Justin’s current Sutherland Records release has enviably been nominated in both the Best Folk CD and the Best Folk Song categories by the “New York City New Century Music Awards”. The latter nomination is for the CD’s self-penned, somewhat autobiographical, title song, “Whiskey Eyes”.

The multi-talented Devereaux spent most of the sixties and seventies living in Greenwich Village, his present residence and self-proclaimed “true” home, while pursuing simultaneous careers as an actor and folk singer.

During these and subsequent years, Justin displayed his singing and songwriting talents at such venerable NYC venues as The Bitter End, The Gaslight, Gerdes Folk City, The Fat Black Pussycat, The Speakeasy, The New York Folk Festival and numerous appearances on the long running syndicated “Joe Franklin” television show. Justin’s performances have taken him as far west as San Francisco, all thru New England, the mid-Atlantic states and as far south as Florida, New Orleans, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee, where he has quite a number of friends among the performing and writing community. It’s no surprise that he chose to record “Whiskey Eyes” there.

As if this weren’t enough, his acting credits include lead roles in such diverse stage productions as “Fiddler On The Roof” (Tevye), “Norman Is That You” (Ben Chambers), “The Impossible Years” (Dr. Kingsley), and “My Three Angels” (Josef). Although he has won critical acclaim for his acting from Off Off Broadway to Lincoln Center, Justin, not content to limit his theatrical talent, can take pride in his work as a director as well. Particularly, he has found great satisfaction directing authors in performances of their own works. Among these Norman Beim in the now renamed “The Professor Graduates”, (aka, “A Leg Of The Journey”), and George Dickerson in his own play “The Man Who Loved Butterflies”.

Justin also directed “The Artists’ Palette” for both stage and television; a production which won the John Jay College competition for one act plays. While on the subject of awards, he was both stage manager and set designer for “The Deserter”, Norman Beim’s winning entry in the coveted Samuel French competition for Best One Act Plays.

In his spare time (Ha Ha), Justin paints for relaxation. One of his beautiful compositions “Morning Seen” caught writer, recording artist, Jerry Merrick’s fancy so much that he used it as part of the artwork on his “Suddenly I’ll Know You” CD.

In conclusion let me say that after four decades Justin still performs regularly in his beloved Greenwich Village and those who are fortunate enough to share in his live appearances and or listen to his recordings are being treated to the sweetest voice this side of the late Burl Ives.

Tom Ghent

Regretfully, Justin passed away after a long bout with cancer in March 2006. 

We certainly do miss him, but he does live on in his music.

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