Dean Howard (born 7 May 1961, Greenwich, London)[1] is a guitarist who was part of Ian Gillan's backing band on the Deep Purple frontman's U.S. solo tour in August and September 2006.
[4] Howard joined after their debut album Bridge of Spies was released and original lead guitarist, Taj Wyzgowski, had departed.
He added a more heavy rock style of guitar work which was first featured on the re-recording of one of the tracks from Bridge of Spies, "China in Your Hand".
He remained lead guitarist on the group's next two albums, Rage[5] and The Promise, but has not been involved with the more recent incarnations of the band.
His post-T'Pau work includes the 2004 album, Volume One, which was written and recorded in two weeks at Rogue Studios, co-written by David Domminney (guitar/vocals), Andres Luengo (drums) and Russell Kennedy (bass) also featured guest vocals from Ian Gillan, Danny Bowes and Toby Jepson.