Deer Tick

Deer Tick knows how to blend a wide variety of musical styles and come out playing their own brand of rockabilly-psychedelic music. Their songs are short, but sweet, and the band performs their songs with a great sense of fun and excitement. The guitarists, John McCauley and Ian O’Neil, usually play on their Fender guitars getting that high-pitch treble slap that is prominent in most rockabilly music. Lead singer, John McCauley, also will play his acoustic guitar for his softer ballads and at times he comes close to producing sounds that you might hear from Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde album. Their bass player will sometimes play an upright bass to attain sounds that are reminiscent of the bluegrass genre. He will play the upright bass by plucking the strings with his hand during fast rhythms and at other times he will use the bow to create a deep sounding resonance. Deer Tick will also use an organ to create a fuller, soulful sound to the music. Deer Tick will also incorporate punk styles into their performance playing their guitars in a distorted, fast pace manner. John will also sing with a raspy voice reminiscent of such grunge singers as Kurt Cobain. In fact they have been known to play tribute shows to Nirvana when they tour under the name, Deervana. Their shows have minimal stage theatrics, except for a large light-up sign that says “Deer Tick” hanging behind them when they perform live. Although they have minimal stage theatrics, it is totally fine. Every one in the audience is focused on Deer Tick’s intense performance, and elaborate theatrics would just take away from their awe-inspiring music. Deer Tick will most likely play most of their hits that all the fans want to hear as well as throwing in some cover songs of such bands as Hank Williams, John Prine, or the Replacements. The audience will sure to have a great time jiving to Deer Tick’s unique blend of music.