Results for "Don DeMichael"

Don DeMichael

Born: May 12, 1928

Barrett Deems: Deemus

by Nic Jones
June 20, 2010

Drummer Barrett Deems was a man with a pedigree, who took in stints with violinist Joe Venuti from 1937 to 1944, and a four-year run with trumpeter Louis Armstrong in the 1950s. The first years of the following decade found him keeping the musical company of trombonist Jack Teagarden. All of these affiliations are clues to ...