Canadian Blues/Roots Singer David Deacon Sets Release of His New Album, Four, to Street May 12 from Slammin Media, Distributed by Believe Distribution
Ontario, Canada – Four, the new album from Canadian blues/roots singer-songwriter, David Deacon coming out May 12, spans a range of emotions. Co-produced by Grammy-nominated jazz pianist/producer Eddie Bullen, Four will be released on Slammin Media and distributed by Believe Distribution
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.
David’s life has been a mix of writing poetry and songs, doing paintings, pen and inks and drawings, all while trying to make a living–but not getting too tied up in the places where he worked so his ideas had a place for themselves. He’s also managed to fit in some heavy risk taking along the way. David left university after determining his interest in art was greater than his interest in a degree and he went to Paris to study art. His work got better and better but his expectations of himself grew even greater looking at all the historical genius around him. Once home, he struggled to make a living as an artist which led to a chain of jobs in different businesses and industries over the ensuing years.
Prior to his musical career, David had a long stint as a sports car and motorcycle racing driver, with some pretty impressive credentials in auto racing. In 1979, he raced the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring (and finished 7th in his class) and was 3rd in the Canadian Sports Car Championship. The next year, he raced the Daytona 24 Hours for first time, and won the Canadian endurance racing championship. In 1981, David ran Daytona again and raced for the BMW factory team at 24 Hours of Le Mans; and in 1983 he raced at 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first Canadian team to qualify there, sponsored by Canadian Tire (along with Jacques Villeneuve and Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.).
Subsequently, he retired from professional racing, although he did race a little in the Rothmans Porsche Series (a series which he created) in Canada in ‘88 and ’89.
During the ‘90s, David recorded and released three albums and maintained nearly a seven-year residency at The Rex in Toronto. He also held regular weekend gigs in Toronto, Buffalo, Rochester, Ottawa, Peterborough, and Kingston.
Today, David is putting his pen to paper once again to write new music as well as reinvent some songs from the past. Deacon is excited to share his upcoming album, Four, with his audience. With ten vibrant tracks to look forward to, the album spans across a range of emotions. From the uncaring attitude of “No Never Mind” to the heartfelt emotion of tracks like “Poetry” and everything in between, there is something for everyone on this album.
“The songs ‘Poetry’ and ‘Hard Time’ are bookends to the same relationship. Probably no more needs to be said that isn’t said in the songs themselves,” reflects David. The album’s first single, “Arc of Life” – out March 24th – was written as a non-secular song that could be played at memorials to people. “I wanted something that spoke about them and not to some mystic abstract,” says David. “As well, I wanted to make clear my view that I believe that what we do is what we are – not what we hoped or believed or just talked about.” Other album highlights include, “California Has No Winter,” a tribute to the seemingly endless magic underlying American culture that can dismiss age or things in decline or decay as being matters of value. As described by the artist, “It is scintillating to be young, but one shouldn’t miss the fact that some things require age to become beautiful and that like sunsets, those may be the most beautiful moment in the day. It concludes with the line, ‘How do you know when its over?’ and given the floods, snowstorms and fires that have ravaged California lately, that may be the most telling question in the face of what appears to be significant climate change that may make the title of the song a little ironic.”
Hi-res cover: http://www.markpuccimedia.com/David-Deacon-Four-Hi-Res-Cover.jpg
Hi-res photo: http://www.markpuccimedia.com/David-Deacon-by-Nancy-Giovinazzo.jpg
USA/European Publicity Contact: mark@markpuccimedia.com
Canada: Eric Alper – Eric@ThatEricAlper.com
Planetary Group will service the album to U.S., NPR and campus radio stations.
Contact: Adam Lewis – adam@planetarygroup.com
Slammin Media will do CDX service for Americana.
Contact; Bruce Bradley – Bruce.bradley@slamminmedia.ca
