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Bio for Ronnie Dean

Christian artist Ronnie Dean's musicial career is literally a dream come true ,
and he remembers the dream very clearly . At the time, the Seattle native had
just returned home from a stint on the road with a country band called
Fifth Wheel and he felt he was headed down a dead end street . Dean felt
worn out musically and spiritually when , in his words he had "an
incredible dream ." He dreamt that Jesus took him from his sleep.
Together they went to a mountain top , where Jesus told Dean that he
was about to see "all the gifts that had been given him , and that all
the things that Ronnie was going to see he could do ." Jesus asked Dean ,
who had tried his hand at many things including work as a prison guard
in Walla Walla, Wash ; what he really wanted to do with his life .
The young man replied that one of the things he thought about doing
was to be a woodworker . Jesus then showed Dean other pictures .
" The very last picture in a long line of occupations was one of me
sitting on a stool with a guitar , playing my own music ," Dean Says .
It was truly a life-changing experience . Dean awoke with a start from
the dream , with a new sense of peace and purpose . He wrote a song
about the experience right away , then launched into a lifelong study of
the Bible. Dean has now fulfilled the two-sided prophecy of that dream .
He is one of Nashville's most sucessful woodworkers , doing inhouse
restortation of 17th-through 19th-century antiques . Dean is also one of
the brightest lights on the Christian music horizon . He has remarkable
talents . Dean's musicial influences are as varied as his own gifts . He
cites Earl Klugh , George Benson , Wes Montgomery , Phil Driscoll and
Michael W. Smith as some of his personal favorites . Dean is an
accomplished guitarist and vocalist . He wrote , arranged and
produced his latest project , "A Thief In The Night ," . It is evidence
of his truly amazing gifts . Yet Dean , who has founded his own World
Wide Web-based label called, Spirit Records is a man on a spiritual
mission ." I am a stylist , " Dean says ." I don't sound or play like
anybody . This project is about the end of time and I am trying to
bring as many people to God's rig ht hand as possible ."
Enjoy the new CD and hear for yourself what folks around
Nashville have been enjoying for years - the music of Ronnie Dean.

Phil Sweetland
Associated Press

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