found: Venuti, J. Joe in Chicago [SR] p1979:container (Barrett Deems, drums)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Deems, Barrett; b. Mar. 1, 1914, Springfield, IL; drummer)
found: Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed.(Deems, Barrett Bruce; b. Mar. 1, 1915, Springfield, Ill.; musician (drums), actor)
found: Feather, L.G. Enc. of jazz in the seventies(Deems, Barrett B.; b. Mar. 1, 1913, Springfield, Ill.; drums)
found: Notes, June 1999:p. 862 (Deems, Barrett; d. Sept. 15, 1998, at 85, Chicago; American drummer)
found: Oxford music online, October 13, 2017:New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Deems, Barrett (Bruce); born March 1, 1915?, Springfield, Illinois, died September 15, 1998, Chicago; American drummer; American drummer. His year of birth has been published as 1914 in reference books; [Howard] Reich's pieces for the Chicago tribune (from 1992) give 1913; however, in a questionnaire for this dictionary Deems himself gave 1915)
found: Social Security death index, October 13, 2017(Barrett Deems; born March 1, 1915, died September 15, 1998; last known residence: Chicago, Illinois)
