Deb Devi
During the pandemic, Debra Devi started live-streaming from her Jersey City living room. This grew into her popular full-band "Jamification Station" livestream, broadcast bi-monthly from drummer John Roccesano's Hoboken recording studio, Silver Horse Sound.
In June 2022, Debra released a live EP, Jamification Station Vol. 1, that she and John mixed from ProTools recordings of the livestream shows. The EP spent three months in the Relix/Jambands.com Radio Chart Top 30, reaching #5--pretty astonishing for a self-produced live record from an unsigned artist. John and Debra are currently mixing Vol. 2, for release in 2024.
Debra's previous EP, A Zillion Stars Overhead was recorded after she met then-Gov't Mule bassist Jorgen Carlsson backstage at the Beacon, and Jorgen suggested they record together sometime.
"I didn't think anything would come of it," Debra admits, "but six weeks later we were in the studio with drummer John Hummel. We put the basic tracks down in one incredible day of jamming." Debra produced the EP and was thrilled when her hero Sylvia Massy agreed to mix it.
Live, Debra leads "a ferocious guitar-driven band equally adept at sprawling psychedelic jams and terse soulful rockers." (NY Music Daily). Her core band is Kevin Jones on bass and John Roccesano on drums, plus a rotating crew of gifted keyboardists, including Rob Clores (Jesse Malin), Andy Burton (LIttle Steven, Cyndi Lauper) and Matt Wade (Samantha Fish).
Debra's growing acclaim as "one of the most remarkable guitarists on the East Coast." (Good Times) has led to festival dates from Memphis to Montana. She endorses Homestead Amplifiers, which builds custom amps for Gov't Mule, Gary Clark Jr. and Jimmy Herring. She's opened for Joan Osborne, Jesse Malin, Ana Popovic, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Joe Louis Walker and Marshall Crenshaw.
