Deborah has been involved in music all of her life. Growing up, she was encouraged to play a variety of instruments and sing. It was not until Frey overheard Deborah playing keyboards at a local guitar shop, that her talent was truly unmasked and brought to the forefront. Originally playing bass lines on the keyboards; Deborah back-lined Oceans. This allowed her to be creative with syncopation and reggae beats. Deborah recalls the most influential key player she ever met. “We were playing the Fine Line in Minneapolis with Ipso Facto, they had this thick funk bass with a reggae key, so I had to meet up with the key player. He had been playing keys as a recording artist for over thirty years, and he spoke to me as if we had known one another all of our lives. He shared techniques and secrets of the trade. Killer!”