The Gathering Field's legacy began in a burned-out third floor in Grove Cit… Read Full Bio ↴The Gathering Field's legacy began in a burned-out third floor in Grove City, Pennsylvania when Bill Deasy, Dave Brown and Rusted Root percussionist Jim DiSpirito hunkered down for the weekend with guitars, tequila, microphones and recording gear. An obscure, rare recording was born out of that weekend, appropriately titled "The Lost Weekend" which was never made commercially available.

The Gathering Field line-up ultimately became Bill Deasy vocals and acoustic guitar), Dave Brown (lead guitar), Eric Riebling (bass) and Ray DeFade (drums). (After DeFade left the group he was replaced with Joe Zelek.) Their first independent release, entitled "The Gathering Field", was met with great reception around the region and they started playing to packed clubs. However, the band's popularity really skyrocketed when one of the region's most powerful rock radio stations, WDVE, began playing a song called, "Lost in America" and it remained in rotation for over 7 months. Based on the success of the independent release which bore the same name, the group garnered a major label deal with Atlantic Records, who re-released the CD.

Soon after they signed to Atlantic Records and "Lost in America" was re-released, there was turmoil at the label. The album charted on the Billboard Top 100 album chart, Radio and Records and various other industry publications but ultimately the CD and group got lost in the shuffle, largely due to Matchbox 20. When Matchbox 20 signed, the Gathering Field was forgotten, and the struggling band attempted to be released from their contract. When they finally succeeded, they released two more CDs; "Reliance" and "So Close to Home," the latter consisting of songs the band had played live for several years but never recorded. During that time Deasy also released a semi-acoustic solo album called "Spring Lies Waiting", produced by Brown. The band ultimately called it quits in 2002 and went their separate ways but their legacy includes a still loyal fan base across the United States and in several countries abroad, most notably (but not limited to) the Netherlands and Germany, where they received a stellar review in that country's edition of Rolling Stone. Lead singer-songwriter Bill Deasy now records as a solo artist and continues to be a prolific songwriter. His songs have also been recorded by several major label artists and used in a national television campaign for Good Morning America in which he also appeared.

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Gathering Field Lyrics

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Alcatraz Steven and I hitch-hiking Our day off to Hanover Beat up c…
Always A Reason I been down I been around I been lost And I been found …
And I Wanted I can feel you in the crowded bar room As I…
Another Man There is an ocean in the sky The road is a…
Are You an Angel Born with blue eyes filled with pain In March of…
Are You an Angel? Born with blue eyes filled with pain In March of…
Beautiful Land Strip away the bar and gun shop Strip away the lonesome…
Better Off Without Me We had our day in the sun And it was a…
Blue Sky Song The ties that bind unravelled on an August night She left…

Bordertown Stood a building by the river in a place called…
Bound to Be Raised on words like "punishment" and "God will get you…
Complicated Me Out in the deep end I'm alive, not that you…
Diadem She wears her sex like a crown She tears the little…
Dirt of Chimayo "Burn down the mission!" So said the noon day sun On a…
Distant Thunder Once you get a taste of freedom it's hard to settle…
Dylan Thomas Days Treetops spinning at the outskirts of my vision In the back…
Everything's Alright Well the check's in the mail, might get there by…
Fifty Lifetimes Child of fear, child of anger Traveler on the open road An…
I Believe! I Believe! I walked the world alone so long Lost on my…
I Don't Know As I travel down the path of least resistance I…
I Want to Be With You After all this time You're still feeding me that same old…
I'd Believe in God for You I walked the world alone so long Lost on my…
Information I was getting slightly intoxicated I was going half way out…
Look Inside Do you ever stop believing In the power of the…
Lost in America Snow on the railroad tracks Dogs in the moonlight Stoned…
Lost It In The Sun Guess I was not thinking about anything I guess I was…
Love Me Good Well I don't know why It makes me cry And…
Middle Road Take the darkest of the darkest nights Combine it with…
Midnight Ghost Destitute, desolation Angels eyes shine upon my curse Fr…
Morning Sounds I was dabbling in the affairs of the heart Against the…
My Serenity I want to get close to you But I don't know…
Promises In the dark heart of my journey On the dark night…
Proving Ground Here I stand On the proving ground Mortal man Hiding my f…
Rhapsody in Blue She got a tattoo of a bracelet on her wrist…
Right Where You Want Me I'm a fool You're a liar I'm a dry stick of wood You…
Simplify Thirty seven kinds of coffee Thirty seconds to decide As t…
Slightly Aimless I went down to Leo's Lounge To look at the faces,…
So Much Water I could go to anywhere, head hung low in shame Buy new…
That Night In a small, Pennsylvania town the kind that Looks like a…
The Heart of Everything In the dark before the day You're still drunk from yesterda…
The Reservoir My father told me, he told me, "Son, There was one…
The Soul is Human The crescent moon sits waxing in the clear, blue sky…
When I Put the Record On It started on a lonely Friday The world was gray and…
Who We Are Don't know why I run and hide Make myself so lonesome You…

Win You Back Suzanne The sunlight hits me and I shiver I rub the…

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