Deke Dickerson 6-week summer tour...in a town near you!

[Deke Dickerson]

Hi guys, I promised I would post my tour dates to the forum. Hope to see some of you out there on the road!

Don't miss Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics when they roll through your town! This massive 6-week tour is a wild ride, featuring three different lineups of the Ecco-Fonics and a trip to Spain in the middle of the tour! See you there....

The first leg of the tour features Deke along with Kevin Stewart (ex-Big Sandy) on bass and Bobby Tremble (ex-drummer for Big Sandy, Dave & Deke Combo, current drummer for the Bellfuries and Modern Don Juans):

August 20-22 Fortune Valley Casino, Central City, CO
August 23 Tambien Denver, CO
August 24 Zoo Bar Lincoln, NE
August 25 Knuckleheads Kansas City, MO
August 26 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
August 27 The Washington Burlington, IA
August 28 Mohican North Star Casino Bowler, WI
August 29 Mohican North Star Casino Bowler, WI
August 30 Porcupine Mountains Music Fest Ontanangon, MI
Sept. 1 Pioneer Place on 5th Theater St. Cloud, MN
Sept 4-5 Minnesota State Fair St. Paul, MN
Sept. 7 Schuba's Chicago, IL (with Joel Paterson, Jimmy Sutton, Alex Hall)

The middle part of the tour Deke flies to Spain to play the High Rockabilly Festival in Calafell, Spain, with Jimmy Sutton on bass and Bobby Tremble on drums:

Sept. 11 Blind Rage & Violence (Link Wray tribute act) at High Rockabilly
Sept. 13 Deke & the Ecco-Fonics at High Rockabilly

The third leg of this tour is a very special lineup featuring Deke and the Modern Sounds from Chicago--the best new band in the country! Featuring Joel Paterson on guitar, Beau Sample on bass, Alex Hall on drums:

Sept. 17 Saugatuck Brewing Company Saugatuck, MI
Sept. 18 Greek Town Casino Detroit, MI
Sept. 19 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
Sept. 20 Rodeo Bar New York, NY
Sept. 21 Baltimore TBA
Sept. 22 Taphouse Grill Norfolk, VA
Sept. 23 Tennessee TBA
Sept. 24 Southgate House Newport, KY
Sept. 25 Roots & Blues Fest Columbia, MO
Sept. 26-27 Beale On Broadway St. Louis, MO

For more information, go to www.dekedickerson.com

[bakeoboy]

I see you waited to leave Bakersfield out...haa haa.It was good to see you guys here!
Artie

[Veenture]

Happy pickin' Deke!

[zarfnober]

Deke, bring that Link tribute stateside!

Rocco

[Dennisthe Menace]

Deke,
Any chance of any Florida dates???

[Mr. Bill]

I hope I can make the Schuba's gig.

The Modern Sounds are a killer band.

If you can, get out to see any of these shows, because the combo of Deke with the Modern Sounds will be mind-blowing!

[brutus]

I will be at the Shubas show fer sure. Any forum people that end up going let me know.

[KRamone27]

I'm going to try to make the St. Louis show.

[Mr. Bill]

Last night's show was tremendous!

Deke was in rare form, I think he was breaking in a new comedy routine.
He played some new songs, some old songs and a few surprises as well (especially his first encore).

Most of the night he played his Deke model Hallmark, but he also used a Danelectro double neck (6-string and Baritone). And for one tune he traded places with Jimmy Sutton and played the upright Bass (Quite well I might add). Joel Paterson is a great guitar player, who also played pedal steel for about half the set. Joel and Deke did a few dual guitar solos that were really amazing.

Deke was using his old Standel amp, which has given me a new perspective on those things. But I guess that Deke could have played through a new Crate and still would have sounded great.

In any case, if he's coming to any place that you can get to, do it you will not be disappointed.

(By the way if you do go out to see him, ask him about the Spanish pronunciation of his name.)

[dubtrub]

Last night's show was tremendous!

I hope you were wearing your Mosrite Forum T shirt or at least introduced yourself to Deke. Yep! He puts on a great show. Glad to hear forum members are attending and supporting his shows. Hope to hear more positive reviews from forum members.