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Don Tassone

the dandelion wine is on hold...

About Me

Don Tassone was born in Providence, RI in June of 1951. At the age of 10, his father thought that a formal education in the accordion would be a "good money maker" in years to come. Thus was the beginnings of a long relationship with the treble clef. A while later his Dad bought a $20.00 Stella guitar, a real turning point for Don, though he never had a lesson. With the help and encouragement of a friend, Don began to put some poems to music and found that this would be an ongoing compulsion, following him through the years. In 2004, the lead guitarist of a band that Don was in had the unfortunate circumstance of a fire consuming his house and everything in it. Two nights before, Don felt compelled to take all his gear home from the doomed basement rehearsal studio. All the other instruments succumbed to the fire. Shortly there after, during Christmas, a giant wave hit the Far East, killing nearly half a million people. This incident inspired Don to write and record in his home studio. What rose from all the ashes is his latest CD “Confessions of a Conservative Liberal” and for him, a new focus, that of a solo troubadour. ************************************************************ **************
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Member Since: 8/17/2006
Band Website: soundclick.com/dontassone
Band Members: Don plays all instruments on his songs which he records at his home studio.
Influences: Leonard Cohen, Joni, Neil, Peter Gabriel, Tom Rapp- Pearls Before Swine, Paul Simon, Michael Hedges, Robert Pirsig- author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Rush, and Jesus, from Whom all things flow.
Sounds Like: an out of tune fog horn when I have a cold.
Record Label: www.cdbaby.com/cd/tassone
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Spirit of Bradbury Lives

"Dandelion Wine was a 1957 semi-autobiographical novel by Ray Bradbury, taking place in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois  a pseudonym for Bradbury's childhood home of ...
Posted by Don Tassone on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:47:00 PST

Point-Counterpoint

Andrew Bayuk is a well known songwriter and musician who's work can be heard (along with mine) on Neil young's "Songs of Our Times" list at neilyoung.com. recently he posted a video of Vice President ...
Posted by Don Tassone on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:00:00 PST