Asylum Avenue

About Asylum Avenue

Bio: Keith Charles Dovoric is a NJ-bred-and-based musician, singer and songwriter with over twenty years' worth of composing, recording, and performing experience. Having learned guitar at age 14 from his uncle Ron (also Dovoric, formerly of No Fun Band), Keith sought to fuse music with his early-on interest in poetry and literature, thus producing a lifelong commitment to creating unique and passionately-wrought compositions. He has performed on many prominent stages throughout the greater-Metro area, including the famed CBGB in Manhattan, Love Sexy in Hoboken, and Clifton's Clash Bar. As both a group member and a solo artist, Mr. Dovoric has written and recorded a wealth of original material in a variety of genres, including rock, folk, blues, country, and even Psychobilly. He has released five solo albums to date; his latest, "Disowned," was released independently earlier this year and is available via direct mail-order.

Referencing Franz Kafka, T. S. Eliot, and Hunter S. Thompson, among others, Dovoric's pithy lyrics suggest themes of loneliness, anxiety, and disenchantment with culture and media. "I tend to paint in broad strokes," he admits of the lyrics, "but hopefully I work toward something approaching authenticity in terms of my feelings and views." As for inspirations, he confides, "I've always looked to the greats for tutelage. In professional basketball, if you want to approach greatness, you look to Michael Jordan; in songwriting, lyric-writing, it's Dylan, Lennon, Young, Cohen, Zevon, and Prine." Mr. Dovoric lives with his wife and son in the suburbs of Essex County. He teaches writing.

Choice Cuts: Coup de Grace, Here Comes the Load, 80-Proof Tears of Sorrow, Rewarded in Heaven, Marathon Man

Partial Solo Discography:

"Broken Pilgrim" (2008)
1. Dehumanization*
2. Out of Tune Blues*
3. Curse the Sky Above
4. Shot in the Foot
5. The Statue
6. Man on Fire
7. Thank You for Purchasing My World
8. St. Peter's Blues*
9. Over the Hill
10. Gift of Touch
11. Please Don't Let Your Beauty Evaporate*
12. Looking 4-ward 2 Love*
(* re-recorded Palomino Version; 2nd guitar played by Peter Realmonte)

“Home Cooked” (2012)
1. Coup de Grace
2. The Anxiety Shuffle
3. Falling Apart in the Comfort Zone
4. It's Easy
5. When the Old Farts Are Gone
6. Go Back Home
7. House of Desperation
8. Over the Hill
9. Here Comes the Load
10. Disabled Love
11. Terminal Shutdown
12. Peace of Mind?
13. I Believe You
14. I Wanna Stay Home Tonight

“80-Proof Tears” (2013)
1. Tonight, I’m Gettin’ Paid
2. 80-Proof Tears of Sorrow
3. Living the DMV Life
4. Something to Build
5. Wouldn’t Be Surprised
6. Nostalgic for Tomorrow
7. Jesus (I Hope So)
8. Piano on a Toothpick
9. What Your Mind Is Thinking
10. Another Day, Another Delusion
11. Rewarded in Heaven
12. Marathon Man
13. The People I Used to Hate

"Disowned" (compilation, 2014)
1. Falling Apart in the Comfort Zone
2. Dry Town (Thinking of Mike B.)
3. Another Day, Another Delusion
4. Go Back Home
5. Piano on a Toothpick
6. Ain't the Revolution a Bitch
7. Tonight, I'm Gettin' Paid
8. Here Comes the Load (after Irene)
9. Wouldn't Be Surprised
10. Something to Build
11. The Anxiety Shuffle
12. Rewarded in Heaven
13. Marathon Man
14. Living the DMV Life
15. 80-Proof Tears of Sorrow
16. Coup de Grace
17. House of Desperation
18. Gift of Touch
19. When the Old Farts Are Gone
20. Over the Hill
21. What Your Mind is Thinking
22. Nostalgic for Tomorrow

“Bad Motivation" (projected, 2015)
1. Summertime (expired link).
2. Bad Motivation Blues
3. Think Big
4. Don't Look Now, Roger
5. Out of Work
6. Grow Old
7. Highfalutin Mongoloid (Good for Now)
8. (expired link). (Little Baby America)
9. Pyrothermic Blues
10. Dream Logic
11. Peace of Mind?

Other Songs:
I Love How Your Love Stays
Three-Year Man

(All titles by Keith Charles Dovoric except ^ written by John Prine)


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