====== Robert Deeble ====== Acoustic/Folk\\ Long Beach, California, USA Robert Deeble (born 1966) is an American singer-songwriter originally from Long Beach, California, now based in Seattle. His recordings have been noted for their orchestrated arrangements, a subtle, minimalist style of production, and lyrical content. He has also released albums under the band name [[Days Like These]]. ===== Discography ===== | 1989 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/robert-deeble-songs-from-the-sabbatical/|Songs from the Sabbatical]] | [[Liberation Music]] | | 1992 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/02/16/robert-deeble-the-big-yellow/|The Big Yellow]] | [[Liberation Music]] / [[Sonic Hope Records]] | | 1998 | EarthSide Down | [[Jackson/Rubio Entertainment]] | | 2003 | Thirteen Stories | Pete Records / Fractured Discs | | 2005 | [[Days Like These]] (reissue) | [[Liberation Music]] | | 2005 | This Bar Has No One Left | Fractured Discs | | 2012 | Heart Like Feathers | Mind Bomb Publishing | | 2018 | Beloved | [[Liberation Music]] | ------ ==== Songs from the Sabbatical ==== 1989 [[Liberation Music]] Robert Deeble – Vocals, guitar, drums, 12 string\\ Russ Blake – Guitar, slide\\ Landan Donsbach – Bass, upright bass\\ Oginr Rats – Drums\\ Dave Finley – Backing vocals\\ Hillette Brooks – Backing vocals\\ Kim Schnuttenhaus – Backing vocals\\ Mark Romans – Tambourine\\ Steve Light – Bass\\ [[John R Williamson]] – Bass == First Version == - Girlfriend in Egypt - What Would U Say? - Unplastered - Teach Us to Love - Halftime Show - Paperbag Blues == Second Version == - Girlfriend in Egypt - What Would U Say? - Unplastered - Paperbag Blues - Teach Us to Love - Halftime Show - Ode to Blake - Etc.... ------ ==== The Big Yellow ==== 1992 [[Liberation Music]] / [[Sonic Hope Records]] Robert Deeble – Vocals, acoustic guitars, drums\\ J.R.W – Bass on 1, 2, and 7\\ Kirby Paulsen – Guitars on 2 and 8\\ Steve Light – Bass on 6\\ Billy B – Drums on 9\\ Steve M – Bass on 9\\ Trevor – Guitar on 9 - The Queen of England - Pop Song - Penpal - Greyhound - Interlude - Dondee - All My Friends Kim - Answering Machine Song - Shantytown - The Queen (reprise) "//The Big Yellow// is a very rare cassette of songs I demo’d/released after college (technically my second cassette release). It was part of a collective of releases called “Sonic Hope” who were a group of friends wrote, recorded and self distributed cassettes. Each of those release came out on different colored Xeroxed covers and the only color not chosen at the time was yellow so I named mine //The Big Yellow//. The Sonic Hope community included [[John R Williamson]], Mandy Troxel, [[David Finley]], Korby and [[Eric Paulsen]], [[Chad Bryant Edmundson]], and Michael Knepher along with various friends and partners. Many of those folks appeared on the recording and also show up on my formal releases that followed later. //The Big Yellow// was mostly 4 tracked in my garage, with a few songs recorded live and one in the studio. Much of the album captures the early joy, optimism and wonder in my life when my wife and I were first dating and starting our life together (the cover art features a playful photo of us). Much of the recordings are whimsical, while at the same alluding to the tension of the world. Examples being “Greyhound” a traveling song written about a road trip to attend [[David Finley]]’s wedding that ended in a bus crash. Another song “All My Friends Kim” was a ridiculous song about our dear friend Kim Dozier and her best friend Kim (who then marries Dave) and their best friend Kim... who all hung out together which got kinda confusing. Other moments captured my serious side including “Shantytown” written about a brief time I spent living in the shanty towns of South Africa during apartheid. It spoke of the anguish I witnessed among the oppressed and challenged my spiritual faith in very meaningful ways. The album ends playfully with a collage of answering machine messages with an odd bunch of characters. So //The Big Yellow// documents a lot fun stuff early in my life including my faith and my marriage and my first artistic community. Although Sonic Hope, as a collective, was short lived, Mandy, John, and I continued to make records. And despite relative obscurity, eventually some of those releases fell into good ears. Victoria Williams joined me on my debut release, T-Bone Burnett cited John as one of his favorite all time songwriters, Mandy got to work with Joe Henry at one point. I remember I was traveling during those times and would get calls from Mandy and John telling me they were hanging out with Sam Phillips, Joe Henry at T-Bone’s place and, you know, you should just come over for a beer or something (way to rub it in)... But really more important than hobnobbing or anyone getting heard was the life long friendships that resulted from that collective along with our mutual growth as songwriters." ------ Between these two releases, Robert Deeble led a band called [[Days Like These]], which had one full length release under that name. That album was later re-issued under Deeble's name. ------ ==== EarthSide Down ==== 1998 [[Jackson/Rubio Entertainment]] ‎(JRD4921) / [[Liberation Music]] Robert Deeble - Vocals, guitar, percusion\\ Dave Stone - Double bass\\ Greg Coates - Double bass\\ Mario Barmosca - Double bass\\ Tony Green - Double bass\\ Anthony Arvizu - Drums Lili De La Mora - Backing vocals\\ Madelyn Mendoza - Backing vocals\\ Mandy Troxel - Backing vocals\\ Eddie Young - Cello\\ Melissa Hasin - Cello\\ Steve Velez - Cello\\ Stephen Hodges - Brake drums, hooves, random pieces of metal, gongs, and springs\\ Kenny Negrete - Rhodes\\ Phillip Lee - Flamenco guitar\\ Chris Hanlin - Additional guitar\\ Bill Burgess - Ambient loops and vapors\\ Anthony Arvizu - Percussion\\ Chris Hanlin - Tambora\\ Stephen Hodges - Timpani - Thread (5:14) - Earthside Down (4:59) - Open Air (4:34) - Two Statues (3:59) - Reprise (1:08) - Junkyard (5:23) - Anastasis (4:48) - Peter and the Lion (6:58) - You Don't Know Me Now (3:33) - Lovers on Route (5:39) - Billboards (12:45) ------ ===== Links ===== * [[http://www.robertdeeble.com/|Robert Deeble Official Website]]