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The Hands

THE HANDS- new album on itunes now!!

About Me

A band dedicated to vintage instruments and vintage recording techniques, using Hammond organ, Hohner clavinet, Mini Moog, to name a few of our intruments and an array of vintage microphones and tape machines to produce the fattest sounds possible
The brothers Clayton and Lachlan started playing together on the family piano as children in their hometown of Adelaide and soon were working as professional musicians while still at school. Clayton moved to Sydney and joined The Mighty Reapers and began playing with the legendary Jackie Orszaczky who he continued to play with for the next 9 years. Clayton also went on to play and record with Renee Geyer, Billy Thorpe, Kasey Chambers, The Whitlams and many other major acts in Australia before moving to New York. Lachlan then, having moved to Sydney began playing with the Mighty Reapers and started to make his own way up very quickly. Likewise playing and recording with Powderfinger, Jimmy Barnes, Billy Thorpe and others.
Armed with many new songs, Clayton returned from New York and the brothers decided to form their own band. As a consequence, The Hands launched on to the Sydney scene in 2003 and have consistently built a reputation as a ‘must see’ live act as they work their way around Australia.
It has been 4 years since the release of the first Hands album and the brothers have been busy. Clayton has most recently been touring as the keyboard player for the Divinyls. He is one of Sydney’s most in demand session players and has played on over 100 different albums for some of Australia’s biggest names. He has also built up a reputation as a songwriter having written tracks that are on albums by artists such as The Whitlams and Jade MacRae as well as many others. Clayton also spent part of 2007 as the musical director and band leader of the house band for Paul McDermott’s The Sideshow on ABC, which The Hands also appeared on. He has been playing with artists such as Jon Stevens, Jade MacRae, Guy Sebastian, Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges (USA), Richard Clapton as well as many more, and played with Silverchair at the 2006 ARIA’s in their tribute to Midnight Oil.
Lachlan Doley has been extremely busy of late, playing keyboards for Powderfinger on their 'Across The Great Divide', 'Upstairs At The Downstairs' and overseas tours. Lachlan is also a member of Aussie Hip Hop legends Good Buddha and MUSICOZ Hip Hop artist of the year 2005 as his alter ego Lucky Dollar. Recording and touring, nationally and internationally, with so many of Australia's best artists including, The Beautiful Girls, Billy Thorpe, Jimmy Little, Diesel, Karma County, Jodi Phillis plus many many more, Lachlan has become one of Australia's most popular and exciting keyboard players to not only hear, but to witness.
Funky grooves and pop hooks make you sing along and jump around, and the live shows are so amazing you will never forget the experience.

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Music:

Member Since: 10/25/2004
Band Website: thehandsmusic.com
Band Members: Clayton Doley on Hammond Organ and vocals
Lachlan Doley on Hohner d6 clavinet and vocals
The Hands Rhythm section is an array of Sydney's finest musicians including
Dave "Max Intensity" (Drums), James Hazelwood (Bass), Adam Ventura (Bass), Ben Vander "WOW" (Drums), Ben Rodgers (Bass), Warren Jackson (Drums), Paul Housden (Bass), Matthew Morrisson (Drums), Rowan Lane (Bass)
THE CLAYTONES featuring Mahalia Barnes, Juanita Tippens, Jade MacRae, Ngaire Joseph, Roxy Lebrasse
For all bookings and enquiries please contact Belinda Krause-
0410 432 964 [email protected]
Influences: We love soul music mainly
James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Lewis Taylor, Jimmy Smith, Soulive, Booker T and the MG’s, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Beatles, Crowded House, etc.
Sounds Like: "Everything is wonderful" is our current album and we think it sounds like a bit like Sly and the family Stone groove with Jimmy Smith organ solo's and Stevie Wonder Clavinet tricks. Songs to sing along with, beats to get you dancing and some indescribable thing that makes you feel incredible. Our previous album "Live and Breathe" sounds like it was recorded in the 70's but actually it was written and recorded in 2004. It suonds like "Graham Central Station" and "Bobby Womack" but is played by four white boys from Sydney.
Record Label: Hi-Fi-Doley-T
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Hands on Kerri-Anne!

The Hands will be appearing on Kerri-Anne tomorrow, Friday May 23rd performing the first single 'More and More and More' from the new album 'Everything Is Wonderful'. We will try and try and get a co...
Posted by The Hands on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:44:00 PST

Album Launch- SOLD OUT

A big thanks to everyone who came to our album launch! It was an amazing night, we had a fantastic time and hope you did too. Sorry to anyone who didn't make it in. While its very exciting to have sol...
Posted by The Hands on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:43:00 PST