Deak Harp

Deak Harp not only has a really cool name, he's one bad ass (shut yo mouth) harp player out of Illinois.  He's the Harmonica man!  Deak and I have shared the stage together a few times and he can definitely rock the house.  He has a one of a kind sound and a beautiful personality to match.
 
According to Deak's bio, he started playing harmonica at age 12 when he heard a schoolmate playing blues on a harmonica.  Deak listened to British blues until his brother Bob told him about a harp master named James Cotton.  When Deak found his mentor, they traded harp cases and have had a longlasting friendship since.

Asbury park press writer, Robert Santelli, reviewed a show at the Berkeley Carteret 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 the good fortune and opportunity to drive for the James Cotton Band 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 was mentioned by Aquarian writer, Robert Makin, as a "Smokin' Harmonica player". Makin also honored Deak again on the sixth annual Making Waves awards" as  Best Instrument. Makin writes "it was actually a harp solo on the self-titled, produced and the stringers CD that turned me on to this guy ...SMOKIN'!!!"
You can find out more about Deak Harp at
http://www.deakharpblues.com/index.htm
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