Alan Doyle Shares Video for Breezy Track, “Take It Easy With Me”

Alan Doyle has unveiled the music video for the breezy, whistle-laced charmer “Take It Easy With Me,” a track from his upcoming EP Already Dancing, out February 20.

The video finds Doyle performing in a sun-drenched setting, surrounded by drinks, dancing and an easygoing spirit that mirrors the song’s spontaneous origins. The lyrics came together rather quickly when Doyle was in the Dominican Republic to perform a concert.

Doyle comments:

“We went for three days to play one show and I soon took to the margaritas and built the best argument I could to try to get my fair lady to come with me for the next two days. That song is exactly that. That’s it. I don’t usually write songs quickly, but I wrote this one in about 45 minutes.”

Doyle will begin a 48-date North American tour on February 27 at home in St. John’s, Newfoundland, wrapping May 17 in Edmonds, Washington. Joining Doyle on all Canadian dates is the JUNO-winning PEI folk duo The East Pointers, with Brooklyn indie-folk-pop-Americana outfit Bandits on the Run set to support the U.S. leg.

When you’re as busy as Alan Doyle, you create music whenever and wherever you can. So, it’s not shocking to hear that his six-song EP, Already Dancing, was recorded in six studios across five cities in two countries – especially considering that last year may have been the busiest of his more-than-three-decade career.

With Already Dancing, Doyle and his collaborators recorded wherever they happened to be. Featuring five original songs (including the foot-stomping first single “Nancy,” with The East Pointers) as well as Doyle’s version of the 1986 Spirit of the West classic “The Crawl” (with the band’s legendary co-founder Geoffrey Kelly on whistle and vocals), Already Dancing took shape in: St. John’s, Newfoundland; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Charlottetown, PEI; and Santa Monica, California, before Doyle brought the whole team together at the National Music Centre in Calgary to finish it off.

Welcome Home Track Listing:

1. Yours and Mine
2. Welcome Home
3. You’ll Still Be With Me
4. Dancing Like We Did Last Night
5. Hard Old Hands
6. Long Night
7. How Did We Get From Saying I Love You
8. Best I Never Had
9. All for a Song

Alan Doyle ‘Welcome Home’ album artwork

Tour Dates:

02/20 – Kelowna, BC – Kelowna Community Theatre
02/21 – Kelowna, BC – Kelowna Community Theatre SOLD OUT
02/22 – Victoria, BC – McPherson Playhouse SOLD OUT
02/23 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum
02/24 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
02/25 – Edmonds, WA – Edmonds Center For the Arts
02/27 – Cranbrook, BC – Key City Theatre SOLD OUT
02/28 – Trail, BC – The Bailey Theatre SOLD OUT
02/29 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
03/01 – Calgary, AB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
03/02 – Regina, SK – Conexus Arts Centre
03/03 – Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place
03/05 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
03/06 – Minneapolis, MN – Parkway Theatre
03/07 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall
03/08 – Hamilton, ON – First Ontario Concert Hall
03/09 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
03/11 – Kingston, ON – Grand Theatre SOLD OUT
03/12 – Kitchener, ON – Centre In The Square
03/13 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre
03/14 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia
03/15 – Moncton, NB – Casino New Brunswick
03/16 – Halifax, NS – Scotiabank Centre
04/24 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Event Gallery
04/25 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur Theatre
04/26 – Portland, ME – Aura
04/27 – New York, NY – Sony Hall
04/28 – Vienna, VA – The Barns at Wolf Trap
04/30 – Sellersville, PA – Sellersville Theater
05/01 – Annapolis, MD – Rams Head On Stage
05/02 – Atlanta, GA – City Winery
05/03 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
05/04 – Nashville, TN – City Winery
05/05 – St. Louis, MO – City Winery
05/07 – Parker, CO – PACE Center
05/08 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads Saloon
05/09 – Madison, WI – Bur Oak SOLD OUT
05/10 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
05/11 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo State Performing Arts Center
05/12 – Cleveland, OH – Music Box
05/14 – Pittsburgh, PA – City Winery
05/15 – Richmond, VA – The Tin Pan
05/16 – St. Mary’s City, MD – Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center
05/17 – Red Bank, NJ – The Vogel
05/18 – Homer, NY – Center For The Arts