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With her rich vocal stylings, not to mention her acoustic/electric guitar and harmonica playing, Deborah Gold pays tribute to the influential artists who shaped rock, pop, blues, country and other genres from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and beyond.
Deborah engages and delights audiences with her energetic and obvious passion for playing live as a solo, in a duo or in a full band, either acoustically or plugged-in. Deborah left home at a very young age spent her earlier years writing, singing and playing her original music, a passion that has been resurrected in recent years. “I loved to sit with a stack of vinyl records, cassettes and the radio to sing and play along, teaching myself the chords by ear. I would then venture out to play with others which eventually led me to start playing originals at coffee houses as the warm-up show for touring folk music solos, duos or bands in BC”. In the early 1980’s her all female duo toured extensively in BC and Alberta on a full-time basis. Subsequent to that, Deborah played in numerous Vancouver-based bands such as The Crawl, The Runaway Slaves and Blue Monday, most of which featured a bluesy repertoire. Deborah also played with Tattered Ass, based near Victoria BC, for a few years prior to relocating off the Island in 2014. More recently, Deborah focuses on solo and duo work, based in Kelowna, but playing in a variety of locations, including solo residencies at resorts in the Caribbean and Mexico during the winter months. She has often been referred to as the “triple threat”, being amongst a small group of artists with equal prowess at singing, playing guitar and blues harp. |
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Having these abilities adds an exciting dimension to the musicality, be it solo, duo or in a full band scenario, always resulting in entertaining and popular live performances.
From singing along with radio songs as a child with an innate ability to harmonize by ear, Deborah has been influenced by many musicians throughout her life more notably and in no particular order– Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Snow, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, America, Bonnie Raitt, Judy Collins, Led Zepplin, The Eagles, Dusty Springfield, Stevie Nicks, James Taylor, Karen Carpenter, Fleetwood Mac, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Laura Nero, Three Dog Night, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Susan Tedeschi.
From singing along with radio songs as a child with an innate ability to harmonize by ear, Deborah has been influenced by many musicians throughout her life more notably and in no particular order– Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Snow, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, America, Bonnie Raitt, Judy Collins, Led Zepplin, The Eagles, Dusty Springfield, Stevie Nicks, James Taylor, Karen Carpenter, Fleetwood Mac, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Laura Nero, Three Dog Night, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Susan Tedeschi.
