Dean Magraw

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Dean Magraw
Genres Jazz, world music
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Guitar
Labels Red House, CandyRat
Website www.deanmagraw.com/

Dean Magraw is an American guitarist and composer.

Biography

Magraw was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in St. Paul. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. Magraw performed in a duo for many years with Peter Ostroushko and has also performed with Tim Sparks, John Gorka and many other artists. [1]

Contents

His musical spectrum ranges from world music band Boiled in Lead to jazz band Red Planet. [2]

Discography

Solo

With others

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References

  1. Espeland, Pamela (November 14, 2008). "Dean Magraw, musical explorer". MinnPost . Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  2. Surowicz, Tom (May 13, 2011). "Interstellar sounds". Star Tribune . Retrieved August 13, 2011.