| World Renowned Deke Dickerson and the Eccofonics |
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on Broadway summer roots rock series continues Saturday,
May 27th with the world renown Deke Dickerson and the Eccofonics.
Considered by many to be finest rock-a-billy guitar today. Be sure
to see his website for all media, www.dekedickerson.com
Showtime is Saturday 5/27, at 9pm. Tickets are $7.00. Special guest
appearance by the St. Louis' own award winning "Scott Kay and
the Continentals". Both acts will be rotating sets for the whole
evening for a great house party feel.
Deke's Bio: The Melody Deke Dickerson
cuts a huge figure, both literally and figuratively, in the landscape
of American roots music. In a world where cartoonlike "retro"
and "revival" acts come and go with the seasons, Deke has
maintained an entirely different standard of musicianship by continuing
to do what he does best, mixing the best American musical styles of
the last five decades.
He is regarded as one of the most respected and versatile guitar players
around, even prompting Reverend Horton Heat to declare on his web
site that Deke is "the best rockabilly guitar player in the whole
world!" In the Americana genre he is regarded as a true musicologist,
mixing together genres as disparate as old-time country, rock and
roll, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, and surf. In rockabilly he is acknowledged
as one of the very top acts in the world and regularly headlines festivals
from Las Vegas to Finland.
Deke's music has appeared in a slew of movie and television soundtracks,
most recently in last year's Oscar-winning movie Sideways and the
TV show Monster Garage.
Deke's latest brainchild is his newest record, The Melody. "I
wanted to put out an album of songs that had such strong melodies
that they simply wouldn't leave your head," he explains. "It's
not a 'pop' album as some people have assumed. It's the same mixture
of my favorite American forms of music that I've always played, but
done in a way that will make every song stay in your head for weeks.
Each one I chose had such a memorable melody that it affected the
whole project."
Most of the songs are originals by Deke, from the rocking "Someone
Used to Love Me" to the doo-wop ballad "Love Is Like a Song"
(featuring Deke singing all four parts of a harmony doo-wop group!)
to the honky-tonk story-song "Good Time Gal." Sandwiched
in between are some choice covers, including Willie Nelson's "I
Never Cared for You" (redone as a spaghetti-western surf ballad)
and Jerry Lee Lewis's rollicking "As Long as I Live." Deke's
right-hand man and Ecco-Fonic drummer extraordinaire Chris Sprague
contributes two numbers, "Right or Wrong" and "Give
Me All Your Love."
Musically, The Melody is Deke's strongest album yet. He made a conscious
decision this time around not to feature any guest stars; the band
includes only a few core musicians whose strengths serve to highlight
the focus of the songs. In addition to Chris Sprague on drums and
harmony vocals, there's Jimmy Sutton (Mighty Blue Kings, Four Charms,
Wayne Hancock) on bass, Carl Sonny Leyland (Big Sandy's Fly-Rite Boys
and an incredible solo musician in his own right) on piano, and Dave
"D.B." Berzansky (Hacienda Brothers) on steel guitar.
Throughout The Melody, Deke Dickerson proves once again not only that
he appreciates the many different worlds of roots music, but also
that he excels at their performance and has fun doing it. He pushes
the boundaries and demonstrates that, unlike many of his contemporaries,
he will not be content to cover the same ground over and over again.
The CD sets a new high-water mark for roots musicians everywhere.
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