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Donald Keesing

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About Me

Don was the singer and rhythm guitarist for Rain Crow in 1988/89 and Mink Ranch in 1990. He sang with the short-lived 1982 DC Punk band White Zombies (not to be confused with the very popular NY band with the singular version of that name). He is currently working with Randy Austin (Overkill -DC '76, Slim Jims, Graverobbers w/Karl Straub, Throwbacks...) and Bob Young (Tru Fax & The Insaniacs) in a band called Dollar Bin.

Dollar Bin- Mission Accomplished (A New Terrorist Is Born)

You Are An ENFP

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2006
Band Website: This is it baby!
Band Members: Don Keesing-Guitar & Lead Vocals/ Randy Austin- Lead Guitar & Lap Steel/ Phil Duarte-Bass/Sarah Azzara-Vocals/ Erica Hoffman-Vocals/ Norman van der Sluys-Drums / Nnenna Ogwo- Keyboards/ Myki Twigger- Mandolin/ Engineers & Producers-Geoff Turner, Don Zientara & Norman van der Sluys (on the posted mp3s)

Also performing on the Aztec Heart Treatment album were- Bernie Wandel, bass; Paul Faatz-sax; Rusty Howe-vocals; Muriel Brown, vocals; Victor Gaberman, flute; Elizabeth McGraw, bass; Brian McGuire, fiddle; Michelle Preslik, guitar; Geoff Turner, drums and Phil Duarte as a producer, drummer and guitarist
Other tracks on snocap store feature-
Adrian Ossea (RIP), drums and bass and me playing bass, keyboards and percussion
and the band Rain Crow
with David Andler on drums, John Benskin on Lead Guitar & Keyboards, Lynn Buchanan on vocals, John Fonvielle on bass, Geoff Turner on Keyboards and Vocals, Norman van der Sluys on drums and Bernie Wandel on bass

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Influences: Love, Troggs, Kinks, Replacements, Ramones, X, Bad Brains, Patti Smith Group, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, Iggy & The Stooges, Syd Barrett, Clash, Sex Pistols, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Buck Owens, Hank Williams Sr., John Prine, Big Star, P-Funk, Motown, Stax, Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, War, Santana, Al Green, Rufus, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Studio One, Jimmy Cliff, Spinners (& Philly Stuff), Trouble Funk, Chuck Brown, Rare Essence, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Rezillos, Dead Kennedys, X-Ray Spex, Rollins Band, Robyn Hitchcock & Soft Boys, Jam, Cramps, Television, Heartbreakers, Bothy Band (& Acoustic Celtic), Lucinda Williams, Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlin, Leonard Cohen, Norman Blake (& Bluegrass), Faces (Small & Otherwise), Damned, Link Wray, Dick Dale, Ventures, Lila Downs, Flaco Jimenez, Texas Tornados, Los Lobos, Afro-Cuban, Pow Wow, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Bird & Diz, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Eric Dolphy, Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Paul Chambers, Billie Holiday and, of course, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Who, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley, Janis Joplin...
Sounds Like: "The album is a delightfully demented romp through a musical landscape dotted with psychedelia, country, punk, folk, 60's garage, slippery saxophone and the-sound-of-things-falling-apart grooves. Keesing's smoky baritone provides the narrative focus while a cast of thousands- including Honeypole's Norman van der Sluys and the Black Cat's Bernie Wandel- provides the backdrop. The texture is dense yet atmospheric; think of the Kingdom of Leisure meets However. "The Aztec Heart Treatment" definately stands up to repeat listenings- just when you think Keesing has done it all, he pulls another rabbit out of his hat. This one's a winner." - Marcus Esposito, Snap Pop, June 2000

"Where popular music tends to paint with broad strokes, filk and punk cur right to the heart of the issue. From Yucca Mountain to School of the Americas to the power line they want to push through you backyard, the song of dissent is a needed wake up call to the people affected most. Pat Humphpries and Sandy O., Tom Neilson, Donald Keesing, Ani DiFranco, Sarah Themsen and Dar Williams are all progressive artists unafraid to play at benefit concerts, actions or marches.. Nukewatch Pathfinder -Paul Vos Benkowski Summer 2006 Nuclear Information and Resource Service website link
Record Label: Donkee
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Hear YE Scear YE Ooby Dooby- DONALD KEESING IS ON iTUNES & CDBABY

Shock Me (Make Me Feel Better) - Buy my album, I try to be humble my friends, but you owe me at least 60 cents - coz - mybabies- I dropped the psychedelic lizard mother's fertile glistening egg on the...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:57:00 PST

Randy Austin performing Overkill tunes on the radio! DonK will be there too and John Stabb


Posted by Donald Keesing on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:31:00 PST

Sa1/19 Randy Austin, Overkill 76 on Sean Show WMUC 88.1 U MD with John Stabb and Donald Keesing

Songs will be played for the first time in thirty years, excusing the 2 folkes what hear it in Ballamore you may seem such an occurance at Iota with Ottley Nodding and winking plodding and thinking&nb...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:03:00 PST

Randy Austin (Don Keesing & John Stabb) on WMUC 88.1 Sat Jan 19th at 9pm

..> Randy Austin (Don Keesing & John Stabb) on WMUC 88.1 Sat Jan 19th at 9pm That's right cats and kittens, the estimable Lord Randolph has been invited to speak and present regarding his band...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:12:00 PST

Dollar Bin- Baltimore gig- Sidebar - Sat. March 22 w/ Ottley & 7 Door Sedan

Not only am I really pleased about having a Saturday gig anytime, anywhere but I'm really excited about playing with these two great bands. This gig encompasses a truly frightening amount of DC/MD mus...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:13:00 PST

OK, now Ive got two early mixes from Aztec Heart posted as free downloads

A solo acoustic version of You Have Been Deceived, which I prefer and what is basically the live take of Never Coming Back with Phil Duarte on bass, Nnenna Ogwo on keyboards and Norman van der Sluys o...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:47:00 PST

Geezer punk resurgence in DC- good stuff!

In DC keep an eye on Ottley (xSlickees,Grin & Hangmen), The Howling Mad (xRazz), Beatnik Flies, Rustbuckit (xBMB, GI), Slickee Boys, 7 Door Sedan (xWhite Boy, White Zombies), The New Standard (xPe...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:08:00 PST

Update

Well lessee, I've got the Joe Strummer movie in the background I'll have to rewind it and have tendonitis so should get off the computer mayhap--Tommorrow will be interesting early show...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:29:00 PST

New tracks on my snocap music store- Shazam!!!

..> That's right kids, wake the neighbors and steal mom's credit cards -more of my fabulously undiscovered music can be caged and brought home for scrutiny!You could make me your pet undiscovere...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:24:00 PST

My song "Please Take Our Poison" on No Nukes Music myspace

I work for an anti-nuclear energy nonprofit, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, and was inspired to write a song for a benefit concert, No Nukes on Native Lands, we produced which John Trudell ...
Posted by Donald Keesing on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:06:00 PST