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Event Information:
Hes back! Deke and boys return for Western Wednesday #71 with special guests Kentucky Mule doing a special all dance set! Wednesday, October 16thDoors: 7pm / Two-Step Lesson: 7:30pm / Show: 8pm$15 in advance / $20 day of the show21+DEKE DICKERSON AND THE WHIPPERSNAPPERSDeke Dickerson has devoted his long career to keeping Americas roots music alive while interjecting new creativity into genres of music that flourished in decades previous. Dickerson is 52 years old and has been carrying the torch since he was 13, playing in his first rockabilly band in his hometown of Columbia, Missouri. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 22 and proceeded to found his primary band, Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-Fonics, his newest group, Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers, as well as several side projects.Dickerson has provided rootsy music for a slew of television shows and movie projects, including scoring the music for a Paramount Pictures film starring Johnny Knoxville, Action Point.Dickerson has his own signature guitar, manufactured by the Hallmark Guitar Company of Maryland.Dickerson is currently writing the official biography of guitar legend Merle Travis. He also writes for several guitar magazines and had two books published by Voyageur Press, The Strat in the Attic and The Strat in the Attic 2. Dickerson is well known as a historian of roots music and regularly contributes liner notes to reissue projects for such labels as Capitol, RCA, Bear Family, and Sundazed.KENTUCKY MULEKentucky Mule is an alternative country band based in Santa Cruz, California. The vocalist and songwriter, Coleton Joe Tidwell, effortlessly weaves small-town storytelling and metropolitan modernity. This pairs well with an old-school outlaw rhythm section provided by his backing band of Scott Willis (lead guitar), Will Iermini (bass s cap to the full spectrum of country music while seamlessly blending in their outside influences.
Venue Details:
Moe's Alley,
1535 Commercial Way, Moe's Alley,
Santa Cruz, United States
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Event Venue
Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, United States
Tickets
USD 17.48
