RADIO NAME: TOMMY DEAN
DATE OF BIRTH: 10/19/57
HOMETOWN: ELLSWORTH,ME
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED TO MY LOVELY WIFE AGNES
CHILDREN: LAURA,CHELSEA&THOMAS (nickname "T")
I OWN A BAKERY IN BAR HARBOR,MAINE. IT'S "COTTAGE STREET BAKERY"
I DO A RADIO SHOW CALLED ***DOWN HOME COUNTRY*** ON WERU FM 89.9 BLUEHILL&102.9 BANGOR
THIS IS ME...I WAS RAISED IN PORTLAND, MAINE FOR THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS OF MY LIFE.MOVED TO A VERY RURAL TOWN OF OTIS,MAINE.IT WAS THERE THAT I GOT MY LOVE OF COUNTRY MUSIC.THE FIRST RECORD I EVER GOT WAS TITLED "THIS IS JOHNNY CASH." I WAS HOOKED... JOHNNY CASH WAS COUNTRY MUSIC TO ME! I HAVE BEEN A JOHNNY CASH FAN EVER SINCE!JOHNNY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY "HERO"...BUT OTHER STARS OF THE DAY I ENJOYED WERE ERNIE ASHWORTH,BUCK OWENS,BILL ANDERSON ETC.AT THIS TIME LOCAL TV HAD A SHOW CALLED "THE CURLEY O'BRIEN SHOW" THAT'S WERE I FIRST SAW "DOC" MORRILL.."DOC" WAS A FRONT MAN FOR CURLEY'S BAND.HE SANG & PLAYED GUITAR.WHAT A WONDERFUL COUNTRY SHOW THAT WAS....AND NOW "DOC" IS MY RADIO PARTNER! MY OTHER INTERESTS ARE COLLECTING JOHNNY CASH MEMORABILIA, WWF WRESTLNIG,TRAVELING WITH MY FAMILY,COLLECTING COUNTRY MUSIC BOOKS AND PLAYING MY GUITAR(BADLY).I ALSO,HAVE A LOVE FOR THE INDIE ARTIST'S,WHEN I TOOK OVER THE RADIO SHOW I DO,INDIE ARTIST'S WERE NOT BEING PLAYED.THEN THROUGH OPRY GREAT ERNIE ASHWORTH,I MET PAUL MATEKI,ANTONIO ROSALES,WOODY WILLS& SYLVIA WINTERS.FROM THERE, I'VE MET SO MANY MORE INDIE ARTISTS.WHAT TALENT IS OUT THERE IN THE INDIE WORLD! I PROMISE TO PROMOTE THE INDIE ARTIST AS LONG AS I HAVE A RADIO SHOW! THE ONLY RULE I HAVE... IS "KEEP IT COUNTRY"LIKE THE LEGENDS BEFORE YOU.I ONLY PLAY TRADITIONAL COUNTRY ON "THE DOWN HOME COUNTRY SHOW."ONE THING I WANT TO ADD....I NEVER DO A SHOW WITOUT PLAYING A JOHNNY CASH SONG!
