Musings

Articles and thoughts from the mind of Deke

Link Wray Home Movies

Link Wray Home Movies

Ready to have your mind blown? In honor of Link Wray FINALLY getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tonight, enjoy these Link Wray home movies from around 1960–64

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San Diego’s Balboa Park

San Diego’s Balboa Park

This morning, with a few hours to kill, I decided I was going to check out Balboa Park. I had always heard about it, but I had only driven by it, never taken the time to walk around inside.

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ARSC Award for Excellence

ARSC Award for Excellence

I won an award for best history research in the folk and country music category for the Merle Travis book. This is a big honor, thanks to the folks at ARSC! I really appreciate it.

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RIP Mac “Trashcan”

RIP Mac “Trashcan”

If you’re a Mac person, remember when these came out? They were ridiculously expensive new, and universally ridiculed for their “trash can” appearance

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