Solomon Dean is an Ottawa-based rock trio with an
affinity for funk and blues. The band formed in 1999 in Prince Edward
Island, having learned their chops together amid the east coast 90's
grunge and hard rock scene, the distilled and refined product of high
school experimental collaborations. Solomon Dean played the local live
circuit and recorded original material, releasing a self-titled EP
(1999) and full-length indie album "Ascent" (2001) before relocating to
Ottawa in late 2007. The band released its latest EP “BETA” (2009),
which is currently available for purchase at live shows, online, or by
retail order. After a brief eastern Canadian tour in August 2010, Solomon Dean are writing new material with plans to return to the studio in winter 2011 to record the next record.
Fed equally on the crackling
vinyl of classic rock and the hissing tape of hard rock grunge, Solomon
Dean ride hard into the millennium on a sound that is loud and large, a
triple-shot of pure belly-fire in a tall glass with ice. They are
classic meets contemporary, dusty vinyl with a digital precision, their
songs one part introspection, one part commentary, and one part
foot-stompin', bottle-raisin' hedonism.
They are Maritime lads
with saltwater in their veins and prairie dust on their boots, a fusion
of East and West. They are a marathon houseparty jam around a
woodstove, a backyard summer festival o …
Solomon Dean is an Ottawa-based rock trio with an
affinity for funk and blues. The band formed in 1999 in Prince Edward
Island, having learned their chops together amid the east coast 90's
grunge and hard rock scene, the distilled and refined product of high
school experimental collaborations. Solomon Dean played the local live
circuit and recorded original material, releasing a self-titled EP
(1999) and full-length indie album "Ascent" (2001) before relocating to
Ottawa in late 2007. The band released its latest EP “BETA” (2009),
which is currently available for purchase at live shows, online, or by
retail order. After a brief eastern Canadian tour in August 2010, Solomon Dean are writing new material with plans to return to the studio in winter 2011 to record the next record.
Fed equally on the crackling
vinyl of classic rock and the hissing tape of hard rock grunge, Solomon
Dean ride hard into the millennium on a sound that is loud and large, a
triple-shot of pure belly-fire in a tall glass with ice. They are
classic meets contemporary, dusty vinyl with a digital precision, their
songs one part introspection, one part commentary, and one part
foot-stompin', bottle-raisin' hedonism.
They are Maritime lads
with saltwater in their veins and prairie dust on their boots, a fusion
of East and West. They are a marathon houseparty jam around a
woodstove, a backyard summer festival on a haywagon stage, a campfire
and acoustics on a moonlit beach, or mid-winter blistering rock and
bottleneck blues in a sweaty small-town club. They are a basic
three-piece format with a soundscape both lush and sparse, whose music
is not just notes, but the silence in between; whose lyrics are not
just words, but the worlds that they mean.
ZZ Top, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, CCR, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, The Tea Party, The Tragically Hip, Neil Young, The Guess Who, Rush, Government Mule, Grady
