John Deal's Musical Profile
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Musical Interests
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Blues is my primary musical interest not only for itself
but as a basis of so much great music. Its simple but powerful
structures, down to earth stories, and paticaptory nature makes it a
true people's music. I also very much enjoy R&B music, folk, and
alternative pop music as well as writing original material.
I am
primarly an electric bass player but also enjoy rythum guitar, singing (I
said I enjoy it, others may not!), and organ. My dream is to gig
as a B-3 player!
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Favorite Artists
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Paul Butterfield, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker,
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Wilson Picket, The Rascals, The
Association, Cream, Who, Blues Breakers, Indigo Girls, Letters to Cleo,
Buddy Rich, Robert Cray and to may others to mention.
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Musical Equipment
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| Basses |
Fender Jass Bass, Fender P-Base, Guild X-702 Bass - all
4-string |
| Bass Amps/Cabs |
Ampeg B2 head, SWR 2X12 cab, Pevey bass preamp, Crest P3500
(old PA head used with preamp), Randall B500 head (very old),
Kustom 1X15 cab (15" EV-SRO speaker), 2 Pevey BX 1-15 cabs (used
mostly for PA subs) |
| Guitars |
Guild D-30 acoustic, Guild Starfire-V electric, Pevey
Rapture electric - all 6 string |
| Guitar amp |
Lanley 30W 1X12 all-tube amp. It works
some of the time. |
| Other |
Various old PA gear (some of it still works!), Krog X-10
keyboard, 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager van
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Past Bands
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Soul Struck
(R&B/Soul), The Next (Original
alt. pop), The Daily Grind (Blues, R&B), The Rampage Trio
(R&B, Blues), Rattlesnake Shake (R&B, Rock), The Charlie Dee
Blues Band (Blues), Soul Out (R&B/Soul), Shaky Deal
(Blues/R&B)
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Day Job
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I teach Information
Systems (AKA computers) at a community college. I take my teaching seriously but
it does allow me more time and flexibility to pursue music than what I
had as a full-time software engineer.
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Contact
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Email:
bassdeal@yahoo.com |
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