Deacon (music)
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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, piano, drums, etc. Winkle's songs usually pour out harmonies and a wall of sound very recognizable. He has written and recorded over 350 songs since 1999.
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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)
[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)
[edit] Compilation Albums
1. Deacon Presents The Singles Vol. One (2006)- featuring Deacon,Dumb Angel,Walker,Def Trigger,Peter Reis,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 (2007) - 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
Saturday Morning - Self Titled (2007) - Production,Engineering,Co-Writing,Vocals
[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 20 songs and many 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 around 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 songs 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 acclaimed 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 started to sound very professional 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 Illya 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 simultaniously in 2003.
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 based on 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 is recorded with great review. Request for Dumb Angel to play live becomes 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 cocaine. The songs are also really good 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 surfaced with what fans consider their greatest effort yet. This album is called "The Scene". With over 12 outtakes, this album was carefully put together and truly shows Dumb Angel at its most polished form. This album has not officially been released yet.
Recently, Deacon moved to Nashville to finish up his long awaited national release.
