Karen Deal was a musician from Tampa, Florida and a member of bands such as Johnny Charrow Review as the keyboard player.
18 Facts About Karen Deal
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Karen Deal was a member of a local psychedelic rock band called The Mod Squad.
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Karen Deal was married to Marty Balin, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane.
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Karen Deal was the daughter of Arch Deal, a newscaster with WFLA, and Margaret Lane, a church organist.
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When she first started out, Karen Deal often jammed in area parks.
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Karen Deal started a Latino band and played the local clubs in the Tampa area.
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In February 1977, Karen Deal was in the Johnny Charro review, playing the ARP synthesizer at the Florida Citrus Festival.
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Karen Deal became a member of The Mod Squad in 1987, a local group from Tampa, which consisted of herself on keyboards, bass and background vocals, Rodger Stephan on drums and vocals, Joey Donovan on guitar and vocals.
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In 1989, Karen Deal toured with a reunited Jefferson Airplane and videotaped the event.
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In 1991, Karen Deal had a prominent role on husband Marty Balin's Better Generation album.
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Karen Deal co produced the album as well as taking part in composing some of the material.
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Karen Deal played keyboards and keyboard bass as well as contributing vocals and background vocals.
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That plan didn't happen as Karen Deal stopped it straight away preferring to have the group's musicians handling the vocal duties.
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Karen Deal played on Balin's 1995 album I Wish I Were, playing keyboards, keyboard Bass, contributing both vocals and background vocals.
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Karen Deal played on some recordings by the reformed Jefferson Airplane.
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Karen Deal didn't sing much but her father said that she had the perfect pitch.
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Karen Deal died in the early hours on Friday, November 19,2010, aged 57.
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Karen Deal had been in a coma for a month after choking while at dinner with her family.