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Monday 9 September 2013

TERRY DEAN



Terry Dean had enjoyed an extremely successful solo career during the 60s which included a hit record, ''It's You'' that went top 20 in his hometown of Melbourne in 1965. Dean performed regularly in Melbourne and interstate and appearing nationally on TV shows including The Go Show, Bandstand and Happening 70. In 1972 he formed country rock band Bluestone. The band was heavily influenced by west coast American country rock including artists such as The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Eagles, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris and numerous other influential songwriters as well as performing and recording much of its own material. It was renowned for its strong vocal harmonies and was also one of the first Australian country rock bands to feature pedal steel guitar on stage and in the recording studio.

The band's first album, self-titled 'Bluestone', was released to excellent reviews in 1974 and helped to cement the band as a major force in Australian country music. The single from the album, "Wind and Rain", was a hit across Australia. The band performed regularly on Australian television (Hey, Hey It's Saturday, The Daryl Somers Show, Shirl's Neighbourhood and Countdown) and was invited to support a number of international acts including Cat Stevens, Dolly Parton and America on their Australian tours.

Terry Dean then formed the successful duo Dean & Carruthers with Garry Carruthers in the mid 80s and they continued right up to the end of 2023. During this time Terry also established Terry Dean's Guitars selling some of the world's finest acoustic instruments. The duo's pub residencies during the 80s and 90s have become legendary throughout Melbourne, particularly the packed-out New Boundary Hotel which ran every Saturday night from 1985-1994. Thier musical skills also kept the pair in demand for recording sessions and live instrumental/vocal backing for many touring artists at some of this country's biggest music festivals such as Port Fairy; Byron Bay; Tamworth and Gympie.




SINGLES
It's You (#46) / Stagger Lee'' 1965 Go!!
''The Answer To Everything / Git It'' 1966 Go!!
''Runaround Sue / Time And Tide'' 1978 Fable





References

 http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/


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  1. Micko23 June 2018 at 13:33

    Terry continued his career in the 70's after forming one of Australia's pioneering country rock bands Bluestone, best known for their excellent debut Single, the Brian Cadd produced Wind and Rain, on the Bootleg label, The band went on to record a best selling album for Bootleg & a string of singles, with another flurry of activity in the early 80's including a 2nd album and singles for Avenue records. Terry later became half of the very popular duo Dean and Carruthers (with Dean Carruthers) who played around Melbourne and interstate for many years & until a recent health scare, was still performing until earlier this year. Not sure of Terry's current state of health

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  2. Micko26 June 2018 at 14:36

    You're welcome Kim..hopefully you'll use it as his 50+ year career in the music industry, especially one as successful as Terry's, deserves more than just a few lines :-)

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  3. Micko25 April 2022 at 01:19

    Kym this particular page on Terry Dean seems to have a virus & has been sending me emails with updated comments but each one is spam. I've now blocked comments as even if I only one post every few weeks, it's bloody annoying

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  4. Anonymous16 September 2023 at 10:53

    I saw them play last night at the Arcobar in Moorabbin. Brilliant as always. The duo retires at the end of the year. Last shows doing the rounds now

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