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:: B I O G R A P H Y ::
DON DILEGO was born in Western Massachusetts and grew up in the 70's. He often wore a yellow polyester suit jacket and plaid pant combo that his mom thought "was really groovy". Claims to have actually seen The Lone Ranger. First record purchased was Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy". Lives in New York City across from Jack's Coffee. Probably drinks too much coffee. Talks to himself a little too much, and has about 200 or so unfinished songs that he "swears will be huge" one day, and is a vegetarian. "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" can be watched dozens of times on AMC with no loss of joy. Would most likely pick up his acoustic guitar to write a song but should probably do this on piano more often. There are also banjos, basses, harmonicas, tambourines, mandolins, accordians, and a wurlitzer strewn across his room in various states of disrepair. He really wishes he had a dog, but too often finds himself on the road. Mood sways way too proportionately with the successes and failures of the Boston Red Sox. Knows that if he can't decide what to listen to, "Sweetheart of the Rodeo", "Harvest", "Pink Moon" or "Being There" never feel wrong. Loves driving across country by himself and has never smoked a cigarette, though he admits it kinda looks cool sometimes. However, Don is not cool...despite being a lifelong musician. Loves pickup trucks. Some of the most talented people he knows are his friends and they're all broke too.
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1. Photographs of 1971
2. The Lonestar Companion-Vol. 2
3. The Lonestar Hitchhiker-Vol. 1
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Member Since: 1/17/2005
Band Website: www.dondilego.com
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JOHNNY PISANO : electric & upright bass
PAUL GARISTO : drums
MARWAN KANAFANI : multi-instrumentalist, vocals
GREGG WILLIAMS : drums, sounds
LUKE "THE SIZZLER" CISSELL: violin
KNOX CHANDLER : guitar, noise deconstruction
BOB HOFFNAR : pedal steel noise
COLIN KILLALEA: guitar, saxophone, vocals ERIK OLSEN : Honorary Lifetime Member

Influences: Willie Nelson, Wilco, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, Tom Waits, Hank Williams, The Byrds "Sweetheart of the Rodeo", David Bowie, Spoon, Nick Drake, Bach, the Zombies, Tribe, The Beach Boys, Duran Duran, thrift stores, road trips, Cormac McCarthy, The Beastie Boys, Dandy Warhols, black coffee, pretty much every movie made in the 70's, Evil Knievel (yes, the daredevil) and Willie Nelson again.

Sounds Like: A rusty-stringed guitar with a barbed-wire vocal and a penchant for coin-operated instruments. To prove this theory, go to iTunes .

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Record Label: Velvet Elk Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Slow but steady wins the...

I feel like this may be a bit of a pre-Spring Cleaning blog entry. Random, slightly unfocused, bloated, meandering, salty, but informational nontheless.The first bit of news is this. The new Will Ferr...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:24:00 GMT

Words Words Words Obama Words Words Words Don't Read

The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, a country equally as valued for it's symbolism as it's literal political and financial achievements, can not truiy be underscored enough...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:15:00 GMT

Our Great Collective

Here's the deal. And it's pretty simple.At the very least and core of what took place on tuesday night, is the basic fact that I retrieved some sense, however slight and buried deep down, yes some sen...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:51:00 GMT

Wood Panelling vs. Billy Joel

In defense of Billy Joel.(Previously titled, "Don Will Never Write for Pitchfork")i don't entirely get it, to be honest. I mean, I DO get it...but not entirely.Among musicians, it's fairly if not ENTI...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:48:00 GMT

Beautiful Small Machines

There's big news a brewin' folks, and it's called Beautiful Small Machines.As many of you may or may not know, I have been a songwriting partner and producer for Bree Sharp for many, many.........many...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:18:00 GMT

"Thumbs Up!" (A Play in One Act...er..Scene)

"THUMBS UP!"(A True Story)Act 1Scene OneIt's late on a stormy and steamy Fourth of July of this year. A group of 4 semi-revelrous adults step into a sparsely crowded West Village bar in Manhattan for ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:53:00 GMT

The "Billie Jean" Argument

The story goes like this...We're at the zany and remote Velvet Elk Studio working on a song, and the song "Billie Jean" gets brought up. Now, this happens more often than you think. It's one of the mo...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:34:00 GMT

Life as a Slugfest

What a crazy weekend, physically AND emotionally.I'll start with the good. Ventured out to the Steel Bridge Songfest in Sturgeon Bay, WI, where I performed a few of the songs I wrote there the previou...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:59:00 GMT

Bonnaroo & Steel Bridge

Couldn't be more excited about this weekend. Headed out to Wisconsin for a return to the Steel Bridge Music Festival in Sturgeon Bay, WI with Pat MacDonald, Jackson Browne, et al.Then, then then...Str...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:33:00 GMT

Last Chance

Well, seeing as though I tend to lean towards sabotaging my own artistic career as best as I can manage, I've decided not to aide and abet Miss Bree Sharp, who's probable first single "Robots in Love"...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:44:00 GMT