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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Edmund John Deane |
| Born | 18 November 1952 Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Blues, rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Electric guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Website | Ed Deane |
Edmund John 'Ed' Deane (born 18 November 1952 in Dublin) is an Irish guitarist with a career spanning six decades, from the late 1960s to the present day.[1] He is a blues musician, playing the electric and acoustic guitar, and specialising in slide guitar and the lap steel guitar.
Deane is highly regarded as a left-handed guitarist, preferring to play right-handed guitars upside down.[2]
- ^ "Ed Deane | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Engel, John (1 January 2006). "Left Handed Guitarists that changed music: Ed Deane". Uncommon Sound: Left Handed Guitarists that changed music. Left Field Ventures sprl. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
Few guitarists in Britain are as well regarded in the business as Ed Deane. Referred to as the King of British Blues by the English blues press in the 1970s, Ed Deane has played guitar and slide with sensibility and eloquence in everything from blues and straight folk to many forms of rock for the better part of four decades.