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JERRY DUBEAU
Jerry tearing it up at Long Trail Brewery in Bridgewater, VT 6/2013
Born and raised in Rutland, Vermont, Jerry started making his first few
dollars as a musician at the age of 14 on the drums after studying for three
years with a European immigrant master named Napoleon Ianni. Three years later
he switched to keyboards when he received a Wurlitzer electric piano for High
School graduation. he helped found the country/rock band Tiger Rose. After
combining forces with another country/rock combo called Seabird which had
relocated to Vermont from Virginia Beach, Jerry continued to work steadily in
clubs and as a top-call opening concert act as a member of the Seabird band
until the mid 1980s. He proved to be an asset on the road and ended up
going on to work with Jeannie C. Riley, Donna Fargo, Stonewall Jackson, Jo-El
Sonnier and many others. Nashville is also where he hooked up with Sandra Wright
and became a member of her Soul Kitchen. He also toured Europe with Fishheads
& Rice and contributed two songs which he sang on their Appaloosa Records CD
"Something Smells Fishy." He later accepted a club gig offer on
Bourbon St. in New Orleans in 1996 and lived in the Big Easy for close to a
decade. He has been honing his songwriting skills since his first effort,
"Live for Today" was presented to frat rats in 1975. |
