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A little story about Deke...I've known him about 20 years when The
Shockwaves [my first band, a surf band from San Jose] used to to do a fair
amount of gigs with Untamed Youth and The Phantom Surfers, or sometimes with
The Mummies. Deke was always the nicest guy. Time passes, I stay in surf and
Deke gets into roots rock, and I don't see him for at least 10 years. About
2 years ago he's playing in my town, and I go to see Deke Dickerson and The
Eccofonics. I'm standing outside waiting to get in, Deke walks up, and we
say "hello" just like it was yesterday. No egos at all. Deke is absolutely
the nicest guy to know.
Yeah, and one of the best guitarists and showman you'll ever see.
Get the dvd, it's great. I'm looking forward to the 2005 one, I hope he
releases it too!!
Stretch
Bill wrote:
Message: 14
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:19:26 -0000
From: "supertwangreverb" <>
Subject: Re: Deke's Guitar Geek DVD- Venturesmania!
Sounds cool! I saw some pictures on the Ghastly Ones site awhile
back, looked like a lot of fun.
I agree with you about Deke! Today, he makes some of his early
Untamed Youth stuff, which I still think is still EXCELLENT, look
sloppy, and he does stuff back then I will never ba able to.
He's coming to Chicago saturday night, as a side note, I'm currently
playing in a band with Deke's bassist Jimmy Sutton. So, hopefully
I'll get to speak with Deke, make an ass of myself, and be a dork
and offer him a copy of our album.
Bill
www.reluctantaquanauts.com
--- In , "Chris" <chris@b...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone seen the Deke Dickerson guitar geek 2004 dvd with the
> Venturesmania tribute? It is super cool!
>
> If this has been discussed before, sorry.
>
> Deke, Garrett from the Ghastly Ones, Pete Curry from Los
Straits,
> and Sugarballs Sprague recreate the Ventures Live in Japan almost
to a
> tee! They use orig. 60's sidejack Mosrite Ventures guitars, and an
old
> Mosrite bass, and 3 Fender showman amps. Its only 5 songs I
think,
> but really cool, and they sound great! Too bad it's so short.
>
> I'm tunin' the Mosrite amd warmin' up the Showman right now.....
>
> * It's official - I hate Deke Dickerson for his perfect playing
and
> showmanship......
>
> Chris
