John grew up in a musical family in the Midwest. Hearing his older sisters play in the school band kindled an interest in music which led to playing the tuba. In college he started learning to play guitar on his own. One day one of his buddies brought over his drums. Although they were barely able to get through “Proud Mary”, John had an absolute blast, and has been playing live music ever since. He has played many styles of music ranging from country to oldies to disco, but his favorite will always be classic rock and roll.
His experience in the music business includes live performance, sound engineering, and recording. He has run sound for regional and national acts touring through the Midwest. Most notably he originated and operated the “Instant Replay” band, a popular variety act in the Midwest, from 1984 to 1999. Deering wrote and performed much of the material for Instant Replay album, “Ready to Go”, release in 1996.
John is the oldest member of MishMash and spends much of his time keeping the younger, more immature guys in line.
