Deering and Down

Reverend Neil Down began his musical career in the late '60s, playing with blues legend Albert Collins. Over the next 30 years, he would collaborate with musicians and producers such as Henry McCullough and Jerry Scheff. He eventually released a solo album, American Friend. Lahna Deering grew up in Port Townsend, British Columbia. She began writing songs and performing in her early teens. At age 15, she migrated to the tiny Alaskan town of Skagway. After working as a maid and sales clerk, she got a job in a recreated gold rush camp for tourists where, as a madam called "Miss L...