Dusty Redmon
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Dusty Vaughn Redmon (aka DR, aka Mr. Dust) is an American guitarist primarily known for playing in Alternative rock band The Almost and former guitarist and songwriter for Beloved and Dead Poetic.
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[edit] Childhood
Dusty was born on May 23, 1982 in Winston-Salem, NC to Darryl and Joyce Redmon. He has a brother two years the younger, Josh. The family grew up in Kernersville, NC. Dusty grew up listening to his father's Grateful Dead records and outlaw country like David Allen Coe and Johnny Cash.
[edit] Beloved (US)
In 1999 along with Josh Moore, Joe Musten, John Brehm, and Matt Harrison(replacing founding member Shawn Dallas), Redmon formed influential indie/hardcore band Beloved. The band released an EP called "The Running" on Vindicated Records (later released by Solid State Records) and a full-length LP entitled "Failure On." The band tour extensively for 5 years, alongside bands like Norma Jean, Underøath, My Chemical Romance, Avenged Sevenfold, Zao, Further Seems Forever, Between the Buried and Me, Armor for Sleep, and many others. The band dissolved in 2005 after drummer Musten left the band.
[edit] Dead Poetic
After relocating to Philadelphia and getting married to long-time love interest Amanda Vaughn, Redmon joined friends and labelmates Dead Poetic. The band did light touring in his two-year stint, and recorded a record entitled "Vices" in January and February of 2006.
[edit] The Almost
Long-time friend Aaron Gillespie had invited Redmon to play guitar for his new project, the Almost in early September 2006. Redmon denied, thinking he was leaving for a tour with Dead Poetic. Only a couple of weeks later, he'd find out he'd be bandless. A few months went by, and Dusty received another call from Gillespie. Redmon jumped at the chance to be in a band with an old friend, and in early 2007 began rehearsing. The Almost released a record entitled "Southern Weather" on April 3, and toured with Saves the Day and Say Anything, as well as Paramore, This Providence, and Love Arcade to support it. The band is now preparing for a summer run on the Van's Warped Tour.
A myspacebulletin was released by the band on June 7th, 2007 in reference to the AOL Music Breakers contest where singer Aaron Gillespie asked fans to "please, please vote for us" as he warned fans that Dusty was a "sore loser."
On August 28, 2007, the Almost was musical guest on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show. Dusty wore a hot leather jacket and not his signature hat-Dusty has worn the hat for pretty much the past six months. His wife, fashion designer Amanda Vaughn Redmon, later verified that the jacket was actually from H & M and added "go figure, right?!"
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