Dean Eclar (guitarist/vocalist) performs every Wednesday at One Sportsbar along F. Castillo in Project 4, QC just at the back of Hi-Top along Aurora Blvd, very close to the Anonas station. The place offers cheap beer at P25 plus P65 per hour billiards. Check it out! Jamming is free, bring your gears.
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Dean or Ferdi to close friends had been a member of Machine, City Born, Euphoria and AMO playing at different Shakey’s Pizza Pubs in the 80s. He’s got the moves and his voice easy and melodious on the ears. They played in concerts around Manila – the Pinoy Woodstock and a tour of Luzon cities Olongapo, Naga, Laoag, Baguio, etc. While a member of Machine and City Born, he went to Kumamoto City and Oita, Japan in 1984 and 1989. In 1990, he went to Switzerland and then stayed for 13 years in the U.S.; there sang in Florida, fronted for Imelda Papin in Boston, Massachusetts and played with the Classics Band in Maryland. He had performed for various Fil-Am organizations in the Washington, D.C. area; numerous events and notably, at the State Department’s New Year’s party for two years, 1993-1994. He owned Golden Bowl Restaurant in Virginia for 5 years, 1996-2001 and became its owner, chef, entertainer and PR man. He came back to the Philippines in 2002, opened a restaurant called Options in Tomas Morato, Q.C. for 1 ½ years, and played with Smoking Machine and Megatone. He also had Retrock Band which played at Adelaide Bar, Dapo’s, In & Out, Dencio’s Banawe, Aldo’s, Ardi’s and Corik’s; Megatone which played at Moomba, Far Side of the Road, Hobbit House, Amazonia, Manila and at Fuente Circle and OJ’s in Eastwood City.
