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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Don Vail
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| origin          = [[Dunnville, Ontario]], Canada
| genre           = [[Indie rock]]
| years_active    = 2006&ndash;present
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| associated_acts = [[The Priddle Concern]], [[Treble Charger]], [[Broken Social Scene]], [[Chore (band)|Chore]], [[The Dirty Nil]]
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| current_members = [[Mitch Bowden]]<br/>Chris Bell<br/>David Dunham<br/>[[Bill Priddle]]
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'''Don Vail''' is a Canadian [[indie rock]] band, formed by [[Mitch Bowden]] and David Dunham, formerly of the band [[Chore (band)|Chore]], and [[Bill Priddle]], formerly of [[Treble Charger]] and [[Broken Social Scene]].<ref name=chart>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110607162207/http://www.chartattack.com/news/64744/music-isnt-chore-for-don-vail "Music Isn't Chore For Don Vail"]}}. ''[[Chart (magazine)|ChartAttack]]'', January 9, 2009.</ref>
==History==
Bowden and Dunham continued working together following the breakup of Chore, but the band didn't take shape for a number of years. Bowden later met Priddle, who joined to play [[guitar]].
The band recorded its self-titled debut album in 2006 and 2007 with producer [[Jordon Zadorozny]].<ref name=chart /> The album was released independently in 2009.<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/don_vail-don_vail "Don Vail Don Vail"]. by Michael Edwards. ''Exclaim!'', Mar 03, 2009</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160525144817/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2009/01/28/don-vail-don-vail/ "Don Vail — Don Vail"]}}. ''Chart Attack'' - Jan 28, 2009</ref> The album's sound was a combination of grunge, punk and pop.<ref>[https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/don-vail/Content?oid=1074268 "Don Vail Don Vail (independent)"]. ''The Coast'', By Sean Flinn. February 5, 2009.</ref> Some of the  songs had been written for Chore, but not recorded by that band before it broke up.
In 2016, the band released its sophomore album, ''Fades''.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160507124948/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2016/05/06/premiere-don-vail/ "PREMIERE: Don Vail watch it all spin by in “Personal League”"]}}. ''Chart Attack'', Chris Hampton - May 6, 2016</ref><ref>[https://theotherpop.com/2016/05/29/don-vail-fades/amp/ "Don Vail “Fades”"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908112647/https://theotherpop.com/2016/05/29/don-vail-fades/amp/ |date=2017-09-08 }}. ''The Other Pop'', David A. Levy</ref> The album appeared on the campus and community radio charts that year.<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/cfrc.cfm?intChartTypeID=1&dWeekOfID=2016-08-23 "CFRC 101.9 MHz - Kingston Top 30 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, August 23, 2016"]. ''!Earshot''</ref>
In 2019, the band released its third album, ''Stand of Tide''.<ref>[http://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-premiere-don-vail-stand-of-tide/ "SPILL ALBUM PREMIERE: DON VAIL – STAND OF TIDE ”"]. ''The Spill Magazine'', Spill New Music - May 31, 2019</ref>
==Band members==
*Mitch Bowden - vocals, guitar <small>(2006&ndash;present)</small>
*Bill Priddle - lead guitar <small>(2006&ndash;present)</small>
*Chris Bell - bass <small>(2006&ndash;2010)</small>
*David Dunham - drums, percussion <small>(2006&ndash;present)</small>
*Luke Bentham - vocals <small>(2016)</small>
*Kori Pop - vocals <small>(2016)</small>
*Bob Wilcox - vocals <small>(2016)</small>
==Discography==
*''[[Don Vail (album)|Don Vail]]'' (2009)
*''[[Don Vail (album)|Fades]]'' (2016)
*''[[Don Vail (album)|Stand of Tide]]'' (2019)
==See also==
{{Portal|Music|Canada}}
*[[Music of Canada]]
*[[Canadian rock]]
*[[List of Canadian musicians]]
*[[List of bands from Canada]]
*[[:Category:Canadian musical groups]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://donvail.bandcamp.com Don Vail] on [[Bandcamp]]
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[[Category:Musical groups established in 2006]]
[[Category:Canadian indie rock groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from the Regional Municipality of Niagara]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Ontario]]