Music Bio -
Dennis Devine
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Dennis Devine, San Antonio, Florida, is a singer, musician and teacher.
He has played music since he was a "little bitty baby" and has spent his entire life playing
Florida Folk Music and traditional music. He plays several instruments
and has been involved in over 25 recording projects as a musician
and co-producer.
He regularly plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass, penny whistle
and
flute with several groups, and continues to study the rich history
and performance
of traditional acoustic music.
He is currently a member of the 97th Regimental String Band, a Civil
War
string band that performs at Civil War reenactments and theme parks
throughout the United States and the south. He has performed and recorded
with several notable Florida folk legends including Will McLean, Don
Grooms, Jeanie Fitchen, Mary Ann DiNella and Cousin Thelma Boltin (storyteller), and
plays with folk groups The New Sand Mountain Wildcats and Southwind.
Dennis has taught in numerous music workshops on various instruments
and has helped organize and produce many recordings for musical groups
and individual artists. He is also a festival promoter and organizer,
having worked with
the Pioneer Florida Museum, Pasco County Fair at Heart of Florida
Folk Festival,
and the San Antonio Rattlesnake Festival.
Dennis enjoys the “unplugged” and natural music created
by playing acoustic instruments. He performs and and sings with the least amount
of electronic alteration as possible. He continues to study the folk music of Florida, Irish Music, Civil War music and music of the 17th and
18th century. Performing all his music on acoustic instruments as they
were originally created and performed.
Dennis has performed throughout the United States, playing at major
festivals
and theme parks throughout the South. Some of his performance include
locations like at Epcot Disney World, Florida Folk Festival, Spirit
of the Suwanee Festival, Wings and Strings, St Petersburg Mainsail
Festival, St Petersburg First Night, Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain,
Georgia and the National Civil War Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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