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Dead Set

About Me


Click on the picture above to read a comic strip about John in college. The cartoonist does a series called, "Great Moments In Rock and Roll". People send in their stories and he illustrates them. His website is here: http://www.jorlff.com

In the wake of the flood that is Jerry Garcia’s musical legacy, bands are springing up like wildflowers after a wet winter. Dead Set is an acoustic duo that delves into the jam side of American roots music. Based in Novato, CA. the group has been performing in the bay area since 2003.

"John Wilson's "As I Went Out One Morning (Dylan)" gives us a Hunteresque ballad of betrayal that invokes the English folk idiom. Shades of Jack-a-Roe with a dash of Terrapin. The guitar work is masterful & enthralling, and Wilson's delivery is distinctive, maybe Graham Parker meets late 70s Dylan? John also has 'Fishin Blues' that sounds like Ry Cooder on a banjo. " -- John Doherty, music reviewer.

"Delia" it's special. It reaches across all kinds of distances and nails something elemental and human. " -- Chris Desmond, composer, producer.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/06/2005
Band Members: John Wilson, vocals, guitar, banjo, mandola
David Field, vocals, guitar


Influences: The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Kate Wolf.
Sounds Like: Grateful Dead, Hot Tuna, (we can dream), David Grisman, Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder.


Record Label: INDEPENDENT

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Dead Set - Row Jimmy Row

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uuGfSxpE10 For those of you who couldn't make it to the show -- hope you enjoy this "Jimmy" on the banjo.
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:01:00 GMT