Wally Deane
Wally Deane (born May 15, 1936 as Wallace Van Riper Deane , † April 5, 1986 ) was an American rockabilly musician.
Life
Childhood and youth
Wally Deane was born in 1936 to John Wallace and Grace Talmadge Deane. According to Deane's son, he was born in Washington, DC , but Rob Finnis gave Bivins , Texas , as the place of birth in 1997 . Due to the poor health of the father, the Deane family moved to Miami , Florida in 1947 . It was there that Deane began to make music with his mother, who played the piano , and learned to play the guitar . When he was 15, he snuck through the back door of blues clubs to watch the black musicians. This had a lasting influence on Deane. He left school shortly afterwards to try his hand at music.
Career
In the early 1950s, Deane formed his own band, the Flips , and began playing in Miami. Unlike major music metropolises like Nashville or New Orleans , Miami lacked a musical identity. Due to the lack of recording studios, it didn't attract the big stars either, so the small music scene consisted of local and regional artists. Deane quickly built up a relatively high level of popularity in this area and was hired by George Jordan in 1953 to perform regularly at the Shoremede Hotel. Soon Deane and his flips became popular favorites.
Shortly thereafter, his uncle and rodeo rider Tex Deane introduced him to Lillian McMurry , who owned the Trumpet Records label in Jackson , Mississippi . 1956 took Deane and his uncle in a session on three singles; two of them were country singles by his uncle and one was recorded by Deane in rockabilly style. In May 1956, Cool Cool Day appeared as Deane's debut single on McMurry's new label Globe Records . The B-side was a duet with Ginger Rody.
After Globe had to close, Deane moved to Wheeling , West Virginia , where he joined the ensemble of the WWVA Jamborees . There he was under contract for the local label Arctic Records. Although his first single, Drag On / Rockin 'with Rosie was released on Arctic, the master recording of Rockin' with Rosie along with another band ( I'm Tellin 'Ya Baby ) was acquired by Harold Doane , a Miami label owner. In addition, the plate label had an address in Miami and the matrix numbers also spoke for a pressing plant in Miami. His next two singles were released in 1960 under the label name "Artic".
After a few demo sessions, Deane left West Virginia and settled in Pennsylvania . He had already married and had four sons. The failure and stress in the music business bothered Deane and he became addicted to alcohol . His wife left him and Deane and his four sons moved back to live with his mother in Florida. His sons later pursued careers as musicians. Wally Deane died in 1986 at the age of 49.
Discography
| year | title | Label # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Cool Cool Daddy / It Ain't Fair, Baby (B-side with Ginger Rody) | Globe 45-238 | |||
| 1959 | Drag On / Rockin 'with Rosie | Arctic 102 | |||
| 1960 | Drinkin 'Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee / In The Jailhouse Now | Artic ZTSC-65221/2 | |||
| 1960 | Saddle Up a Satellite / It Should've Been Me | Artic 45-103 | |||
| Unpublished titles | |||||
| 1956 |
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Globe Records | |||
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Demo tape | ||||
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[Status unknown (probably Artic)] | ||||
Individual evidence
- ^ Rob Finnis: Miami Rockabilly (1997), Ace Records
Web links
- Official website
- Discography with audio samples
- Works by and about Wally Deane in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deane, Wally |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deane, Wallace Van Riper (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rockabilly musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1986 |