We are not alone…

Mulder & Scully were right…we’re not alone. And that being the case, here are all the other “Deacons” we could find in the musical lexicon:

First, there’s the “Deacons Hop“, by Big Jay McNeeley.

Then there’s “the Deacons“, a punk band from Brooklyntowne, NY (Is “Brooklyntowne” just a fancy name for Flatbush?)

There are even “Deacons” that predate us – here’s a band from the Pacific Northwest, who would’ve been contemporaries of The Wailers, The Kingsmen, and The Raiders. Wonder if they ever played the Spanish Castle? Sundazed has a contemporary record, but I can’t tell if it’s the same band or not (since it’s on Soma, a local label from Minneapolis, one would suspect not).

Jimmy Johnson was in yet another “Deacons” from Chicago.

I’m pretty sure there was also a big (seven or eight-piece) R&B band from the DC area that was called “the Deacons”, but they no longer (that I can find) have a website.

There are “Deacons” gigging right now in San Diego.

There’s “Debi & the Deacons“, who have a decided musical advantage, being from “Nuawlins”, but being folically challenged brings them back to the pack.

There are “Soul Deacons” in New Mexico. (Hey, wait a minute! Look at their gig calendar – they’re in New Mexico, fer cryin’ out loud, and they had a gig cancel ‘cos of the weather? What, it was too dry?)

Then there’s the “Bleeding Deacons“, who claim to be the most evil band in the land, and have cute little outfits to back that up.
There are the “Deacons of Dixieland“, who look to be a rockin’ bunch.

The Reflections (“Just Like Romeo and Juliet”) were apparently known as the “Deacons of Doo-Wop”.

Jackie Mittoo, a ska/reggae organist who moved to Toronto and had some solo success in the late sixties and early seventies, sessioned for an act in Jamaica called “The Deacons” before he left the island. He was also a founding member of the Skatalites.

A new set of Deacons – they must be  cool, ‘cos they’re from Oshkosh!

And finally, here is a guitar maker whose name I’d be proud to have on my headstock.