LoveyDove

LoveyDove
LoveyDove
LoveyDove
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
GenrePop rock
InstrumentsPiano, bass, guitar, drums, cello, upright bass, flute, clarinet, keyboards, percussion
Years active2011-present
LabelsLA's Fine, Records Ad Nauseam
MembersDan West
Azalia Snail

LoveyDove is an American pop rock band that formed in February 2011 by Philadelphia-born Azalia Snail and California native Dan West.

History and style

LoveyDove is a musical duo of Dan West, guitars, keys and vocals, and Azalia Snail, keys, vocals and percussion. Their songs also feature drummer Jerry Buscek.

Azalia Snail is a solo psychedelic rock and roll artist whose career spans over 20 albums and singles. Dan West is an LA-based recording artist and studio musician. West and Snail met in Los Angeles and are a married couple. They chose the name LoveyDove after Snail wrote a song for West called "LoveyDove." He followed up with a song for her titled "Azalia's in Bloom."

LoveyDove has toured the United States, Europe and Australasia. They have also performed at multiple live venues in Los Angeles.

LoveyDove's first self-titled album was released in the U.S. in by LA's Fine. The album references Shakespeare, Brian Wilson, Sergio Mendes, and Burt Bacharach.

Their second album Showstopper was released in New Zealand by Powertool Records and in the U.S. by Records Ad Nauseam.

In the fall of 2021, Union Pole Records released the follow up to 2015’s Snail Meets West entitled, Snail Meets West, Again!

LoveyDove released their third album May 27, 2022 entitled, Rude Dawgs.

LoveyDove recorded the track Bernie's Air in support of U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Dick Van Dyke

In 2023, LoveyDove befriended entertainer Dick Van Dyke and his wife, Arlene. Since then, Azalia Snail has become the resident DJ at their Vandy Camp events, both at their home in Malibu, and at the Dick and Arlene Van Dyke Theatre and Dreamland in Malibu. West has accompanied Van Dyke and his band The Vantastix on piano at many of these same events.

Discography

Year Title Label Other Artist(s)
2013 Backward Bully Independent
2014 LoveyDove LA's Fine (US)
2014 Luka Fisher Records Ad Nauseam (US)
2015 ShowStopper Records Ad Nauseam (US)

Powertool Records (NZ)

 King Missile, John S. Hall, Cellars
2015 Snail Meets West Union Pole
2015 Bernie's Air (Single) Independent
2015 Lou Reed (Don't Leave) Chute Records
2000 Snail Meets West Union Pole Records
2022 Rude Dawgs Wayside Records

References

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  22. ↑ "Snail Meets West Again!". unionpoletapes.bandcamp.com. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
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  25. ↑ "Mr.Vandy | Dick Van Dyke". Mr. Vandy. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
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