Name	Ira Dean
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Naionality	American
Date of Birth	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Trick Pony was a Grammy Award-nominated American country music group formed in 1996 by Keith Burns (lead guitar, vocals), Ira Dean (bass guitar, upright bass, vocals), and Heidi Newfield (lead vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar). Under this original lineup, the group recorded three major-label studio albums: the gold-certified Trick Pony in 2001, followed by On a Mission and R.I.D.E. in 2002 and 2005, respectively. These albums produced eight singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which the highest peaking was 2002's "On a Night Like This" at #4.

In 2006, Newfield departed for a solo career, and Aubrey Collins was selected as the group's new lead singer. Following her departure in 2007 and Dean's in 2008, Trick Pony disbanded. Newfield released her solo debut album, What Am I Waiting For, in 2008 on Curb Records, while Burns founded a new group called Burns & Poe.