Christopher Booker:
After two albums as a founding member of The Pixies, Deal purchased this house and returned to where she was raised. And since then, this tiny, subterranean space in Dayton, Ohio, has served as the launchpad for everything that came after.
First it was The Breeders, the band that includes her twin sister, Kelley, fellow Dayton, Ohioan Jim MacPherson, and bass player Josephine Wiggs. Their breakout album, “Last Splash,” stands as one of the most important records of the ’90s. Later came a brief side project with MacPherson called The Amps, and, most recently, at 63 years old, her very first solo record.
Do you remember how old you were when you wrote your first song, and more importantly, kind of what that felt like?
