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www.breedloveguitars.com
Doug plays beautiful-looking, great sounding Breedlove Guitars, courtesy
of those fine Oregon-based guitar craftspeople...
http://www.caltoncases.ab.ca/
Fantastic flight cases ordered from Calton Cases of
Canada. The fine folks at Breedlove helped facilitate the acquisition of
his bulletproof "purple case, purple case," which has come on and off the
road with flying colors.
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http://elixirstrings.com Doug uses Elixir Strings. Why? "Because they sound better longer." http://www.mountainamps.com |
musical friends we recommend...
www.airparma.com
Guitar whiz and producer George Marinelli’s home band. Get all the news on the Air
Parma boys, their studio work, their songs, their savvy! Believe you me,
these boys have "get up and go." Check out George's WingDing site, as well!
www.dianadarby.com
Fine songwriter who's not afraid to go deep and dark - Diana Darby &
"Naked Time"
www.flyinshoes.fsnet.co.uk/snake
Home o' Trailer Star aka Shaun Belcher, intrepid poet,
songsmith, and founder of Flyin' Shoes webzine!
www.joecroker.com
We call Joe Croker the renaissanace man - graphicteer to the unsung,
teacher of all the pretty girls, and last but not least, strummer of considerable
vision.
www.elisabethcutler.com
Diva, friend and Sylvan Park, Italy resident, go here for more on Elisabeth
Cutler's many moods...
http://home.pacbell.net/hmhart/worksongs
www.matt-hill.com
Manchester tunesmith Matt Hill digs James Ellroy, Elvis
Presley, and Gram Parsons, and it all comes together in his work, see our personal fave
"Henri".
www.uvulittle.com/jackthedog
"Genius" Jeff Kowalkowski, frequent Hoekstra
arranger, pianist, and collaborator, is also half of avant-garde Jack the Dog.
| www.leonardomusic.com East Chicago folk-poet and travelin’ troubadour Leonardo. Chances are our guitar-slinging compadre is comin' to your town soon... http://nsr.home.texas.net/ www.johnmillermusic.com www.fullydressed.com www.amyrigby.com www.steroberts.co.uk www.geocities.com/joserrapere www.sunshinedelay.com www.ameliawhite.com |
Leo, Doug, Mad City Wisc, 2001
Paula, Iain of Sunshine Delay, w/the Famous Portmahomack Veggie Burger, 2002
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musical info and resources...
www.acafe.com
Acoustic Cafe is one of the great radio
"islands" out there! Check out our listen page for more!
www.bandguru.com
Consult Mark Bliesener, the band guru, for helpful information on The
Biz!
http://cwas.hinah.com
Site for Comes With a Smile, a terrific London-based music
mag. Each issue is filled with good writing and class graphics (little advertising)
and comes with not only a smile, but also a CDs worth of exclusive tracks from the
featured artists.
www.hacate.com
Renegade music publishing from Hacate Entertainment Group,
the NYC and Oslo based firm that administers the Doug Hoekstra catalogue!
www.hinah.com
hinah's mission is to "release live recordings of bands we love....the idea is
to help people discover artists who as they put it, "deserve a little more
fame." The CDs are produced in small affordable quantities and May of
2001, The Doug Hoekstra Combo Live at Sal's Music
Emporium became hinah's second release!
www.uah.de/inbetweens
www.medicinemusic.co.uk
Rob Ellen calls it the "songwriters trail" and he makes it happen
in the Highlands. Groovy gigs, beautiful scenery, lovely people courtesy Rob, Ann,
and Medicine Music!
www.soundvortex.com
Sound Vortex is the original room with a
vibe...user-friendly hipster recording w/the talented Robb Earls at the helm.
http://xpn.org/sections/worldcafe
Another great radio island - impeccable taste from the folks at WXPN, World Cafe
some of Doug's favorite fun cyber-spots...
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www.alibris.com www.baseballamerica.com www.bobdylan.com www.tonyfitzpatrick.com |
www.alfred.hitchcock.com
Alfred Hitchcock was the master! We hate to say it, but they
don't make 'em like this anymore! Is Vertigo the best movie
ever? E-mail us your thoughts!
www.busterkeaton.com
"A genius in flap shoes," as they say, Buster Keaton was
arguably, the best of the silents! (...with due respect to the also brilliant Charlie Chaplin)
http://members.aol.com/ronintom/Kurosawa.htm
Links to many great Akira Kurosowa sites. Did this man ever
make a bad film? Perhaps Ikira gets the Hoekstra website vote
as "best film ever." Another debate, but regardless - a
tremendous artist!
www.lakeclaremont.com/detours.htm
Go to this site if you want to buy a copy of Dave Hoekstra's latest book,
Ticket to Everywhere. You won't regret it! Dave is a talented
scribe and not coincidentally, Doug's older brother.
of social interest...
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/index.cfm
Noam Chomsky is one of America's most prominent political dissidents, and
one of our favorite Americans. He is a renowned professor of linguistics at MIT, who
has authored countless political books lifting the veil on issues ranging from the
political economy of human rights to the propaganda role of corporate media.
www.thehungersite.com
Click on The Hunger Site daily and socially-conscious sponsors will
donate food to those in need. .
www.wpe.com/~musici
Doug is proud to be part of the Learning from Lyrics project - a teaching
strategy developed by health teacher Brian Burgess and social studies teacher John Chase,
to use music and the Internet in innovative ways to help kids learn. Go to these
site and peruse works by Dylan, Springsteen, Neil Young, and Hoekstra
(from "Atticus" to "Sam Cooke Sang the Gospel").
www.milkwood.org
Milkwood Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that works with
at-risk youth, hospital and hospice patients, people with disabilities, and residents of
nursing homes, providing them with the opportunity to create their own sound art--run by
our pals Jeff Kowalkowski (Jack
the Dog) and Eric Markowitz.
www.thenation.com
Fine journalism – check out The Nation on-line or in print!
www.ozemail.com.au/~vego/famveg.html
Doug has been among the ranks of the Vegetarians for over 10 years
running now - and is listed him on this site of Famous Vegetarians, under "pop stars
and musicians" - between Tony Hicks of the Hollies and Susannah Hoffs of the
Bangles!
