John Deal
Blues Bassist
General Musician

 

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Welcome to my music Website!  The purpose of this site is to introduce myself to the Virginia/Maryland Eastern Shore's musical community.  I have recently moved from one of the world's music Mecca's Boston, Massachusetts area to Accomac, Virginia and having settled my employment and living situations I am now ready to hit the music scene!
 

Situation
Wanted:

 Membership in a part-time band performing original and/or cover blues, R & B, folk, alternative pop music in various venues of the Virginia and Maryland Eastern Shore.  I am open to a verity of musical situations from back yard parties to music festivals.  My goal is to play more good music and have fun doing it before I die!
 

Musical
Journey:

 I started music late in life and have been playing in a verity of situations since 1992.  I started out playing Bob Dylan songs on acoustic guitar then studied part-time with two semester long series of private lessons on jazz guitar.  I greatly disappointed my instructor as far as being the next Joe Pass but the theory learned has been invaluable.

My first band was a bassist in a 10 piece soul/R&B band in the Commitments style called Soul Struck then as a guitarist then bassist of a mostly original alternative pop band called The Next in which I started writing original material.  Then on to my first blues band The Daily Grind which gigged a bit and generally had fun.  After this I moved on to a New Hampshire rock/R&B band called Rattlesnake Shake which did some gigging in the White Mountains.  From here I started gigging much more with various blues and R&B bands beginning with The Rampage Trio which gigged all over northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire then moving to The Charlie Dee Blues Band which introduced me to a real strong leader heavy gigging regional level blues band.  Charlie Dee was and is a regionally well known blues guitarist/vocalist.  This is also where I was recorded on a released CD Bloodshot Blue Eyes which was a recording of two live radio broadcasts from the Blues Deluxe show of WJUL (University of Massachusetts-Lowell) in 1997 and 1998.  Another band The Bridge was basically Charlie Dee's rhythm section backing a guitarist/vocalist that did some gigging in the Fitchburg, Massachusetts area.

While continuing with Charlie Dee I started a long term relationship with the blues band Shaky Deal which developed into a significant gigging blues band playing shows in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.  We made 2 CDs Shaky Deal (1999) and Live at the Chicken Bone (2002).  My participation in this band would last until I moved to Virginia in August 2003.

Meanwhile I was also playing bass for another 10 piece soul/R&B band Soul Out which gigged fairly often including several weddings which I enjoyed quite a bit.  During this time I also was doing sound work for mostly one rock band.  For about a year I was playing with Charlie Dee, Shaky Deal, Soul Out, doing sound work, and working 60 hours a week as a software engineer.  It was intense but what a trip!

For more information see my profile and individual band pages.
 

Contact:

 Email: bassdeal@yahoo.com

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Last update: 06/15/2005 07:28:00 AM