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Jesus Drives an Oldsmobile - Bluesbunny Review

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BIO

Doug DeJoe is a singer-songwriter who was born in Buffalo, NY and raised in what he considers "The best small town in America," Fredonia, New York. It was there, growing up in the "Little Italy" neighborhood, DeJoe learned about family, friendship, good food, good humor, confession on Saturday, church on Sunday, Lake Effect Snowstorms, sandlot football, and how to throw a baseball. He also learned about music, being taken under the wings of journeymen musicians Marshall Seddon and Pete Howard and playing the many barrooms and gin mills in his blue collar hometown. Thus, after college at SUNY Fredonia and St. Bonaventure University, DeJoe taught high school English at his adopted hometown of Hinsdale, New York, before moving to Nashville, Tennessee after being offered a staff songwriter position by Chuck Howard of Great Cumberland Music. There he began writing with Keith Follese who has penned many country hits including several number ones. Two of DeJoe and Follese's songs landed on country artist Joe Nichols' debut album including "Six of One, Half Dozen of The Other, his first single and a CMT Hot Shot Video. DeJoe then went on to write for Horipro Entertainment under the tutelage of Combine Music publisher and Modern Music Row pioneer, Bob Beckham. He also was a staff writer for Bob Morrison Music and continues a musical relationship with Russ Zavitson of ZMG, who published DeJoe's first song, "Pretty Good Shape For The Shape I'm In," in 1991. Dejoe's songs have been recorded by several music Artists, but his proudest recordings are those which were done with his band, The Bloomlaters, which took flight in 2003. DeJoe and the Bloomlaters released two albums, "Jesus Drives an Oldsmobile" in 2005 and "Headlines" in 2009, respectively. Doug DeJoe and The Bloomlaters are currently recording their third album at Quakehouse Studios in Nashville with their long time producer and consiglieri, Caesar Cirigliano. Although being a Nashville resident for twenty-seven years, DeJoe now calls the Pacific North West home, living outside of Seattle-Tacoma in the idyllic Puget Sound town of Gig Harbor, Washington with his wife, Bethany, and yellow Lab, Abbey.