Ned Doheny

Ned Doheny
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, guitarist

Ned Doheny is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California who has recorded five albums as well as performing on many albums by other artists including Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the Eagles, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne, with whom he was once in a band.

Profile

One of his earliest compositions, On and On, was recorded by Dave Mason in 1971^[1]. Doheny, Mason and Cass Elliott were in a trio for a time. Doheny was the first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum label, which produced his first album Ned Doheny in 1972. His label mates included Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, David Blue and other West Coast musicians of the day. Doheny toured multiple times with a band made up of several studio musicians.

His second album Hard Candy was released by CBS in 1976. It included the composition A Love of Your Own,^[1] which was covered by the Average White Band. Chaka Khan also had a hit with a Doheny composition, "Whatcha Gonna Do For Me." Other Doheny songs such as "I've Got Your Number", "Get It Up For Love" and "Prove My Love" have all charted in the US as well as the UK and Japan. His third CBS album Prone was recorded in 1977.

Doheny's next album, Life After Romance, was released in Japan in 1988 due to his popularity there. Between April 1990 and September 1993 he hosted a radio program called "Postcards from Hollywood" on Yokohama FM. His next studio album, Between Two Worlds, was released in 1993.

Though often categorized as a West Coast artist because of his Los Angeles roots and association with other West Coast artists, Doheny's music defies exact categorization, being variously described as pop, funk, jazz and AOR. He's been compared to Steely Dan and the Eagles.

In addition to original CD releases in Japan, both Hard Candy and Prone, produced by guitarist Steve Cropper, have been reissued as LP-replica CDs. All 3 albums are currently available as digital downloads online.

Discography

• Ned Doheny (1973)
• Hard Candy (1976)
• Prone (1979)
• Life After Romance (1988)
• Postcards from Hollywood (live acoustic) (1991)
• Between Two Worlds (1993)
• Ned Doheny the first album, re release May 2009 Collectors' Choice Music globally

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Harris, Craig. "Ned Doheny: Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ned-doheny-p38446/biography. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 

External links

• Interview with Ned Doheny on Yuzu Melodies

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