The Deep Six were an American

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and

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band from

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. They are best-remembered for their self-titled album released in 1966 on

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. The Deep Six started out as a folk trio in San Diego California, before adding members to their roster and expending into full electric band. They were a predominantly male group backing a female vocalist sometimes referred to as "Miss Dean Cannon." They did a seventeen-week stint as the house band at the Land of Oden, a folk club located in La Mesa, which was co-owned by their co-manager,

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. They released a single for Liberty Records, a subsidiary of

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, featuring the song "Rising Sun" on which Jim Messina of

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contributed a guitar part. The band promoted the song on both "American Bandstand" and "Where the Action Is" in 1965 and 1966 respectively. The Deep Six went on to record a self-titled album for Liberty, in which many of Los Angeles' finest session musicians played parts. The album included the Cannon-sung take on

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's "Unlock the Door", as well as covers of

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's " Solitary Man". It featured a photograph of the band running along the waters' edge of a California beach. The album and the band's subsequent singles failed to chart. Original member, Dave Gray departed and was replaced by Barry Kane, previously in

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and a duo with

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. Eventually the group broke up. Their manager, Ken Mansfield, went on to become an executive at Capitol Records and would become the first U.S. manager for

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label in 1968. Bass player Dann Lottermoser would go on to join Stone Country, a country rock band, who recorded an album for RCA, and included the presence of singer-songwriter Steve Young. The album, ''The Deep Six,'' was reissued for CD in 2003, by Rev-Ola Records, and included not only songs from the original album, but five additional bonus tracks.

Discography

Singles * “Rising Sun” / “Strollin’ Blues” - (Saw-Man 001, 1965) * “Rising Sun” / “Strollin’ Blues” - (Liberty 55838, Oct. 1965) * “I Wanna Shout” / “The Things We Say” - (Liberty 55858, Feb. 1966) * “Counting” / “When the Morning Breaks” - (Liberty 55882, May 1966) * “What Would You Wish from the Golden Fish” / “Why Say Goodbye” - (Liberty 55901, July 1966) * "

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" / “C'mon Baby (Blow Your Mind)” – (Liberty 55926, Nov. 1966) Album * The Deep Six (Liberty LRP-3475/LST-7475, 1966)

References

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