John Doe

Did you know?!

1. Beyond film

   Doe's recording of "I Will Always Love You" is heard on the jukebox in the 1992 movie The Bodyguard, during a dance between the characters played by Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Warner Bros. put it out on audio cassette in September 1992, and it is thought that no CD version exists.

2. Beyond film

   For Todd Haynes's 2007 movie I'm Not There, Doe recorded two Bob Dylan covers, "Pressing On" and "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine." The soundtrack included both, and Christian Bale, as Pastor John Rollins, lip-synched Doe's vocals to "Pressing On."

3. A change of course

   Doe met guitar player Billy Zoom in 1976 through an ad in The Recycler, the free weekly paper in Los Angeles, after moving there.

4. Behind the award

   Doe co-wrote most of X's recorded songs with Exene Cervenka, and the band's album Wild Gift was named "Record of the Year" by Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.

5. Behind the camera

   Doe wrote and compiled stories with Tom DeSavia for Under the Big Black Sun, a book on the LA punk scene from 1977 to 1983, inviting musicians such as Exene Cervenka, Henry Rollins and Mike Watt to contribute chapters.