1. Bill Deasy is a singer-songwriter, recording artist and author born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
16 Facts About Bill Deasy
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The Gathering Field did not record for several years during which time Bill Deasy continued to record and perform as mostly a solo act.
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In 2014, The Gathering Field reunited for their release Wild Journey and in 2017 Bill Deasy and Gathering Field band-mate Dave Brown released Glory Bound.
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Two members of Bill Deasy's Pittsburgh-based band, Scott Tamulinas and Dave Throckmorton provide bass and drums, respectively.
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The Miles was Bill Deasy's first self-produced recording, released in July 2007.
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In September 2007 Bill Deasy wrote and performed the promotional piece "Your Home" for Pittsburgh TV Station, KDKA.
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In November 2008 Bill Deasy released A Different Kind of Wild, a collection of "heartfelt and earnest" songs that include him playing keyboards for the first time.
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The collection of ten songs is another "thoughtful and intimate" record on which Bill Deasy penned nine of the ten songs without collaboration.
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One year later, Bill Deasy released his sixth full-length solo CD Being Normal.
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In 2013 Bill Deasy released Start Again, a record that he says is a reflection of the musicians who first inspired him such as Van Morrison, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne.
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Bill Deasy has written with songwriters such as Mark Hudson, Darrell Brown, Richie Supa, Stephen Bishop, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey, Jane Wiedlin and Jamie Houston.
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In early 2007 Bill Deasy joined creative forces with Rick Jacques, formerly a guitarist in the Pittsburgh band Brownie Mary.
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The duo chose to release the CD under the name Thomas Jefferson's Aeroplane which, Bill Deasy says, was sparked by a discussion about the book The Disappearance of the Universe which stated that Thomas Jefferson had his own version of the bible.
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Bill Deasy's debut novel, Ransom Seaborn, was published to in August 2006 by Velluminous Press.
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Bill Deasy's debut, Ransom Seaborn, has an original premise, one amazingly eccentric character and some solid writing to recommend.
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Bill Deasy finished composing the bulk of the song on a subway back downtown.