Hot August Night – A Tribute to Neil Diamond

CLASSIC SONGS. TIMELESS MEMORIES.

Lead singer Dean Colley has been performing in rock bands since 1982, after leaving the University of Southern California, where he was studying biology. 15 years of playing in bars and regional fairs followed playing rock and roll covers with other local musicians. All the while, people began taking notice of Dean’s ever more prominent resemblance to Neil Diamond. Soon, audience members were asking Dean if he did any Neil Diamond songs.

After a trial version of Dean as Neil Diamond in a small club, he was offered a chance to perform for a community concert put on by a local Kiwanis club in 1996. From there, the show became known as “Hot August Night”, after the title of Neil Diamond’s 1972 live album recorded at the Greek Theatre.