Dee Settlemier

Did a whole lot of crooning all through school -- it was the only thing that made sense to me most of the time, not that it's much different now that I'm well on my way to being a crazy old bitty! Only now, I also write songs and play guitar, banjo, mandolin and (more recently) ukulele with varying degrees of facility. After a short but sweet stint playing my own songs in my hillbilly rock band Mad Hattie, and originals and covers of old timey jazz and blues with Ralph Huntley (of Klezmocracy and Portland Livewire Radio Show) I hooked up this last fall with the fabulous MIDNIGHT SERENADERS where I scrambled to learn some uke and now I get to play and sing my lil' ol' heart out on a regular basis. We play vintage jazz, blues and pop tunes from the 20's and 30's, and I LOVE this project with everything I've got!!! I seem to have wound up getting to play some pretty high-falutin' players like Doug Sammons (official ringleader, formerly of bluegrass band Sam Hill), Henry Bogdan (on Hawaiian steel guitar, former bassist for Helmet), and local jazz greats Dave Evans, Garner Pruitt, & Pete Lampe. BREAKING NEWS: bran-new c.d. just released. check out MAGNOLIA. it rocks hard.hurry! Run, don't walk!! I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4



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