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Monkeyshine

About Me


Monkeyshine was comprised of two friends in their mid-40s, Tim Foley and Cate Doefer, who got together to make music over the years, and on a whim, began writing songs together in the spring of 2004. Their songs are a hodgepodge of styles, jumping from country-tinged folk to angry alternative rock to jazzy pop to who-knows-what, but tied together with wryly humorous character-driven lyrics, strumming guitars & vocal harmonies. The songs touch on topics like marital infidelity, lost ambitions, fading dreams, regrets, boot-licking obsequiousness, chat room romance, borderline pedophiles, public access oddballs, not to mention homemade banana wine & picking up after your dog. Tim & Cate both continue to work their day jobs and raise their respective families on opposite sides of the lower half of the state of Michigan.
More songs are available to listen to, download, (and check out what random reviewers have said about the songs) at Garageband.com:
Purchase our album at cdbaby.com:

Include some of our songs or some of Tim's solo work in your next podcast at:

Also available on iTunes, MusicNet, Amazon, BestBuy.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/6/2005
Band Website: www.monkeyshineonline.com
Band Members: Cate Doefer
Tim Foley
Influences: Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Ray Charles, Heart, Little Feat, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Rickie Lee Jones, Billie Holiday, Tom Jones, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Yes, Django Reinhart, Miles Davis, Queen, Warren Zevon, The Rolling Stones, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Willie Nelson, Janis Ian
Sounds Like: Based on comments we've received, we sound like: Randy Newman, Janis Ian, Tom Waits, Heart, Bob Dylan, Rickie Lee Jones, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Ray Charles, The White Stripes, Timbuk 3
Record Label: Bad Max Records (our own independent label)

My Blog

i-sound mail order up!

Once again, Monkeyshine song Mail Order Bride has been added to the i-sound blues radio streaming station, once again making this monkey gibber and gambol with glee (uh, even more than usual ). And gy...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:58:00 GMT

This Dog's For You - or maybe not

Thanks to Brian Rendel, noted political/social blogger, for using Monkeyshine song, "This Dog's Fer You" in his Youtube video. You can read more about Brian Rendel in his blog/podcast Au...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:46:00 GMT

New uses for Monkeyshine

Monkeyshine song June was recently used in the WOOTcast end of 2008 rehash! Woot-woot!And Little Red Vega was used as the soundtrack for Icenrye's videocaching magazine, Episode 10.Pretty excitin' tim...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:22:00 GMT

Do i-sound blue to you?

This just in - Mail Order Bride has been added to the current music rotation on Blues radio station at i-sound! Clearly, the selection of some seriously superior simians!
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:32:00 GMT

"Gray matter" added to iSound.com playlist

A gleeful gibbonlike gale of gratefulness goes out to iSound.com for including Monkeyshine song "Gray Matter" in their "Indie-Rock/Indie-Pop/Emo" playlist! Check us out there!
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:22:00 GMT

This Dogs Fer You in VoxCast69 podcast

Got a bone to pick with someone? Try listening to this definitely dogcentric VoxCast69 podcast which includes an old Monkeyshine favorite that's definitely gone to the dogs...This Dog's Fer You.
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:52:00 GMT

Little Red Vega in Playa Dreams podcast

This little monkey would like to playa long while Little Red Vega is being played in the Playa Dreams Podcast 023. And you can too!
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:38:00 GMT

Monkeyshine banana wine recipe

Just realized that our banana wine recipe is no longer available in the place online I originally put it! So here's to you, banana wine recipe seekers!Monkeyshine Banana WineFor a 5-gallon carboy (whi...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:28:00 GMT

Cold and Blue featured in 2 (podcasts, that is)

This chunky monkey is happy to report the use of Monkeyshine song Cold and Blue in not one, but two new podcasts, Power Ogg podcast and The Write Stuff, both by poet and accountant, Robert G. Parent. ...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 14:02:00 GMT

Too Bad So Sad on Survivor Fans Podcast!

There's one Monkeyshiner in particular who is very pleased to report that a newer Monkeyshine song, Too Bad So Sad, was recently used in Survivor Fans Podcast! At least the song survives!
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:36:00 GMT