John McCauley - Guitar, vocals, keys, pedal steel
Dennis Ryan - Drums, vocals, percussion
Chris Ryan - Electric and double bass, random vocals here and there
Influences
Nirvana, Paul Simon, Ritchie Valens, Warren Zevon, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Liza Minelli, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, Emmylou Harris, Tom Petty, Tony Bennett, Tad, Celtic Frost, Guy Clark, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Sammy Davis Jr. - and our very close personal friend, you may have heard of him, his name is Mr. John Elway.
Sounds Like
John McCauley went and sold his soul to the devil again.
Deer Tick is the songwriting project or band (depending on how you look at it) of John McCauley, a singer/songwriter based out of Providence, Rhode Island. Thanks to the help of Brendon "Viking Moses" Massei, McCauley has been ferociously zig-zagging across the United States, hitting all the sparsely attended basement shows, smoky bars, upscale joints, small to medium size festivals, and everything in between, since April of 2005. At 21 years of age, McCauley has worked very hard to get his homemade CD’s in players across the country, and has no plans to stop any time soon.
In addition to his own musical endeavors, McCauley has also collaborated with notable contemporary musicians such as Viking Moses, Jana Hunter, Nat Baldwin, and Jason Anderson.
In September of 2007 Deer Tick officially expanded and is now a real band, instead of a singer/songwriter with a silly moniker. Alongside McCauley is Chris Ryan on string bass and electric bass, and Dennis Ryan on drums and vocals. Both Ryans are wonderful musicians who are also from Providence.
Deer Tick is currently signed with Feow! Records out of Houston, TX. "War Elelphant" available on iTunes and eMusic
Any consideration for your McDonalds or your Chevy commercial would be appreciated. Deer Tick’s lookin’ to really sell out.
hey you guys should come down to delaware i know a couple of great places you could play. i've been talking you up down here and people want to know what your like live.
hey kids. saw you once in chatt at the pilot light. amazing show. fell in love. bought the cd and i still can't stop listening. over a year later. but honestly, i'm ready for another album. and for you to swing back by tennessee. you can crash on my couch if necessary.
Hey man, sorry I missed your show. I work til 12 every night so it was needless to say I was bummed. My roommate said you recognized him and said to say hi to me, I reply with a hello there. See you next time
i just woke up from a dream where something bad happened to me, and you know that thing at the doctors where they smash your knee and check your reflexes? well im a freak and hate that stuff and he was hitting it so hard over and over and i was crying so hard.
so i woke up on a bad note. your musics tasty though.
Hello friend. Listen to the Cool As Folk show archive or view the playlist for this week’s program HERE. I had Chelsea Wolfe live in-studio and lots of favorites (including a song from you). It was a good one. Thanks for supporting freeform non-commercial radio.
