Daniel "3D" Deardorff (1952–2019) was a multifaceted artist whose career spanned music, storytelling, and mythological scholarship. As a composer and performer, he toured extensively across the U.S., Canada, South and Central America, and the UK. In the 1970s, he opened for Seals and Crofts, and in the 1980s, he appeared on national television. Deardorff produced acclaimed albums for artists like Tingstad & Rumbel and Michael Tomlinson. His book, "The Other Within: The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture, and Psyche," was published in an expanded third edition in 2022. ([mythsingerlegacy.org](https://mythsingerlegacy.org/about-daniel-deardorff?utm_source=openai))