# Creighton Doane

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{{Short description|Canadian drummer and songwriter}}
'''Creighton Doane''' is a Canadian drummer and songwriter, best known as a longtime member of the rock band [Harem Scarem](/source/Harem_Scarem).

The son of music educator [J. Chalmers Doane](/source/J._Chalmers_Doane) and the brother of singer-songwriter [Melanie Doane](/source/Melanie_Doane),<ref>Terri Mingo, "With Love, from Melanie: Special evening launches campaign to bring mobile breast screening to northern Nova Scotia". ''[Truro Daily News](/source/Truro_Daily_News)'', May 4, 2002.</ref> his first significant musical project was as the drummer in The October Game, a local Halifax band fronted by [Sarah McLachlan](/source/Sarah_McLachlan).<ref name=havenot>Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, ''[Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995](/source/Have_Not_Been_the_Same%3A_The_Can-Rock_Renaissance_1985-1995)''. [ECW Press](/source/ECW_Press). {{ISBN|978-1-55022-992-9}}. p. 464.</ref> In 1989, he had a role in a theatrical production of [Michael Hollingsworth](/source/Michael_Hollingsworth_(writer)) and [Deanne Taylor](/source/Deanne_Taylor)'s rock opera adaptation of ''[Rigoletto](/source/Rigoletto)'' for [Theatre Passe Muraille](/source/Theatre_Passe_Muraille).<ref>Vit Wagner, "Theatre Passe Muraille opens new stage season Tuesday with rock 'n' roll version of Verdi's classic opera Rigoletto's Big Risk"]. ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', September 15, 1989.</ref>

In the early 1990s, he was the drummer in country singer-songwriter [Terry Kelly](/source/Terry_Kelly_(singer))'s band.<ref>Paul Kennedy, "New tape could be Kelly's ticket". ''[Halifax Daily News](/source/Halifax_Daily_News)'', October 25, 1992.</ref> He was also a credited songwriting collaborator on many of Kelly's songs, most notably "In My Father's House", which won the [East Coast Music Award](/source/East_Coast_Music_Award) for Song of the Year,<ref>Sandy MacDonald, "Music to win by. . .; Terry Kelly, Rawlins Cross sweep East Coast Music Awards". ''[Halifax Daily News](/source/Halifax_Daily_News)'', February 15, 1993.</ref> and was nominated for the [Canadian Country Music Award](/source/Canadian_Country_Music_Award) for Song of the Year,<ref>"Complete list of Country Music Awards nominees". ''[Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal)'', August 12, 1993.</ref> in 1993.

In the mid-1990s, he was a frequent collaborator with his sister Melanie, both in songwriting and as the drummer in her touring band.<ref>Cam Fuller, "Doane oozes superstar quality". ''[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix](/source/Saskatoon_Star-Phoenix)'', March 22, 1999.</ref> He also independently released a solo album, ''Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear'', in 1998. He subsequently joined Harem Scarem, appearing for the first time on the band's 2001 album ''[Ultra Feel](/source/Ultra_Feel)''.

He released his second solo album, ''Learning More and More About Less and Less'', in 2005.<ref>"Reviews". ''[Sherbrooke Record](/source/Sherbrooke_Record)'', April 15, 2005.</ref>

In recent years he has written music for film and television, including songs for ''[The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie](/source/The_Care_Bears'_Big_Wish_Movie)'' and Melanie's children's television series ''[Ukulele U](/source/Ukulele_U)''. Along with [Bob Ezrin](/source/Bob_Ezrin), the Doanes received a [Canadian Screen Award](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award) nomination for Best Original Song in Television for "Use Your Outside Voice" at the [11th Canadian Screen Awards](/source/11th_Canadian_Screen_Awards) in 2023.<ref>John R. Kennedy, [https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/ian-lefeuvre-up-for-2-canadian-screen-awards-1.19283764 "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards"]. [iHeartRadio Canada](/source/iHeartRadio_Canada), February 22, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1065103}}

{{Harem Scarem}}

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Category:Canadian pop drummers
Category:Canadian rock drummers
Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters
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Category:20th-century births
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:20th-century Canadian singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters

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