(Michael Dean Damron, Andrea Miller, 2013. Photo by Steve Stav.) My old friend Michael Dean Damron of Portland, Oregon has passed away – days before a benefit concert by his old band. Mike had recently been struggling with liver failure. He was an extraordinary, unique, and supremely compassionate person. The kind of guy who seemed …
Portland’s Michael Dean Damron began exorcising his demons about 12 years ago, and lucky for us, it’s still a work in progress. Both as a solo artist and with an assembled band of crazy local hotshots dubbed I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House, Damron continually succeeds, however, in enveloping his inner turmoils and …
Alt-Country musician Michael Dean Damron will perform tonight, March 2, at the Laurelthirst Public House in scenic East Portland (2958 NE Glisan) with special guests, Tin Horn Prayer, all the way from Denver, Colorado. This appearance by songwriter and pug-fancier Damron will celebrate the release of his new album, “Plea From a Ghost” and is …