You remember IRA DEAN as the "wild", "untamed", "crazy", "energetic" bass player of the country trio TRICK PONY but since leaving the group in 2008, Ira has proven that strength doesn't always come in numbers.... Back in 2000, Trick Pony exploded right out of the starting gate with their highly acclaimed and platinum selling self-titled CD. Huge hits co-written by Dean like "Pour Me," and the Grammy nominated "Just What I Do," established Ira Dean as not only the wildman with headlights in his chrome stand up bass, but as a brand new singer songwriting force and studio musician in country music. The trio won both the American Music Awards' "Top New Artist" and the Country Music Association's "Artist of the Year". The second CD, On A Mission ,which Ira co-wrote 7 cuts including the hit single "ON A MISSION" brought five more Academy of Country Music nominations including "Album of the Year" and "Vocal Group of the Year". Now a few years and more than 40 cuts later ,Ira is hap! py being "A POWER OF 1" . Ira has had songs recorded by Joe Nichols, Chris Young, ex-pony Heidi Newfield, Jake Owen, Gary Allan, Including his hit single "FEELING LIKE THAT", and Montgomery Gentry', Including their Hit single "ONE IN EVERY CROWD" , to name a few. "It's crazy aint it?", Ira say's, " But then again my life has always been crazy". "When I first came to town I was drowning. I had this gig for $30 bucks a night and was going to go back home". "Then I met this red headed kid bout my age, he
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