Dylan Doyle | Bishop Hill, IL

🍉 6pm - potluck/social hour

🎤 7pm - show

💵 $20-30 suggested donation

👨‍👩‍👧 All ages, family-friendly

Tickets at xroadscc.org/events.

https://www.dylandoyleband.com/

Southern born, Northern raised; from a young age, Dylan Doyle has been turning heads with his unique musical interpretations that lie somewhere between R&B, Americana, and funk. Steeped in everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Wes Montgomery; John Mayer to D’Angelo; Bob Dylan to John Prine; The Band to Chris Stapleton; Bill Withers, and Roberta Flack, he has created a uniquely American sound.

From humble beginnings in rural North Carolina with traveling salesmen parents, to the picturesque landscapes of upstate NY with apple-farmer grandparents, Dylan Doyle was exposed to many different walks of life. As a child, he saw the grit and determination of the American working class. In those formative years, before he began playing music, he learned the value of heart and truth—two things he would carry with him into his music. By the age of 13 he would perform on stage for the first time only a year after picking up an instrument.

By age 15, Dylan Doyle was on his first tour to Memphis and Arkansas, where he would play at the King Biscuit Blues Festival. There, he began collecting stories and observing the complexities and vastness of the American people. Performing in cities, rural towns, small theaters, dive bars, and everywhere in between, Dylan found a way to connect and command crowds with an ability far exceeding his years.

At 19, a week after recording his live album “Live At The Falcon”, Dylan Doyle set his sights abroad, performing a solo tour in Ireland playing to different audiences across the country. The next year at 20 he was inducted into the New York Blues Hall Of Fame, making him at the time, the youngest member ever inducted.

A year later, after spending time in Manhattan and experiencing its vibrant music scene, he began to take a turn musically, diving into R&B and jazz. In the year that ensued, he began working with young up-and-coming New York “cats”, exploring new sounds and approaches to writing. After a tour with drummer and producer Manuel Quintana, the two started work on Dylan’s sophomore album, “Pleasures Of The Damned”, where he and Quintana found harmony between Dylan’s Americana roots and the new ideas brought back from Manhattan. After the global pandemic, in 2021 Doyle would release the album on a midwest tour headlining the historic Al Ringling Theatre in Baraboo, WI. In an article from the Baraboo News on the show it was noted - “He can go from the soft and lyrical to just all of a sudden bringing on a hail storm of intensity in his guitar playing.”

Further testament to Dylan Doyle’s arc as an artist he began 2023 with a seven-week residency in Manhattan at the Club Groove located on the legendary MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. That year, he would play more than 200 shows in the Northeast, Midwest, and South. He looks forward to releasing a growing catalog and performing many more dates across the US and Europe.

"It is with great pleasure I put the spotlight on a wonderful musician, Dylan Doyle. Dylan is only eighteen, but his abilities as a guitarist go well beyond those years.There truly must be something in the water in Upstate New York. Dylan joined the group Minstrel (Connor Kennedy, Lee Falco, Will Bryant, and Brandon Moss) and me last September at The Falcon in Marlboro, NY. He sat in on Little Feat’s “Dixie Chicken” that evening. His playing was flawless and inventive. Live performance is not about only playing a song but being aware of the conversation and flow of those you’re playing with. He spoke beautifully and was listening to what was going on around him. His musicianship was impressive. I wish him the very best on the journey he’s undertaking as a songwriter and leader of his own band. I look forward to our next conversation." -Bill Payne of Little Feat

“As we say in the the south, 'this boy has the real goods'.” - Butch Dener - Tour Manager of The Band

==================

The potluck is optional, but is a great chance to meet others in the audience and maybe even share a meal with the artist. It also helps ensure the artist isn't having to have a meal from a gas station. We'll provide the plates, bowls, silverware, napkins, and, if you need it, serving spoons. Feel free to bring anything you'd like, an entrée, appetizer, dessert, or drink to share. I recommend to bring something you will enjoy eating, because if you enjoy it it is likely others will as well.

==================

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Host or Publisher Bishop Hill Creative Commons