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About Me:: "Deak Harp Plays Low Down And Dirty Old School Blues With The Power Of A Fright Train"......................

Deak Started Playing Harmonica at Age 12 When He Heard a Schoolmate
playing
blues on a harmonica.deak listened to British blues untill his brother
Bob told him
about a harp master named James Cotton . After years following Cotton
around for years , Cotton asked deak to drive for him on the east coast
tours...
February of 1992 Asbury park pressWriter Robert Santelli Reviewed a
showat the BerkeleyCarteret Hotel in Asbury Park,New Jersey where Deak
and Cotton were two of the Featured harp players. Santelli wrote "Deak
jumped into the Audience and ran down the main aisles at lease twice ,
playing his harmonica like a man possessed".
In 1993 Deak had a the good fortune and Opportunity to drive for the
James CottonBand from Chicago to Miami, Florida and back. Deak later
drove for the james cotton special acoustic trio featuring james cotton
,dave Maxwell and Luther Tucker; who was little walter’s guitar player
back in the 60s on the tour Deak learned directly from cotton; who
helped him with his tone on the harp and taught him how to be a band
leader "" Deak Also Drove James Cotton And his wife Jacklyn to Madison
Square Garden in NYC Deak was Standing in the isle in front of First Row
.... James Was invited to play with the Grateful Dead on sept 22 1994
""""""""" Now Deak is promoting the CD Gateway to the blues ....At all his
show’s. And Deak is also done some gigs with the Ledgend John Primer ... Deak
is also Promoting his newest show’s too ........Solo Acoustic ....Deak is
Stomping on a Wine Crate with one Foot and the other Foot is playing a
Snair Drum With a kick Drum With a Jazz Brush connected to it and Singing
and playing Harmonica .......It is such a full sound you wonder where all
that music is coming from ....and you look and it’s just one man
.........just like they did in the 30’s and 40’s .on the streets of Helena
Ark ....where all the guys would play in the streets and cut Heads
.......Come and see Deak Soon ..........Thx
Deak was mentioned by Aquarian writer Robert Makin in a late june 1993
issue as a "Smokin’ Harmonica player". Makin also honored Deak again in
a march 1994 article on the sixth Annual making waves Awards" as best
instrumentalist. Makin writes" it was actually a harp solo on the
self-titled and produced B.B. and the stringers CD that turned me on to
this guy ...SMOKIN

Website Address: http://www.myspace.com/deakharp

Favorite Artists and Bands: James Cotton, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Slim Harpo ,Howlin Wolf. deaks Other site is www.deakharpblues.com

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At 6:39pm on April 22nd, 2008, Ken Pustelnik said…: Hi Deak;
Just had a listen on your Myspace site , I love that style
of Blues harp.
We backed Little Walter when he toured the U.K. in
the early 60's and had the pleasure of watching James Cotton
at The Maryport Blues Festival a couple of years ago .
Kind regards
Ken Pustelnik