Rhythm and blues
At this time Deane was also recording and gigging with Rhythm and blues artists such as Shuggie Otis, Sonny Rhodes, Larry Johnson, Lowell Fulson, Richard Berry (writer and composer of Louie Louie), Big Jay McNeely and George "Wild Child" Butler. He toured Germany with Paul Jones and The Blues Band, and then the UK, Europe and India with Dana Gillespie. He appeared with Dana at the Mustique Blues Festival in the Caribbean, and also played with Dana as Bob Dylan's opening act on the English leg of Dylan's 1997 tour.