Dean Dyson

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Released: Apr 8, 2011

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01 Sacred Air.mp3
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Turning The World On To Love.mp3
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07 I Found You.mp3
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01 You Don't Know Me.mp3
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Genre: Acoustic / Pop / Soul
Location London, London and South East, Un
Profile Views: 64643
Last Login: 12/13/2012
Member Since 3/12/2007
Website www.myspace.com/deandyson
Record Label LeoMoon
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Background image and all fine art photography- Delilah Dyson .Forces Baby- born in my Grandma's house in Hull, but lived around the world 'til settling in London aged 18. Lifelong performer and songwriter, I've played many stages, from London's Barbican to Nashville's Bluebird Cafe.... In the seventies,while studying Humanities at Thames Poly, I won the National Folk Contest. In '75 I met Delilah,(still the most significant event in my Life), and signed my publishing to Heath-Levy. In '79 I lived and gigged in New York, where our son Fabian was conceived, and returned home to wait tables at the then still-funky Pizza Express in Hampstead,to keep us in nappies. While spinning plates I was represented by the legendary Phyll Rounce at International Artistes and played live on BBC's David Essex showcase with Steve Lodder and Kevin Charles Dunford..... In the Eighties, I toured with Richard and Linda Thompson, being the first-ever solo performer to open on the Barbican stage, for Richard in 1981..... I signed to Albion/Polar Union Music in 1985 and recorded with Jon Kelly and Pete Van Hooke..... In that decade, I also first met Marc Parnell and Paul Nieman, who introduced me to Kuma Harada, after having recorded with Pete Brown and the great Dick Heckstall Smith, Ed Poole and Robert Bond..... In the nineties with Kuma's help, at Barefoot, I recorded many of the tracks on Heartcore, my first album, with among others Andy Newmark, Max Middleton and Robert Ahwai and also had Alan D'Arby and John Etheridge playing on live gigs.....Some of Heartcore was also recorded at Kitsch studios in Brusselles, produced by Adam Williams, the original co-producer and engineer of The Eurythmics.....In '96 I formed the Dean Dyson Band which became in '97 the line-up listed on the left, and we're still together. With producer Tom Allom, we recorded SOMETIMES , featured here. .... Not only are they awesome musicians, they are a lovely bunch of guys and many people say 'tis a crime we don't play together as often as we should.....In 1999, I had the honour of being invited by legendary Yes-guitarist Steve Howe, to perform "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" on his "Portraits of Bob Dylan" album, which also featured such luminaries as Jon Anderson, Phoebe Snow and P.P.Arnold..... In 2002 I signed toSony/ BMG as a writer, through Johnny Stirling at Musicsoundsbetter Ltd. .... In recent years my songs have been covered internationally with platinum success in the U.S. with Mario Frangoulis and closer to home - most notably in Poland, with Maryla Rodowicz and Krzysztof Krawczyk. In 2004, On his album To, Co W Zyciu Wazne, I wrote the music for the title track, and Lekarse Dusz, a duet with T-Love, and Przytul Mnie Zycie, a duet with Piasek, shown here below, and finally Wszystko Mam. In 2006, the great Maryla Rodowicz recorded Do Cholery and Nikt Z Nas Nie Powinien Byc Sam on her album KOCHAC.. In the Noughties,I've co-written with world-class writers, including Scott English, Frank Musker, Jon Cohen, Blair Mackichan, Matteo Saggese, Simon Darlow, Martin Sutton and Chris Neil..... Here in the UK,I've written for Amy Nuttall and Becky Jane Taylor. The video of "No Greater Gift",which I wrote with Jon Cohen is viewable on www.amynuttall.com., the song is on her myspace page, as is "By Your Side" on Becky Jane Taylor's page..... For latest publishing info, see www.musicsoundsbetter.net.... Three albums recorded: Heartcore 1997; I Found You 2006; One Way Up 2007,all available via dean@solarspec.freeserve.co.uk . NOW AVAILABLE to download on i-Tunes.. .. I now gig regularly with guitarist Chris Newland, whose sumptuous sound is featured on "Looking For A Friend" alongside the rest of the Dean Dyson Band. For bookings use same email address as above..... Currently, the publishers' share of " Heaven Help Us" is shared with The Princes Trust who are helping to promote the song. Watch this space....... Though a huge Bill Hicks fan, I've voiced major TV ad-campaigns for Perrier, Cadbury's TIME-OUT and Nokia to name but a few......Most recently I have also narrated three books by author Benjamin Benedict. You can hear samples and download them @ www.benbenbooks.com.... Live photography - Norman Craig and Graeme Harris,.... Background image and all fine art photography- Delilah Dyson If you've read all this you must be a wonderful person!..<
Members
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Dean Dyson - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals .. Chris Newland - Guitar .. Jon Cohen - Keyboards .. Marc Parnell - Drums .. Paul Redfern - Bass .. Ichiro Tatsuhara - Percussion .. Bud Beadle, Tom Barlow - Horns .... Oh John ( dedicated to J.W.Lennon 1940-1980 ) About to record the latest album with Chris Newland and producer John Leckie, Delilah and I realised that in 2010 it would be 30 years since that awful night of 8 December 1980 when John Lennon was shot outside the Dakota building in New York. As I'm lucky not to have lost any of my immediate family, his death is still one of the deepest losses I've ever suffered. Though I never met the man, I'd been a complete Beatle nut since the age of 8. At first it was Paul I adored but as they and we, their fans, grew up together, I overcame my fear of John's sometimes painful depth. His honesty often shook, but always inspired me, and in his relationship with Yoko and the birth of Sean, my wife and I really rallied to their example. They were a Spiritual beacon to us. We got so much from listening to those Andy Peebles NY interviews around the time of the release of Double Fantasy, when our own son Fabian was just a few months old. When the news broke in the early hours of December 9th, we were in total disbelief. Throughout that day images of vigils in Central Park, interspersed with quotes and interviews flooded the media. At some point I took myself away to an empty part of the house we shared in London at the time and wrote Oh John. Then followed dark days of searching, along with so many people across the world. The song was an attempt to use my young craft to make my own personal statement of my grief, and anger. As such I always kept it close to my chest. I performed it once ,in 1982, but put it away again, it felt too private, too personal. Now , many years later, I feel John's presence everywhere. Obviously through the music, that will live forever, but also in the flowering of his kind of awareness. I think he'd be delighted with the emergence of Insight in the work of people like Eckhart Tolle for example, and of course the never-tiring work of his beloved partner Yoko. So I feel proud to humbly share this honouring of a great Spirit, and thank Delilah for her encouragement in putting it down in the studio at last. April 14th 2009 p.s. Yesterday, April 13th. my song Turning The World On To Love became the first of my own tracks to air on National radio. DJ legend Johnnie Walker ( sitting in for Terry Wogan )praised the sentiment of that song then followed it with a quote- ( and btw he has never heard Oh John ) - "It matters not who you love Where you love Why you love When you love Or how you love It matters only, that you love." John Lennon Read more: http://www.myspace.com/deandyson/blog#ixzz14mZ14SEQ
Influences
The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Eckhart Tolle, Marvin Gaye, Steely Dan, Peter Gabriel, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, James Taylor,Bob Marley, Sam Cooke, Donovan, Ian Anderson, Rory Gallagher, Joan Armatrading, John Lee Hooker, Led Zeppelin, Quintessence, Justin Hayward, Ray Davies, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Trees, Eckhart Tolle, Dan Fogelberg, Sting, Neil Young, Cream, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Jeff Beck, Elton John, John Martyn, Scott Mathews, Ennio Morricone, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikowski, Aretha Franklin, Clifford T. Ward, Eva Cassidy, Eckhart Tolle, Andy Williams, Tony Bennet, Leonard Cohen.... Strong melodies with meaningful lyrics...
Sounds Like
...... ..Check out my new cube!.. ....Get my cube.. or ..Create your own.... ...... .... You don't know me.. Never far away I've watched you grow.. Always close enough for you to know.. There's a Presence that one day might show.... You can't see me.. (but) Somewhere in the corners of your mind.. In your darkest hour something shines.. Do not be afraid, that light is mine...... From your first steps into this world.. Through cigarettes and kissing girls.. And on to futures still unknown...... You can't hear me.. Like a song upon your radio.. Your wavelength no-one else will ever know.. They've all got their own though most don't know.... You can't feel me.. Like a lover's touch upon your skin.. I'm that something stirring deep within.. And while I'm here there's no such thing as sin.... From your first steps among your toys.. Through cigarettes and kissing boys.. And on to futures still unknown........ You can't name me.. There's no word or title to contain.. The summit of my joy or depth of pain.. But one thing's always true....... I am You..... words and music copyright Dean Dyson.... ALL THREE ALBUMS NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES. To Browse, click on .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... My song Spiritual Man/Woman, translated into Polish-,performed by the great Krzysztof Krawczyk, duetting with Piasek.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... MY FAVOURITE COVER VERSION. MY SONG "SOMETIMES", ALSO TRANSLATED INTO POLISH , AND SUNG BY THE WONDERFUL MARYLA RODOWICZ-...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ,.... Me singing the Perrier commercial-.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....AND, AT 25 SECONDS IN, THAT CLASSIC CADBURY'S TIME OUT COMMERCIAL FEATURING YOUR'S TRULY, SINGING AND DOING THE VOICE-OVER!!.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... AND, THIS SONG, "NO GREATER GIFT"- WRITTEN WITH, AND PRODUCED BY, MY GOOD FRIEND JON COHEN..AND PERFORMED BY THE LOVELY AMY NUTTALL! <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U3BhldYwoKY?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U3BhldYwoKY?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..