Granite Bay
''Playing and tone great as usual Dean. Wish the harp was a bit louder in the mix. : )''
--Lips Angelo
Granite Bay
''great tone and nice melody as usual''
--Radiopirat
Granite Bay
''Great sound Dean. Thought you might let it rip a little more.''
--Brown Ale Guy
Granite Bay
''Nice loping melody Dean. Great tone as always.''
--BlueInGreen
Granite Bay
''Very familiar Dean phrasing, although I did hear some octaves, and tb'ing effects, which added some nice variety. A little more of that, along with some ventures out of the zone would add a lot.''
--Mark wilson
Granite Bay
''Nice tone out the apms and your smooth tone,but it sorta dragged on I wanted more changes on your licks, over all it was fine.''
--Bro.Bob
Granite Bay
''Nice sound and playing.Tends to plod along with the track rather than skip around it.''
--Aqua
Granite Bay
''Good to hear that rich dirty tone of yours ah-natural and precisely in tune with the guitar that blends beautifully. Nicely placed bleeds.''
--roknwil
Granite Bay
''Some nice playing Dean. Thanks for commenting on my post!''
--Harpn4fun
Granite Bay
''This one had me rocking back and forth in my chair in no time. :) Too bad it isnt the weekend yet, i needed a cold silver bullet (coors) for this. :)''
--Mc7
Granite Bay
''do you "queue" the 2 amps or take them side by side?very short but nicely done track!''
--huhn
Granite Bay
''Good Grove!!!Hard to find anything wrong w/that...''
--Htmn007
Marthas Tune
''great crunch ! You followed the guitar very well ! one of your best in my opinion !''
--Tonyh
Marthas Tune
''Nicely restrained harp supporting the guitar. Sound balance is good when ST is played loud ---- Very Loud!!''
--tonedeft
Marthas Tune
''Hi Dean, Good good blues and feeling, great flow and sound!!!!!!Thanx''
--RonDutch
Marthas Tune
''Good flow, with the guitar. Clean''
--Htmn007
Marthas Tune
''uups the comment below to Blue inGreen was for Dean of course!LOL''
--huhn
Marthas Tune
''Relaxed playing with fine sound and feeling. Nice melody.''
--Frosty
Maggie Blues
''Love it, perfect complement to the BT. Jawharp made my bird go crazy trying to imitate it!''
--BeelzeBob
Maggie Blues
''My teeth hurt just thinking about trying to do that jaw harp thing. great job putting it all together.''
--Brown Ale Guy
Maggie Blues
''It all fit with a cool, easy-going sound.''
--Eric Stahl
Maggie Blues
''I laughed out loud! Ha ha, a jaw harp. I'll have to start a new jam. That was my first instrument. Great, appropriate harp playing. With the bass harp and all, Dean is a whole band by hisself. Great!''
--Rick
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Great!''
--Rick
Maggie Blues
''Cool stuff Dean!!!!''
--Lips Angelo
Maggie Blues
''Cool jaw harp:) very nice melodic playing !''
--Tonyh
Maggie Blues
''Perfect song for the jaw harp and great harp playing that worked perfectly with the track. Great song!''
--Mark wilson
Maggie Blues
''Hey Dean loved it... great job! :)''
--Harpn4fun
Maggie Blues
''Again very busy song, you did one outstanding job on this one,sounded like you where right there!''
--Bro.Bob
Maggie Blues
''Some of the best Jaws Harp I have heard. Both harps excellent with the feel of the BT.''
--tonedeft
Maggie Blues
''What a great song Dean! Love this one.''
--BlueInGreen
Maggie Blues
''What a gem of a production Dean. The jaw harp gives it a real down-home flavor and your acoustic harp is great.''
--Brett
Maggie Blues
''This sounds great, Dean!''
--Appleman Ed
Maggie Blues
''Very pretty with nicely shaped notes on the harmonica.''
--Aqua
Maggie Blues
''Nice to hear you play acouctic harp. I like this. The low harp was good and jewish harp too. Good flow and groove to my ears.''
--Frosty
Maggie Blues
''I really like your style of melody playing, you got this swing thar makes my foot tapping''
--Radiopirat
Maggie Blues
''Yes Dean just one word......beautifull!!''
--RonDutch
Maggie Blues
''Good use of different instruments. And I am really liking how you are playing now!''
--dblues
Maggie Blues
''Loved it Dean.... I would even go as far as call it a classic. Really good to hear you getting down and dirty with the B/T, good lateral playing''
--Peter Holliman
Maggie Blues
''brilliant,have to make my children have a listen too.just my kinda music''
--huhn
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Smooth Tones, Very Fine recording My Friend.... I long for that sound!!!''
--Htmn007
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Some great tone and good melody playing,the Harp sounds little like trumpet at times.''
--Bro.Bob
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Year, a horny tone. Perfekt accentuation and phrasing !!''
--Andy-Bullet
Sno Easy Shuffle
''You know that without that 6 draw you often do your playing sound a lot different and smoother. very very ncie stuff ! 6 draw is cool but not too often hehe:P great !!''
--Tonyh
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Yes, great sound. Again not really going nowhere, but who cares when it sounds this good staying where ever it is.''
--Frosty
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Way different approach, way cool sound Dean.''
--Lips Angelo
Sno Easy Shuffle
''This might be your best post EVER! Really has your signature sound, but tempered perfectly. I love that trombone tone on the G harp. Congratulations.''
--BlueInGreen
Sno Easy Shuffle
''fat as usual!''
--huhn
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Sounding great! Love the tone.''
--Mc7
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Yeah Dean, that Bellari has got a beautiful warm tone. Really nice playing too!''
--Brett
Sno Easy Shuffle
''agile melody lines and a cool trumpet like sound, this rocks!''
--Radiopirat
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Good playing Dean. After reading DBlues comment, it does have a trombone feel to it.''
--Eric Stahl
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Your harp sounds great! Very good post. I really like it!''
--Midnight
Sno Easy Shuffle
''Yes!!!! Now you doin' it!!!! The Bellari is soooo much better than the HC. You didn't play that irritating note (to me anyway) even once Hooray!! Sounded almost like a trombone.''
--dblues
Sno Easy Shuffle
''straight forward blowin trumpet ... love it, save it Dean''
--TeeJay
Sno Easy Shuffle
''I'd swear that tone is getting thicker....Great post Dean...not a note wrong or out of place''
--Peter Holliman
Ride Me Hard Baby
''I wanted to say you pulled it off very well,I wish I could type not hunt and peck!''
--Bro.Bob
Ride Me Hard Baby
''I know this fast was stretch for you and you pulled it of real pretty well!''
--Bro.Bob
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Dean goes wild!great fat powful tone,(would have liked a bit dynamics)lol''
--huhn
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Mannnnnnnn! You got that harp swingin' , Dean...Excellant! Great feel!''
--ELMO
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Really excellent flowing swing rhythm over this fast track Dean. Nice!!''
--BlueInGreen
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Damn, where are these BT coming from!? This is another jammin post, pro quality sound and playing man.. yes sir this is good funky blues harp...''
--BamBamBustaWhyte
Ride Me Hard Baby
''I see you are trying some new stuff and changing your usual playing riffs :) I like that ! Keep doing that !''
--Tonyh
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Classic..... could go on for miles.''
--Peter Holliman
Ride Me Hard Baby
''You were cruisin Dean!''
--Eric Stahl
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Holy overdriven sound Batman. Cool stuff Dean.''
--Lips Angelo
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Powerful and also tasteful sound - sometimes with that trumpet touch - and fine going with the groove Dean''
--TeeJay
Ride Me Hard Baby
''It's not easy to follow that fast rhythm. You let it flow with graet sound.''
--Midnight
Ride Me Hard Baby
''You did a good job keepin up with the track, nice take. I still heard the 6D though!!''
--Mark wilson
Ride Me Hard Baby
''What a fat sound and tasteful distortion. Good swinging with some minor hesitation moments. I really liked the first 12 bars riffing.''
--Frosty
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Liked the sound Dean!''
--Brown Ale Guy
Ride Me Hard Baby
''Awsome track, I was actually up and dancing while making breakfast to this one. Perfect way to start the day. Thank you.''
--Jon W Booth
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Exactly why I don't like to listen to a post from one of you harp superheros if I plan on trying it.either get a copy cat syndrome or an inferiority complex .. ;)Realy enjoyed your ver, very nice..smooth..note to self on the shed wall "Power of the pause"''
--BamBamBustaWhyte
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Nice playing Dean.. movin right along there.''
--Harpn4fun
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Great flow and sound Dean.''
--Lips Angelo
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Very nice playing. All around great package.''
--Mc7
Beta Monkey Stomp
''You have a very particular style wich is good. I would like to hear some new stuff coming from you next time not that I don't enjoy this stuff just to see how you step out of your comfort zone!''
--Tonyh
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Dean good work with that fast rhythm.''
--Midnight
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Very relaxed swinging flow on this turbo speed track! Nice work Dean.''
--BlueInGreen
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Real nice chops dean, with fast rhythm!''
--Bro.Bob
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Love it Dean! Had my toe tapping!''
--Downhome Dave
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Fine tone and nice lil licks Dean. Melody choice creates sort of feel like dancin. Good groove''
--TeeJay
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Great swinging feel Dean, right on the money! Good point Dennis made about 6 draw -- I've got a few of those notes myself. It would be an interesting experiment to try a post where you stay away from that note, to see how it effects the licks you play.''
--Brett
Beta Monkey Stomp
''fresh hot stuff,your best til now in this jam!some new licks to be heard!''
--huhn
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Melodic and right on rhythm. Not bluesy but gave it a different flavor. More happy-like. Dixielandish. Very Deanish LOL It's your use of the 6th hole draw not bent. You play B a lot instead of the blues scale Bb. Not wrong, just not bluesy.''
--dblues
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Here I've been playing depressing blues all day and you come along and blow me away with that great upbeat swingin' blues. Good stuff.''
--Brown Ale Guy
Beta Monkey Stomp
''Hear the TB effects (nice), and the famous Dean tone. Congrats on keeping up with this speedy track most of the way. You locked into the groove nicely quite a few times, especially after the break.''
--Mark wilson
No..You Didnt See Me
''I enjoy listening to your swing Dean. Nice sound through the HC to PS02.''
--Eric Stahl
No..You Didnt See Me
''Good swinging stuff, Dean!''
--Midnight
No..You Didnt See Me
''I agree with Tony & Mike, Dean, nice Gruenling-influenced swing on the low harp!''
--Brett
No..You Didnt See Me
''Nice, easy and fat.....I likes my harp like I likes my women : )''
--Lips Angelo
No..You Didnt See Me
''You rolled along nicely with this one. Great tone once again...''
--Mark wilson
No..You Didnt See Me
''love that tone and your phrasing Dean''
--TeeJay
No..You Didnt See Me
''Now that's some thick tone! Swung it real good Dean. Excellent.''
--Downhome Dave
No..You Didnt See Me
''It's Dean the Horn. Cool swing and tone man. Only you could make the Zoom sound so good.''
--Rick
Strollin With My Baby
''Pure Dean stuff ! Good stuff in fact:)''
--Tonyh
No..You Didnt See Me
''I really like the Tone it reminds sometime of Dennis gruenling when go at the bottom of the harp . Sweet playing !''
--Tonyh
No..You Didnt See Me
''Lots of nice notes and ideas-not sure the heavy amp sound went with the cocktail jazz trio backing.''
--Aqua
Strollin With My Baby
''fine strollin with it Dean; no take off? ... mhh, you put that creamy feelin into it''
--TeeJay
No..You Didnt See Me
''sweet,fat and nasty!''
--huhn
No..You Didnt See Me
''Hi Dean, allot of swing and tone!!!''
--RonDutch
No..You Didnt See Me
''Sounds good again. But as an owner of Harp Commander, I like the Bellari sound even better.''
--Frosty
No..You Didnt See Me
''Great playing and sound.Got some of your trademark licks, but used very well.Has the smooth slow swing feel of a lot of Dennis Gruenlings work.''
--BlueInGreen
No..You Didnt See Me
''It's got that swing. Great''
--tonedeft
Strollin With My Baby
''It's all there.''
--DeeLee
Strollin With My Baby
''Well Dean, took off enough to keep my interest man. You kidding. That tone alone keeps my attention!!!!''
--Lips Angelo
Strollin With My Baby
''oh yeah, thick and creamy, this is like a milkshake...you can almost suck those notes out with a straw their so juicy..''
--wyred
Strollin With My Baby
''This is Rock solid all the way around, tone!, fitin the BT, leavin' space for the keys - what more can ya ask for''
--Ronnie
Strollin With My Baby
''Nice strollin'. Didn't need to take off, it was a lovely bluesy stroll.''
--Brown Ale Guy
Strollin With My Baby
''You have a good sound going there Dean! Listening to your uploads is inspiring. Re beating yourself up :-) some days we just have more focused energy to play music than on other days?''
--Eric Stahl
Strollin With My Baby
''Your playing is great! I like your tone and your feeling''
--Midnight
Strollin With My Baby
''sweet play this one, that dirty sound knoks me out''
--soplete
Strollin With My Baby
''Rather than focusing on where it doesn't go my man, I'm listening to where it is, and that's a really sweet spot!''
--Brett
Strollin With My Baby
''Dean, we have to work on your negative self talk brother, that wasn't bad at all (-: My only suggestion would be to built a stronger theme or hook which will help with your story telling.''
--Mark wilson
Strollin With My Baby
''Great sound as usual. Played very tastefully. Enjoyable!''
--Downhome Dave
Strollin With My Baby
''Flowing right along like a rolling river. Nice one.''
--BlueInGreen
Strollin With My Baby
''Bellari seems to work well with RE-10 too. Nice distorted chords. It is true that you rarely go much anywhere, but you got unique feeling, touch and sound. That is enough for me.''
--Frosty
Strollin With My Baby
''Good mellow mood. Great sound man and fit in with the BT. Classy.''
--BamBamBustaWhyte
Strollin With My Baby
''Dean - with every post I am getting more and more depressed, this is a great post, I need to quit my job and practice more, but then I couldn't afford Ben's harps - $%#%&@#. An A from me.''
--Little Kenny
Strollin With My Baby
''Good stuff. Listenin' to it at 5 am and got a smile on face before my first cup of coffee.''
--Brown Ale Guy
Strollin With My Baby
''some well known fine Dean-riffs.(i'll try to borrow me some soon).patented Dean tone,(bit of dynamic added would have made it even more interessant.)''
--huhn
A State Of Mind
''Hi Dean, some notes ...but a good melodic approach with great tone and feel.''
--TeeJay
Slowdown
''Hi Dean - great melody playing with honey dripping off your tone!''
--BlueInGreen
A State Of Mind
''Hi Dean, Nice to hear you playing in 3rd again. Nice job!''
--Mark wilson
Slowdown
''Hi Dean, good tone and heavy playing!!''
--RonDutch
Slowdown
''Oh, that tone again! Beautiful.''
--Frosty
A State Of Mind
''Have I said lately that i am a big fan of your sound? Is is Bellari or the mic or is you or all together? Would you tell something about Bellari in the forum, please.''
--Frosty
Slowdown
''Beltin' out some nice sounds, great timing, tone , notes. Getin' down''
--Ronnie
Slowdown
''Bouncy little number Dean.... performed with precision. Nice''
--Peter Holliman
Slowdown
''Nice lazy feel with your trademark big tone Dean. That subtle vibrato gives it even more depth.''
--Brett
Slowdown
''Rock solid playing. Good to hear the harp so clear and upfront but also working well with the BT.''
--tonedeft
A State Of Mind
''nice tone and melancoly play Dean. you seem to get a good sound no matter what gear you use...''
--Steph Wilson
A State Of Mind
''Exactly what I expected from you: Lovely tone and great 3rd position playing''
--Appleman Ed
A State Of Mind
''Nice warm crunchy sound there Dean good tone man! Licks fit the bill dude nice work.''
--THE BLUES BOX
A State Of Mind
''Hay Deano......Some great tone you got there man.....Soundin' great for not practiceing....''
--ELMO
A State Of Mind
''What a sonic purr--your trademark big, smooth tone Dean. Great mood piece here in third position.''
--Brett
A State Of Mind
''big patented Dean-tone.a lot to explore in 3rd,please try this position more often,sounds good to me from you.''
--huhn
A State Of Mind
''Very ncei third position approach ! Smooth with a lot of very creative moments. Hope you stay with us this jam !''
--Tonyh
A State Of Mind
''Hi Dean Crazy good sound , like ure playing and soundchaping!!!!''
--RonDutch
A State Of Mind
''Sounded alright to me.. good amp tone.''
--Harpn4fun
A State Of Mind
''Dean I think you and your rig produce the best sounding slaps. A lot of feeling in this one, very nice''
--Little Kenny
A State Of Mind
''Smooth jam. Sounded oh so nice.''
--Mc7
A State Of Mind
''Some real nice parts in there. A couple of missed "bends". 3rd pos G was a good choice.''
--dblues
A State Of Mind
''Just perfect Dean..... CD class (acknowledgments to Moody B's)''
--Peter Holliman
A State Of Mind
''Hi Dean, like ure tone attack and building, good Job!!!!!!''
--RonDutch
A State Of Mind
''Playing different positions and out of our comfort zones is a good way to learn. And I can hear you working hear.''
--Eric Stahl
A State Of Mind
''Nice Dean tone Dean : ) Nice work with 3rd. Still way out there for me, but will get there eventually. Good to hear you again man.''
--Lips Angelo