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Sixteen Tons: The Merle Travis Story (BMG Books, 480 pages) 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. A world-class guitarist who dazzled audiences with his Kentucky thumb-picking style, Merle was also a pioneering country songwriter who wrote such classics as “Dark as a Dungeon” and “Sixteen Tons.” Additionally, he was responsible for early electric guitar innovations in the 1940s, and was a gifted actor, writer, and cartoonist, among many other talents. Coming in May 2022… Pre-order now!!

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Live Dates

January 15, 2022	Beat Farmers Reunion Show @ Belly-Up Tavern	Solana Beach, CA	special guest with surviving members of the Beat Farmers
January 27, 2022	The Quarry	Bisbee, AZ	as Deke and the Whippersnappers, with Franks and Deans
January 28, 2022	Yucca Tap Room	Tempe, AZ	as Deke and the Whippersnappers, with Franks and Deans
January 29, 2022	Yucca North	Flagstaff, AZ	as Deke and the Whippersnappers, with Franks and Deans
February 3-6, 2022	Rockin’ Race Jamboree	Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain	with Bloodshot Bill
February 17, 2022	Will’s Pub	Orlando, FL	with Bloodshot Bill
February 18, 2022	TBA	Tampa, FL	with Blind Rage and Violence
February 19, 2022	Rockabillaque Festival, Seminole Casino	Immolokee, FL	with Bloodshot Bill
February 25, 2022	Greg Germani Benefit @ Star Bar	Atlanta, FL	with the Beard-O-Fonics
April 14-17, 2022	Viva Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	Guitar Geek Festival, Dave and Deke Hillbillyfest, more TBA
April 22-24, 2022	Good Rockin’ Tonight Festival	Attignat, France	with Deke (backed by Don Diego Trio) and Dave and Deke (backed by Don Diego Trio)
June 16-20, 2022	Rockabilly Rave	Camber Sands, England	as Deke and the Whippersnappers
July 1-3, 2022	V-8 Brothers Village	Hooglede-Gets, Belgium	backed by the Don Diego Trio

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Book Writin’

Sixteen Tons: The Merle Travis Story (BMG Books, 480 pages)—the first-ever full-length Merle Travis biography, forthcoming in May 2022—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. Pre-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.

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Musings

Articles and thoughts from the mind of Deke

Rickenbacker Guitars: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fireglo

If any of you guitar geeks out there have Martin and Paul Kelly’s other book, Fender, the Golden Age: 1946–1970, then you’ll know the sort of quality I was expecting with their new book about Rickenbacker.

Glyn Johns: Sound Man

Glyn Johns’s Sound Man is one of those books I wished would never end. What a crazy career by a guy who seems super nice, super smart, great ears (of course), and full of British humor.

Vintage Standel Guitars

I’ve always wondered how come no young kids ever started playing these 1966–67 Standel guitars in their garage bands. They have a visually pleasing design, don’t cost too much money, and are unique and cool looking. I’ve done years of research and fact-finding on them.