Doug Yule was born in Mineola, Long Island, New York, and grew up in Great Neck. with five sisters and a younger brother. As a child he took piano and baritone horn lessons. He later said in an interview that he would have preferred violin lessons, but the violin had to be rented and the baritone horn was available free of charge.\n', '

In high school he played the tuba, as well as the guitar and the banjo, and sang in the church choir.\n', '

In 1965–66 he attended Boston University, where he studied acting. In Boston he met Walter Powers and Willie Alexander of the Grass Managerie. In 1966-67, he played with the Grass Managerie and other bands in New York, California, and Boston.\n', '

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