Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents

*Featured in the June issue of Spin Magazine as one of the Songs You Must Hear Now, Page 48
*#5 on Amazon Free Download Chart April 2010
*2009 Great American Song Contest Finalist

"I'm delighted that Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents have captured the
old-school sound and merged it with a new-school edge." - LaLa Brooks, original lead singer of The Crystals

Most Boston music fans will recognize Jen D’Angora (a/k/a Jenny Dee) as the singer/guitarist in garage stalwarts The Downbeat 5 as well as punk/pop darlings The Dents. When The Dents split up three years ago and The Downbeat 5 started playing out less frequently, D’Angora started working on a new batch of songs that were slightly different from the material she’d written for her other bands and decided to indulge in her love of the girl group sounds of the 60's.

“I’ve been a fan of that music since I was really young and my interest was rejuvenated as I started getting into Blondie and The New York Dolls – their interpretation of songs by the Shangri Las and other groups fascinated me. That’s basically what this record’s about – writing in a style that I love, having a great time, and working with amazing people.” says D’Angora.

The Deelinquents formed soon thereafter, with Tony Goddess from Papas Fritas/The Rudds (guitar), Eric Salt (guitar), Phil Aiken (keyboards), Ed Valauskas from The Gravel Pit/The Gentlemen (bass), and Eric Anderson (drums). In addition to the core band, Jen added her sister Beka Dangora and Samantha Goddess to sing harmonies and dance their asses off.

Before they played a show, they recorded the single “Keeping Time” with producer Matt Beaudoin (Eli “Paperboy” Reed) at Q Division, which charted in the Top 20 Downloads on Amazon.com.

“There isn't a music on earth that better suits D'Angora's voice than girl-group-era R&B, straight-up, and that's what she's singing here - with bonus points for writing songs that hold their own next to the classics. (There's a Daptone-like quality to her recordings that makes you do audio double-takes: are you sure this shit wasn't recorded in 1964?).” - The Boston Phoenix

Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents’ full-length debut - Keeping Time, was released March 2010 on Q-Dee Records. It features 10 D’Angora penned originals and a cover of The Flamin' Groovies "Shake Some Action" which was originally released as a 7” on the Spanish Label Lovemonk, which lead to a headlining club tour in Spain and an appearance at the Azkena Rock Festival opening for The Breeders.

“The Deelinquents treatment is classic Motown, with a James Jamerson bass riff and a piano and sax straight out of the Four Tops, while Dee's vocal at the fade-out is much less restrained than any female singer was ever allowed to be at that label.” – New Haven Advocate

Upon the release of the record, the band has had a busy tour schedule that includes SXSW in Austin, performing with LaLa Brooks (lead singer of The Crystals) as an opening act and as her backing band, and an upcoming tour of Spain. Their CD will be released on Shock Records Summer 2010.


Contact:
Ed Valauskas
Q-Dee Records
ed@qdivision.com
(617) 501-7352


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