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-lsb- http://deanmadonia.com deanmadonia.com -rsb- the kreisberg , charles dye dean madonia band , third wish/wyscan , jonathan 1980s -- present piano kalamazoo , michigan soft monkey music , lolo records solo_singer bass , piano -rrb- , drums , guitar , keyboards -lrb- accordion rock , country , jazz dean madonia
 dean madonia singer-songwriter
dean madonia

dean madonia -lrb- born kalamazoo , michigan -rrb- is an american singer-songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , and bandleader based in nashville , tennessee .
a vocalist and dueling pianist , he has also done sessions as a studio musician with bass , drums , guitar , and keyboards -lrb- accordion and piano -rrb- .
as a songwriter he crosses between genres , notably country and alternative rock .
in the early 1990s he was the frontman for the florida-based progressive rock group third wish , or wyscan , with whom he released one lp .
madonia 's first solo album , `` deep sky , '' was released in 1998 , and since then he has toured with the dean madonia band and released several more solo albums , including his 2013 concept album `` shadow to shadow , dean madonia 's frankenstein '' on soft monkey music .
