Gene Deer is an American

United States

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 blues

Blues

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, rock

Rock music

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, and country

Country music

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 musician

Musician

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/singer/songwriter based out of Indianapolis

Indianapolis

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, Indiana

Indiana

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. Regularly playing shows at the historic Slippery Noodle Inn

Slippery Noodle Inn

The Slippery Noodle Inn is a large blues bar and restaurant with two performance stages in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It also has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating bar in the state of Indiana, having opened in 1850 as the Tremont House.The Inn served as a stop on the...

 in Indianapolis, he has recorded and released 2 LPs for the Slippery Noodle Sound label.

He was voted the "Best Local Blues Band" for nine consecutive years(1995–2003) by the readers of Nuvo Newsweekly

Nuvo Newsweekly

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.

In 2002, Gene was hired by Indy car driver Kenny Brack

Kenny Bräck

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 as band leader and musical director for Kenny Brack and the Subwoofers, which toured with the Indy Racing League in 2003. Kenny Brack and the Subwoofers released a CD “Live in Nashville” featuring former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King

Ed King

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.

In 2007, he did a tour of South Africa

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with a support band called The Raging Calm.

Soul Tender

Released 1994

1. C'mon Back
2. Nature Of The Beast
3. Don't Turn Your Back (on the Blues)
4. Every'thang Gonna Be Alright
5. Midnight Healing
6. Be Set Free
7. Deep River Blues
8. That Ain't Why
9. Erin's Blues
10. My Baby She's Gone
11. Whisper In My Ear (bills to pay, bye bye)

Livin' With The Blues

Released 1997

1. Just Shoulda' Lay'd Off'a the Booze
2. Too Far Gone
3. I Want Out
4. One Foot On the Road
5. Good with the Bad
6. Livin' with the Blues
7. Smokestack Lightning
8. Potato Soup
9. Can't Afford to Pay the Rent
10. Blues in the Afternoon
11. Morristown
12. Dream

External links

• Gene Deer official website
• Slippery Noodle Sound - The Slippery Noodle Inn's record label official site.
• IRL - Indy Racing League official website.
• Kenny Brack - Kenny Brack official website