Dean Haitani live at The Curious Rabbit

With his unique finger style and soulful earthy vocals, Dean Haitani draws inspiration from blues and roots music, and his love of funk and old school R&B rhythms.

An accomplished guitarist/singer/songwriter, over the last 28 years Dean has toured the US, UK,NZ & Europe. His unique sound comes from his experimentation with the technical and his ability to cross many musical genres.

Dean has honed the craft of both acoustic & electric guitar and his dynamic live performance comprises of foot percussion, a variety of guitars (running octave, delay, distortion, phaser & wah effects) vocals & harmonica.

Dean is currently touring promoting his 15th studio album “Red Dust.

Recorded and produced by Nicky Bomba and Robin Mai (Black Sorrows etc). It reached #1 on the ABARAC Charts.

Over the course of more than 30 years, dean has evolved, developed, and challenge himself as a musician. Stylistically, Dean’s music is Roots Music – a melting pot of funky rhythms, jazzy influenced progressions, folk subtleties, country flavours & blues grit. Dean’s band shows range from raw 3 piece to full band.