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Guitariste
Rockabilly US né Derek Dickerson le 3 Juin 1968 à Creve Coeur, St. Louis
(Missouri).
A native
of Creve Coeur, St. Louis, MO, Deke Dickerson was born June 3, 1968. Growing up
on a farm gave him an interesting slant on life and certainly contributed to his
love of all things retro. By age 13, Dickerson's musical abilities began to show
themselves. Playing in bands around his home town allowed the budding prodigy to
nurture his growing talent. At 17, he and some friends from high school formed
their own band, Untamed Youth, a garage band that favored surf guitar licks.
During the course of time Untamed Youth was together, they operated as a
national touring act and released four indie recordings while gaining a strong
reputation in the Midwest. But Dickerson wanted more and moved to the West Coast
in 1991. He soon became entrenched in the L.A. roots and rockabilly scene and
eventually hooked up with the equally talented
Dave Stuckey, another
Midwesterner who had transplanted his talent to the West Coast. Together they
formed one of the premier hillbilly duos to come out of Los Angeles and released
two projects, the second being the highly acclaimed CD, Hollywood Barn Dance.
While with
Stuckey, Dickerson's expertise as a guitarist began to evolve into
the definitive Dickerson style. Part rockabilly, part surf, and rock & roll with
a strong dash of the Roy Nichols jazzy style of country guitar, Dickerson put
his mark on his brand of guitar playing. Sadly, he needed to move on yet again
in spite of the success of Dave & Deke and the overwhelming emotional connection
their audiences seemed to feel for the twosome. Parting ways was difficult and
their last performance on a hot summer's evening in 1996 at Jacks Sugar Shack,
located at the corner of Hollywood & Vine in Hollywood, proved to be a
hearbreaking experience for the SRO crowd. Yet, Dave & Deke never sounded better.
While tears were shed, both looked toward a future as solo artists.
Under the watchful eye of manager Allen Larman, the same man who guided the
career of Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
to success, Deke Dickerson spent the next year seeking out a band to join him
on-stage and in the studio. He had a vision built upon the sounds he loved from
days gone by, and found his dream band in a unit that he christened the Ecco-Fonics.
Armed with his "trademark custom double-neck Mosrite guitar", Deke & the Ecco-Fonics
began to meld together and played all around Los Angeles, Orange County, and the
West Coast. They were featured at such roots music spectaculars as the Irvine,
CA annual Fourth of July Hootenanny and the Viva Las Vegas rockabilly spectacle
in Las Vegas, NV.
An accomplished engineer and studio producer, in 1998 Dickerson went into the
studio in order to produce a solo project by
the Fly-Rite Boys sans
Big Sandy. Another critical success,
Dickerson was ready to take the Ecco-Fonics into the studio and record his first
solo effort. The result of those sessions in 1998 was the fall release of
Number One Hit Record on HighTone's HMG label. More Million Sellers
followed a year later; Rhythm, Rhyme & Truth was released in fall 2000.
http://www.myspace.com/dekedickerson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Dickerson
Talents : Guitar, Vocals
Style musical : Rockabilly, Alternative/Indie Rock, Retro Swing, Roots Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1995 | SP ESTRUS ES772 (US) |
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Asphalt Aisle / Midnight Swell |
| 1996 | SP ECCO-FONIC EF-1001 (US) |
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T.J. Tuck And Roll / This Is Ecco Fonic |
| 1996 | SP ECCO-FONIC EF-1003 (US) |
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Swingin’ In Outher Space / Diggin’It |
| 1997 | EP ECCO-FONIC EF-1009 (US) |
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SOLID SENDER - Beatin' On The Bars / Solid Sender / Sparkin' / Double Zombie |
| 1997 | SP ECCO-FONIC EF-1013 (US) (fan club single) | . | Bottoms Up |
| 1998 | SP R&R INC RNRINC 717 (S) |
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2 SMASH HITS - Tulsa Baby / Look At That Moon |
| 2004 | SP SPINOUT 45-016 (US) | . | Deke DICKERSON & LOS STRAITJACKETS - Town Without Pity / Bad Reputation |
| 06/2006 | SP PRESTON / ECCO-FONIC 1015 (US) |
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DEKE DOWN UNDER ! - My Baby Don't Love Me Anymore / Cut Loose / Eefin' Rock / Hey Worm |
| 2012 | SP MAJOR LABEL RECORDINGS ML45-1 (US) |
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Deke DICKERSON & The BO-KEYS - COUNTRY MEETS SOUL - Love Man / Hello Darlin' |
| 01/2013 | SP Major Label ML45-2 (US) |
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I'm A Trashman - Deke Dickerson & The Trashmen - I'm A Trashman / Torture / Bop A Lena / Brewski |
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Albums
| 10/1998 | CD HMG 3005 (US) |
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NUMBER ONE HIT RECORDS - Deke DICKERSON AND THE ECCO-FONICS - Mexicali Rose / Can't See The Forest For The Trees / Hot Rod Queen / Snatch It & Grab It / Lady Killin' Papa / Feelin' Low / What's That Cookin' / Jumpin' Bean (ECCO-FONICS & Larry COLLINS) / The End Of The Line / Sparkin' / Introduction (ECCO-FONICS with Claude TRENIER) / Poontang / Guitar In Orbit, Pt. 37 / I Gotta Date To Cut A Cake / Peroxide Blonde / Long Time In The Ground | ||
| 10/1999 | CD HIGHTONE 8110 (US) |
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MORE MILLION SELLERS - Deke DICKERSON AND THE ECCO-FONICS - Let The Good Times Roll / The Hatchet Man / I'm A Wreck / Rockin' Gypsy (ECCO-FONICS & Jonny NOBLE) / Nightmare Of A Woman (DEKE & JOHNNY, Billy ZOOM & the ECCO-FONICS) / Broken Down & Broken Hearted / I Gave My Heart Before / My Name Is Deke / You're My Cadillac (ECCO-FONICS & Hadda BROOKS) / Mean Son Of A Gun / So Long, I'm Gone / Tropical Island Boogie Serenade / I Think You Gotta Pay For That (ECCO-FONICS & Sonny LEYLAND) / Red Headed Woman / Closing Theme from Jerry Scoggins / Radio Spots for Disc Jockeys | ||
| 10/2000 | CD HMG 3013 (US) |
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RHYTHM, RHYME & TRUTH - Deke DICKERSON AND THE ECCO-FONICS - Will You Be Mine / Beat Out My Love / Have Blues Will Travel / Hot Rodder's Lament / Heartbreaker Of The Town / (If I Go To Heaven) Give Me A Brunette / Hello Blues / Where To Aim / C-A Boogie / Don't Push Me Too Far / Wang Dang Dula / I'm Lonesome / Headin' On Down The Road / Speedin' On Keystone / Where Am I Goin? | ||
| 09/2003 | LP 12" MAJOR LABEL RECORDINGS 104 / CD MAJOR LABEL RECORDINGS 001 (US) |
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IN 3-DIMENSIONS ! - I Might Not Come Home At All / Top Of The Line / Ain't Got A Reason / I Get So Lonely / Sittin' And Thinkin' / Wear Out The Soles Of My Shoes / Take The Long Way Home / It Would Be A Doggone Lie / Let's Go Wild Tonight / Bitter Tears / You've Been Honky Tonkin' / Too Hot To Handle / Knoxville Boogie / Gambler's Guitar / Pinball Boogie / Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die | ||
| 09/2003 | CD ROCK & ROLL INC. 20 (S) |
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MISTER ENTERTAINMENT - Burbank Hillbilles Theme / World's Greatest Sinner / Ain't Got A Pot / Your Love's Like A Faucet / Sparkin' [original version] / Double Zombie / Run Boy Run / Wishing Star / Mean Little Mama / Bottoms Up / If Teardrops Were Pennies / Switchblade Stomp / I Love Rock & Bowl / Trick Fueler / Foolish Thoughts / Find My Baby For Me / One Way Ticket / El Cumbanchero / In The Ghetto (In Tacoma) / Blistered / All Dressed Up / Wiggle Wobble / She's So Fine / Muleskinner Blues | ||
| 06/2004 | CD HIGHTONE 8171 (US) |
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MY NAME IS DEKE - Mexicali Rose / Hot Rod Queen / What's That Cookin' / Can't See The Forest For The Trees / Feelin' Low / Poon-Tang (with Claude TRENIER) / Sparkin' / Snatch It & Grab It / Rockin' Gypsy / Red Headed Woman / My Name Is Deke / Nightmare Of A Woman (with Billy ZOOM) / I Gave My Heart Before / Hot Rodder's Lament (with the CALVANES) / Beat Out My Love / Hello Blues / Will You Be Mine / Where To Aim (with the CALVANES) / Headin' On Down The Road / Where Am I Goin'? / Muleskinner Blues | ||
| 05/2005 | CD MAJOR LABEL RECORDINGS 2 (US) |
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THE MELODY BY DEKE DICKERSON - Heart Broken / Good Time Gal / Right Or Wrong / Looks Like I'm In Trouble Again / As Long As I Live / Safely In Love / Love Is Like A Song / Someone Used To Love Me / Mister Cheater / Waitin' On My Baby / Give Me All Your Love / Tell Me How / Double Naught Spy / Lookin' For Money / I Never Cared For You | ||
| 05/2008 | CD MAJOR LABEL RECORDINGS 3 (US) |
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KING OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD - King Of The Whole Wide World (introduction) / Deep River / I Can't Wait To See You (Go) / Misshapen Hillbilly Gal (with LUCKY STARS) / Put Me Down / Boone County Blues / Make Way For A Better Man / Itchin' For My Baby / Do You Think Of Me (with Mary HUFF) / Fool's Gold / Trumpet / Early For The Bell / Bomb Shelter (For My Heart) / Double-Clutchin' / King Of The Whole Wide World (reprise) | ||
| 08/2010 | CD MAJOR LABEL RECORDINGS 4 (US) |
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LIVE AT DUFF'S - DEKE DICKERSON & THE MODERN SOUNDS - Intro & Mexicali Rose / Snatch It & Grab It / Early American / Run Red Run / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Ain't No Grave Deep Enough / Good Time Gal / Misshapen Hillbilly Gal / I'll Go Down Swingin' / Honky Tonk Nighttime Man / Make Way For A Better Man / End Of The Road / Lover Come Back To Me / Hello Darlin' / I Never Cared For You / El Cumbanchero / Muleskinner Blues | ||
| 2010 | 2 CD FLOATING WORLD LOATM 6158 (UK) |
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NUMBER ONE HIT RECORDS & MORE
MILLION SELLERS - Deke DICKERSON
AND THE ECCO-FONICS :
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| 02/2011 | CD MAJOR LABEL RECORDINGS ? (US) |
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SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOTION PICTURE - THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WHITES OF WEST VIRGINIA - Mama / Train To Nowhere / West Virginia White Boy / Asphalt Aisle / Sorrow And Pain / Whose Baby Are You, Baby? / Medley: Theme Of Violence and Party At My Pad / I Love My Job / Darkness Breeds Contempt / Diggin' It / Moss On The Trees / Fortified Wine / Lonely Holler / Oh Dem Pills / Sorrow And Light / Mourning Light / West Virginia White Boy (instrumental track) / West Virginia Turnpike (unreleased demo) / Mousey Spy Theme (unreleased demo) / Guns Of Boone County (unreleased demo) | ||
| 2012 | LP 12" MULESKINNER MLP 001(US) |
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GREATEST HITS - VOLUME 1 - Mexicali Rose / Red Headed Woman / Beat Out My Love / Might Not Come Home At All / Wear Out The Soles Of My Shoes / Misshapen Hillbilly Gal / Rockin' Gypsy / Good Time Gal / Look At That Moon / Nightmare Of A Woman / Can't See The Forest For The Trees / Sparkin' / Hot Rodder's Lament / Muleskinner Blues | ||
| 10/2014 | CD YEP ROC YEP 2407 (US) |
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Deke Dickerson Sings the Great Instrumental Hits! - Deke Dickerson / Los Straitjackets - Fury / Honky Tonk / Magic Star / Theme from a Summer Place / Perfidia / Apache / Miserlou / Kawanga / Wild Weekend / You Can Count On Me / Walk, Don't Run / Popcorn / Sleepwalk / Pipeline | ||
| 2014 | CD Major Label MLCD-008 (US) |
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Bringing Back The Trash! - Deke Dickerson & The Trashmen - Olds-Mo-William / I'm A Trashman / Lotta Lovin' / Good News / Mother Trucker / Flippin' The Bird / Land O' Lakes / Real Wild Child / Psycho Bird / Brewski / Red '55 / White Lightnin' / Claudette / My Baby Does The Bird / Think Link / Bucket T |
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