides in Frazier Park, California^[2] with his wife Gigi Blair^[3] and three daughters.

Discography

Filmography

External links

• John Doe - official website
• John Doe - What Would John Doe Do? Blog
• John Doe at the Internet Movie Database
• John Doe at Allmusic
• John Doe discography at MusicBrainz

References

From Wikiquote

John Doe

John Doe born John Nommensen Duchac (1954-02-25) in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter and bass player who was the founder of the seminal L.A. punk band X.

Sourced

• If I was a better poet like William Carlos Williams I’d be able to write about anything, but I’m just a minor poet. So I just write about things like moments of crisis that tend to be on the sadder, darker side. You can spend ten minutes in a really dark place and write a song about it that lasts forever.

Wertheimer, Linda (2007-06-23). John Doe: The 'X' Man Returns (audio). Weekend Edition Saturday. National Public Radio. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.

Song lyrics

Los Angeles (1980)

The World's A Mess It's In My Kiss

• There are no angels there are devils in many ways

See How We Are (1987)

See How We Are

• Crowded fifty to a room, There's too many rats in this cage of the world, And the women know their place, They sit home and write letters, And when they visit once a year, Well they both just sit there and stare, Gotta keep bars in between us, See how we are

Poor Little Critter on the Road (1987)

The Call of the Wreckin' Ball

• The life I lead is mighty slim pickens, there ain't much call for stompin' on chickens

Dim Stars, Bright Sky (2002)

This Far

• Climbing uphill, one dollar bill, this town is far.

Unsourced

• I think whenever you are trying to establish something new, you have to draw a line and put everything that came before that behind you.

• I think we were among the first positive examples of country music for the punk rock audience.

• I don't know of any other band that has two vocalists that can sing together without competition.

• Restraint can be tough. I've made a point to learn how to make a slow song have as much impact as a fast song. That's a challenge I've given myself, because it's easy to just get out there and blast through a bunch of things and feel as though you're exciting the audience. If you can do that with a slow song, then you really have some variety and some range.

• You can't be a politician with a guitar. [1]

External links

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John Doe (musician)

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John Doe (musician)

• John Doe - official website
• Video/audio: John Doe at The Current/Free Yr Radio SXSW 2008 live broadcast
• John Doe - What Would John Doe Do? Blog
• John Doe at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview and Live Performance at KEXP