Biography

About The Maypole
We'd like to inform the media and our friends about our new release coming out on July 22,2008 on Gear Fab Records entitled "Falling Angels".Two of the tracks were produced by Gary Vandy "Gotta Let Go" and "The Move".Gary has many Gold and Platinum albums to his credit. He is also a longtime friend of mine and my music.They are on the player. I hope you enjoy them.


The album features songs that I wrote in the early 1970's in amidst the chaos of the Vietnam War and the social impact of the war was tearing apart America and the world.My life was in chaos as well. Disco was King and it was hard for any other music to get heard. "The 70's were a pretty hard and interesting time for a lot of people including me.That's when I became an International Minstrel so to speak. I decided that there was no place on Earth that I wouldn't consider traveling to, and playing. To try to spread some good vibes.I ended up in Amsterdam and had some wonderful musical adventures in and around this magic city for much of the 70's period. "River Flow It Away" was recorded live in Amsterdam in 1976. It is a raw recording that demonstrates the energy the group had at the time. My son Tristan was born in Amsterdam at this time.I ended up raising him as a single father.My Mom Faye helped me with that. I took him with me on my travels.He turned out to be a fine man.With some things I have been very blessed.

I did that as best I could and the travels led me to experience some both wonderful and terrifying things about the world.From San Francisco to India, I have played for the people who I found along the way. Many great spirits have I met, who have taught me their own unique kind of wisdom and I soaked it up like a sponge, I am still soaking.Still looking for new places and people to play for. Someday, perhaps we will meet." Demian Bell