Cailornia-born guitarist Mike Deasy, Sr. has been a positively ubiquitous presence in rock music -- with a few side-trips into jazz -- since the mid-1960's. Indeed, between recording work and soundtrack appearances, it's possible that he's been heard thousands of times, even by casual music listeners and television viewers. A sometime member of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew, Deasy's early recording work also included surf-instrumental releases such as The New Mustang & Other Hot Rod Hits (by the Road Runners) in 1964, and he worked in the orbit of folkie-turned-producer Curt Boettcher -- the latter's Friar Tuck & His Psychedelic Guitar (re-released 40+ years later on the Fallout label) was an early canvas for Deasy's work as an arranger as well as his guitar. He played on the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (and also on Smiley Smile), and all over the work of Elvis Presley, the Monkees, the Association, Johnny Rivers, the Fifth Dimension, Rick Nelson, Randy Newman, Spanky & Our Gang, and Tommy Roe, and was part of Fats Is Back by Fats Domino -- but he also managed to work in sessions with Irene Krall, Mel Torme, and Chet Baker. He might not be as well-known among the public as some session guitarists, but the chances are excellent that if you've heard a West Coast-recorded piece of class rock 'n' roll, pop-rock, folk-rock, gospel music, and even some jazz, you've heard (and even marveled at) his playing.