Deacon (music)
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| Deacon | |
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 Deacon playing bass in 2006
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ryan David Winkle |
| Born | September 18, 1977 |
| Origin |  Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Genre(s) | Pop/Rock Soul Experimental rock Indie rock Glam Rock Funk/Pop |
| Instrument(s) | vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, saxophone, mandolin |
| Years active | 1998—Present |
| Label(s) | Evolver |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/deaconspage |
Deacon (born Ryan David Winkle in 1977) is an American "Written,Arranged,Produced,and Performed By" singer songwriter from Tulsa,OK. He is a multi-instrumentalist and plays strictly by ear. Deacon plays the guitar and bass flipped over like Jimi Hendrix except, he doesn't flip the strings. Also plays saxophone/woodwinds,piano and drums. Most notably, he is a singer. Winkle's songs usually pour out vocal harmonies and a wall of sound production. He has written and recorded over 500 songs since 1998.
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[edit] Solo Albums
Can You Hear Me (1999)
The Ego and The Patience (2000)
Fried To Funk (2000)
Life and Love Volume One (2001)
The Chilled Insane (2003)
Midnight Soul Exchange (09.18.08)
[edit] Group Albums
Band - Dumb Angel
1. Lo Fi American Dream (2003)
2. Punk Rock For Breakfast (2003)
3. Glamour For Sale I (2004)
4. Self Titled (2004)
5. Glamour For Sale II (2005)
6. 5-31-66 (2006)
7. The Scene (2006)
8. Classic Death Age (2008)
[edit] Compilation Albums
1. Deacon Presents The Singles Vol. One (2006)- featuring Deacon,Dumb Angel,Walker,Def Trigger,Peter Reis,Chrome Dome 2. Deacon Presents The Singles Vol. Two (2007) - featuring Deacon, Dumb Angel,Vomiton Command and Chrome Dome
[edit] Albums Contributed To
Humpback Jack - Nugrape Rat (2006) - Guitars,Background Vocals,Co-writing
Humpback Jack - The Red Eye (2007) - Guitars,Backgound Vocals,Co-writing
Walker - Cruel To Be Kind (2008) - Background Vocals,Music,Production,Engineering,Writing
Southern Lush (2007) - Producing,Engineering,Background Vocals
Wooden Stares - A Story As Sad As Its Told (2006) - Co-Production,Co-Engineering,Background Vocals,Co-Writing
Def Trigger - Pass It On (2007) - Production,Engineering,Writing,Vocals
Dumb Angel - all albums
Michael McDonald - Soul Speak (2008) Background Vocals On "Walk On By"
[edit] Album Information
Deacon released his first local album,Can You Hear Me, in 1999. This album features "She Takes Me Higher" and an excellent Beatles cover entitled "She's Leaving Home". With no band to support this massive sound, Deacon continued his home recordings and followed Can You Hear Me with The Ego and The Patience in 2000. This local album is a double disc concept album that consists of twenty songs and four hidden tracks that include Fayetteville bar favorites "Highway" and "What I Need". This album also includes the first songs written with Jeff Smothers (Dumb Angel). During these recordings, Deacon found musicians and began playing live in Fayetteville, AR. Also in 2000, Deacon recorded yet another local album called Fried To Funk which shows the beginnings of Winkle's pop/funk side and includes "Friends of Mine" and "Time Does Tell". Fried to Funk's last song includes the first collaboration with hip hop artist Chrome Dome. After these albums were released, Deacon received interest from Universal records.
While in contact with Universal, Deacon recorded the album "Life and Love Volume One" and locally released this rock album in late 2001. This album is an excellent break up album full of hard rock and soulful singing. Songs include "Frayed Soul","Ballad of Jealous James" and "Since Then". This album also has tracks written with Jeff Smothers (Dumb Angel) and shows growing songwriting abilities coming from the two Tulsa natives.
In 2002, Deacon began recording critically acclaimed album "The Chilled Insane". Production and engineering quality jumped to professional sound and the writing started to tighten up. This album includes popular songs "Break Me Down" and "Memory Card". This album also includes "Hey (Love Song 101)" and "King of '78" both written with Grammy nominated guitarist Ilya Toshinsky. While recording The Chilled Insane, Deacon and Jeff Smothers decided to form the band Dumb Angel and recorded two ep's entitled Lo-Fi American Dream and Punk Rock For Breakfast. Both ep's and solo record were released simultaneously in 2003 on cdbaby.com and Fayetteville,Ark. music stores.
Between 2003 and 2006, Deacon recorded five Dumb Angel albums with Jeff Smothers. The first full length album is called "Glamour For Sale I" which sounds like Black Sabbath and U2 mixed with a mean desert rock backlash. During the last sessions of Glamour For Sale I, this writing team started recording vintage 60's songs to go with a movie concept placed in 1966. In 2004, a self titled album was made consisting of Pet Sounds/Phil Specter quality. It was a radical turn and has grown to be a favorite among the underground scene in the southwest. This album is usually referred to as the "orange album" due to its solid orange color. In 2005, Dumb Angel's Glamour For Sale II was recorded with great reviews. Request for Dumb Angel to play live became outspoken.
After the Glamour For Sale albums came a supposed live album entitled "5-31-66". Dumb Angel said to have recorded this at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in 1966 with a number of session musicians known in L.A. Obviously, this is impossible since neither Winkle or Smothers are even 30 years old but, to this day, they have never given any other story whatsoever. In reality, the album was made for a movie/book called "The Dumb Angel Chronicles". This project is supposedly still being written. The one thing keeping Dumb Angel out of harsh criticism on this whole project is the actual album and its convincing recording sound and songwriting. The songs are rough, as if thought of right before the show and raced through like the Sex Pistols on Specter's cocaine. With that said, the songs are vintage and truly undeniable. As mentioned before, Dumb Angel's self titled album is said to go with this project still in the making.
After the whole 60's albums were done, Winkle and Smothers began recording sessions for a new rock album in 2006. After five sessions labeled "15 Minutes of Fame", Dumb Angel Began working on a new album called "The Scene" With many outtakes, this album was carefully put together and truly shows Dumb Angel at its darkened, polished form. Although many DA fans have this record, "The Scene" has not been released yet.
In October 2006, Deacon moved to Nashville to finish up his worldwide album debut entitled "Midnight Soul Exchange". A few months after the move to Nashville, Deacon and Peter Reis (guitarist) started looking for a live drummer and found a prodigy named Kiel Tyler. After playing a few shows as a trio and writing over 60 songs in 2007, Deacon started looking for additional band members and started writing hard rock songs with Tyler. By April 2008, Six Mile Stare was formed with Kiel Tyler (drums), Peter Reis (guitar), Daniel Demonico (guitar), Dylan Morrison (bass) and Deacon (Lead Singer). Six Mile Stare is currently recording their debut album and will be begin touring late 2008.
Deacon recently announced a release date for his long awaited album Midnight Soul Exchange (09.18.08). The album is said to be an epic and features Rock and Soul Legend - Michael McDonald and Drummer Of The Year - Shannon Forrest along with many other special guests.
