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David Deacon. Blues and Roots music attached to a 6’5” rangy and rugged looking guy. He has a voice that sounds like it could have an atomic decay number attached to it. His bluesy, old school rock/ballad storytelling spends time digging into the psyche of both someone who has travelled a lot of roads and the people who he met along the way. If you like Dire Straits or Tom Waits, maybe Leonard Cohen (if he rode motorcycles), Dylan for sure, perhaps Van Morrison, you will definitely love this. He’s like them, but not like them all at the same time.
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Fan Notes for david deacon
“A brilliant poet with stage energy.”
“Terrific writer and performer.”
“Totally engaging performer, musician, lyricist/spoken word poet”
“A blend of soulful depth, and range of humour also, delivered with tons of personality”
Publication Praise
“…on cool, Deacon’s sound is the first, last and only word” – Rochester Free Times
“With his magnetic stage presence and a top notch band Deacon has developed a cult following” – Ottawa Citizen
“his voice is unlike anything you have ever heard and his writing is even better” – Campus Canada
“there’s an unusual artist at work here” – The Record
“The 6’5” road-weary, battle-scarred Deacon makes his downside of life art all the more believable. – Rochester City Newspaper
“When the big guy gets chanting it sounds like Louis Armstrong reading selections from Charles Bukowski” – The Toronto Sun
“An engaging performer and a literate unconventional songwriter.” – Toronto Star
“Deacon. A film noir hero.” – Ottawa Sun