Time was – and not so long ago--that country was strictly working man’s music. Working women, too, of course--and we’re talking hard work here. Knuckle-busting, foot flattening, slow-to-get-up, work that has ya leaving (and returning) home in the dark in a dinged-up pickup truck that’s actually used to haul things. And then, figuring out which overdue bill gets paid next.

Yep, time was it was working man’s music – in Kevin Deal’s case, it still is.

 “My grandpa gave me a harmonica when I was a little kid,” Kevin remembers. “He played, and I was always fascinated by that. When people ask me how you learn to play the harp, I always say, ‘Well, you just have to sound really bad for a really long time.’ But I kept at it, and my playing improved vastly when I learned how to play in the right key...”
 
"Deal sounds a bit Joe Ely, but with a fully, smoother vocal delivery, and the backing band, helmed by producer Lloyd Maines, is stellar. But it's the songwriting that makes The Lawless shine. There isn't a weak track here, and several, are as good as just about any country classic tune you care to name."   - Texas Music Magazine -

When he was a kid, Deal’s family bounced around a bit, but they finally managed to settle down in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for the long haul in 1975. Along the way, Kevin was steeped in the classic country music canon by his father. *[“He loved country music--still does,” says Deal. “And I love my dad, but he’s probably not the best singer in the whole world. Still, he’d sing along to every song on the radio. Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, George Jones--I listened to a lot of country music growin’ up.”

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