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David Deacon. Blues and Roots music attached to a 6’5” rangy and rugged looking guy. He has a voice that sounds like it could have an atomic decay number attached to it. His bluesy, old-school rock/ballad storytelling spends time digging into the psyche of both someone who has travelled a lot of roads and the people who he met along the way. If you like Dire Straits or Tom Waits, maybe Leonard Cohen (if he rode motorcycles), Dylan for sure, perhaps Van Morrison, you will definitely love this.
David’s life has been a mix of writing poetry and songs, doing paintings, pen and inks and drawings, all while trying to make a living--but not getting too tied up in the places where he worked so his ideas had a place for themselves. He’s also managed to fit in some heavy risk taking along the way. David left university after determining his interest in art was greater than his interest in a degree and he went to Paris to study art. His work got better and better but his expectations of himself grew even greater looking at all the historical genius around him. Once home, he struggled to make a living as an artist which led to a chain of jobs in different businesses and industries over the ensuing years.
During the 90s, David recorded and released three albums and maintained nearly a seven-year residency at The Rex in Toronto. He also held regular weekend gigs in Toronto, Buffalo, Rochester, Ottawa, Peterborough, and Kingston. In addition to his passion for the arts, David’s interests extend to the world of motorcycle and car racing. He won the Canadian endurance racing championship in a Porsche RSR, and in 1981 was asked by the BMW factory team to drive for them at the 24 hours of Le Mans. A couple of years later, Canadian Tire sponsored David along with Jacques Villeneuve and Ludwig Heimrath Jr. to race Le Mans again.
Today, David is putting his pen to paper once again to write new music as well as reinvent some songs from the past. His new single “No Never Mind” will be available as of December 9th, 2022, through Slammin Media and distributed by Believe Distribution.
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I got the no never mind
When you did your best to deliver
A piece of your life, a lovelorn sliver
To someone poor enough to be a man
To someone rich enough to win your hand
Didn’t you think
You were on the brink
Of living in your own refrain
Of leaving the room like a washed-out stain
Now you write me a letter
Trying to make you feel better
But your words will not suffice
‘Cause you took away my nights
With cold fights, hard lights, and highly individual uptights
I got the no never mind
So there are veils in the dark
And a fever in your heart
Because you lost your ordinary gain
To a man who feels no pain
As he bestows useless and weary woes
On your very pretty head
In your large and very empty bed
And you find your body unswayed
Out on the sidelines where you have strayed
And the river of your esteem
That created this unlikely dream
Now is just a whine
Of desireless time
Lost to indecision and your former friend’s derision
I got the no never mind (I got the no never mind)
I got the no never mind (I got the no never mind)
(Ooh)
I got the no nevermind (I got the no never mind)
Now you write me a letter
Trying to make you feel better
But your words will not suffice
‘Cause you took away my nights
With cold fights, hard lights, and highly individual uptights
I got the no never mind (I got the no never mind)
I got the no never mind (I got the no never mind)
(Ooh)
I got the no never mind (I got the no never mind)
I got the no never mind (I got the no never mind)
I got the no never mind (I got the no never mind)