Career John Doe (musician)



john doe performs @ adams avenue street fair, san diego, 2006


as musician x, doe has 2 feature-length concert films, several music videos, , extended performance-and-interview sequence in decline of western civilization, penelope spheeris s seminal documentary early-1980s l.a. punk scene.


along co-writer exene cervenka, doe composed of songs recorded x. wild gift, album band s heyday, named record of year rolling stone, los angeles times, , new york times. dave alvin, co-wrote 2 of songs on blasters 1984 album hard line, sunday , little honey . wrote cyrano de berger s flesh eaters lp minute pray, second die.


since 1990, doe has recorded dozen albums soloist or in collaboration other artists, , has contributed tracks motion pictures. in 1992 movie bodyguard (starring kevin costner , whitney houston), doe s version of love plays on jukebox when costner s , houston s characters dancing. released on audio cassette warner bros. in september 1992, no version believed exist on cd. co-wrote , played on song lobotomy tyler willman eponymous 1998 debut studio album of band calm down juanita.


doe took part in todd haynes s 2007 movie m not there, recording 2 bob dylan covers, pressing on , dreamed saw st. augustine. both recordings included on film s soundtrack, , former prominently featured in film, christian bale (as pastor john rollins) lip-synching doe s vocals. doe recorded song unforgiven in 2007 aimee mann on year in wilderness, album featured kathleen edwards, jill sobule, dan auerbach. joined eddie vedder on mix of song golden state in 2008. meanest man in world doe featured in season 4 of television series friday night lights , included on second soundtrack album. country club (2009), featuring canadian indie rock band sadies, covered country classics along original songs.


doe contributed cover of peggy sue got married 2011 tribute album rave on buddy holly.


his latest solo record, westerner, released in 2016. doe said made in desert, in arizona, , genre psychedelic soul.


he working on book punk rock scene 1977 1983 released in spring of 2016. named after x record under big black sun, , incorporate punk ethos of contributions other musicians part of scene, people exene cervenka, jack grisham, henry rollins, mike watt, jane wiedlin , others wrote chapters. doe wanted collective recollection, not 1 person s perspective of time.


acting

in 1989 biographical film great balls of fire!, doe played jerry lee lewis s cousin-turned-father-in-law j. w. brown. starred in 1992 film roadside prophets , in 1998 short lone greasers. other movie acting credits include road house, vanishing point, salvador, boogie nights, specials, girl, gypsy 83, wyatt earp, border radio, , pure country, , outsiders. doe has appeared on television series law & order, carnivale, 1 tree hill, , wizards of waverly place.








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