New Releases
Cheap-ass Wine
Streaming everywhere, here are a few links:
Spotify Apple Music Deezer iHeart Radio
The single Cheap-ass Wine, the first single from our upcoming album Exhale on Maine St was released in November 2024. The song made the Mainebrews N Musicreviews Best of 2024, has been in regular rotation on Maine Music TV, multiple episodes of the Greetings from the Area Code 207 Show with Charlie Gaylord, and Music From 207, WCLZ 98.9. What a lift!
Blind Spot
Spotify, Bandcamp, and YouTube, other streaming services.
Blind Spot (released Jan 1, 2025) and 3 O’Clock in the Morning (released Feb 25, 2025) have had a lot of play on terrestrial & internet radio, and on streaming services. Thanks for the support!
3 O'Clock in the Morning
Spotify, Bandcamp, YouTube, and other streaming services.
Existential angst…
Sugah
Spotify, Bandcamp, iTunes, YouTube
Mainebrews N Musicreviews Top 10!
Sugah was released to streaming services April 25, 2025. It premiered on the UK’s Red Lamp Radio with the New Music Marky Show and has had play on WCLZ FM 98.9 and WBOR 91.1. Sugah has been on the Mainebrews N Musicreviews Top 10 since May 27, 2025! The YouTube video of Sugah was released April 27, 2025. Check it out! Footage is from Hi-Fidelity Brewing in Portland, Maine.
Rosie O'Grady Blues
Streaming….
Deezer, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Apple Music, iTunes, YouTube, probably everywhere….
Rosie O’Grady Blues was released on July 4, 2025! The true story of a day Word woke up and wondered “What happened?” This is a cover of one of his old Jetwash songs from his California days, a big crowd pleaser, a fun song. This is a live recording in the Dooryard.
Not For Sale
Streaming everywhere, but check out our YouTube vid!
Not For Sale was released in October 2025. It is a righteous indignation moment in C# minor. Thanks to WCLZ, Maine Music TV, and GFAC207 for the plays!
Use Me
Use Me is out on Bandcamp and hit streaming services on NYE at midnight.
The song premiered on Maine Music TV December 19, 2025 and was played on the GFAC 207 show.
Dooryarders Unplugged
Little Sister (cover) -Live at Pumpkinfest 2025 in Damariscotta, Maine. The 1961 Elvis Presley classic on acoustic.
Listen To Her Heart (cover) in Bill’s Living Room. No frills, no mix, just a single ambient mic.
Dooryarders News
After a busy summer and fall playing around the state we have been recording since November at the Dooryard! We will soon be done with the tracks for our second album, Exhale On Maine St.
Check us out Saturday, March 28, 6-9 pm at the Thirsty Pig in Portland, Maine!
Please check our upcoming shows tab.
—–In Print—–
We were featured in the May edition of the Harpswell Anchor! Thanks to Troy Bennett for the interview and the great photos!
—–On the Air!—–
In addition to the airplay on WCLZ, we’ve been getting some play on WBOR 91.1 Bowdoin College with Mike Halmo’s The Blues Highway show (Thursdays at 4pm), which is also on WMPG 90.9. Check out the May 15 show. We had 4 tracks, and that episode really took Bill home to Memphis! Mike has also been playing our new songs! Right on!
About Us
We are a Maine Retro-Rock band that combines elements of R&B and grit to bring you original songs and interpretated covers. We love music and might reach for unexpected tunes to play.
Influences?
Booker T and the MGs, The Clash, The Replacements, Hendrix, Billy Gibbons, Petty, the Elvises (Costello and Presley), James Brown, Charles Bradley, The Smithereens, The Kinks, Big Star, Todd Snider, Wilco, Muddy Waters, Stones… anyone with soul and grit.
Who are we?
Bill Stamey (guitar, lead vocals), originally from Memphis, has played guitar and other instruments as long as he can remember, spent a few years in music college, worked with incredible people, gigged on Beale Street and all over his hometown, around the South (Athens, GA, Austin, TX, etc.) during his early days as a professional musician. He brings that sound with him to Maine.
Howard “Word” Coven (guitar and vocals) joined Bill in 2022 and brings some original songs and vibe of his own. Originally from Staten Island, NY, Word spent a long time on the West Coast, where he was a founding member of The Electric Waste Band and San Diego’s Jetwash. Word brings creativity, a dash of disco, a helping of jam band, and big sense of humor. He has a way of finding the good side in every situation – a positive influence!
With Bill and Word Dooryarders evolved through a few different lineups in the bass and drum positions (and played with some great people, including Jeff Sauer on bass and Greg Saucier on drums – both of whom are pros, and played on the videos for the singles “she’s gonna be my girl” and “thorns”, released prior the album best laid plans).
In the summer of 2023 Randy Shaw (bass and vocals) joined the band, bringing decades of experience, a great personality, a funny sense of humor, an encyclopedic knowledge of rock music, a practicality that cuts through a lot of the fog, and a lot of cool to the band. Randy is originally from Rhode Island but has lived in Maine since college. Randy, Word, and Bill are the core of Dooryarders, and play electric and acoustic gigs as Dooryarders Unplugged.
Drummers
Between June 2023 and July 2024 Scott Mills (drums) was in the band with a solid rock foundation. Scott played on nine of the tracks on the album Best Laid Plans. Greg Saucier played on the song “thorns” (both on the album and the YouTube video) and played live with us from time to time in 2025. His drums are heard in the YouTube video version of our song “she’s gonna be my girl.” Greg remains in the band at this time and has been recording with Dooryarders. Stephen Almasi played out with Dooryarders and recorded drum parts on several new tracks in early 2025. Hudson Bird has also filled the drummer’s throne for some gigs in early 2025.
contact us: info@dooryarders.com