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Deke and the Whippersnappers 7-inch

Hot Roddin’ with Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers

“Hot Roddin’ with Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers” is available NOW! Hot off the presses, here is the brand-new release with the hit “Ridin’ With The Devil (Goin’ Fast as I Can Go)” and three other hot-rod-themed songs!

We have a limited number of red vinyl 7-inch EPs (with bonus CD included). These will sell out instantly, so get your copy now! If you’re seeing this, that’s what you’ll get, but once they’re gone, we’ll be shipping the black vinyl version.

You can also purchase a high-quality download of these tracks here!

Live Dates

Sept 1 Hamtramck Labor Day Festival Hamtramck, MI as Deke and the Whippersnappers
Sept 2 Frankie’s Toledo, OH as Deke and the Whippersnappers
Sept 3 Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH as Deke and the Whippersnappers
Sept 4 Private Party Indianapolis, IN as Deke and the Whippersnappers
Sept 5 Cooper’s Landing Columbia, MO as Deke and the Whippersnappers
Sept 6 Gene’s Country Club Pevely, MO as Deke and the Whippersnappers
Sept 7 The Dugout Springfield, MO as Deke and the Whippersnappers

Book Writin’

Sixteen Tons: The Merle Travis Story (BMG Books, 480 pages)—the first-ever full-length Merle Travis biography—is the story of Country Music Hall of Fame member Merle Travis, a brilliant, multi-talented, and deeply troubled artist who is widely considered a genius. Order it now via the button at right! Also check out Deke’s two earlier books:
 
The Strat in the Attic: Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology (Voyageur Press, 256 pages), in which musician, journalist, and “guitarchaeologist” Deke Dickerson tells the true tales of 50 thrilling rare guitar finds. Foreword by Jonathan Kellerman.
 
The Strat in the Attic 2: More Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology (Voyageur Press, 256 pages), with even more stories behind dozens of astounding guitar finds.

Musings

Articles and thoughts from the mind of Deke

Memories of Ron Testerman

Memories of Ron Testerman

Ron was a freewheeling bachelor who loved women and cars and planes and having a good time. He wasn’t particularly interested in all the serious, “settling down” nonsense that all the churchgoing people we knew were so concerned with.

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Al Hartel and the Mosrite “Surfrite” Guitar

Al Hartel and the Mosrite “Surfrite” Guitar

I spent the afternoon with Thomas Hartel, whose father, Al Hartel, made the famous “Surfrite” surfboard Guitars for Mosrite in the 1960s. Thomas contacted me recently after seeing a video I shot at Norman’s Rare Guitars.

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A Visit to Ridgecrest, California

A Visit to Ridgecrest, California

Yesterday I drove up to Ridgecrest, on the edge of China Lake (where the Navy has their Naval Air Weapons Station), close to Death Valley. You don’t accidentally go to Ridgecrest. It’s a town on the edge of nowhere out in the hot California desert.

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Videos

These and more on the Deke Dickerson YouTube Channel

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