Musings
Articles and thoughts from the mind of Deke
Bethune Retro Festival
The Bethune Retro Festival began to open for the day with lots of antique cars, a vintage fire truck display, and of course American 1950s rock ’n’ roll music bouncing off every building.
Day Trip to Normandy with Manuela and Naela
My friend Naela is small, but she’s a bit like a steamroller. It’s just easier to go along with her plans than it is to fight them.
RIP Marcos Elvis Elvis
I’m very sad to learn that my friend Marcos Elvis Elvis, the Spanish Elvis of La Mancha, passed away a couple days ago.
Unboxing Video for Guitar Geeks
Surfy Industries have figured out a way to get the tube tones of the Showman with their new Surfy Man preamp pedal…
Trees of Mystery
Today we drove from Eureka up to Klamath and spent several hours at one of my dream destinations: TREES OF MYSTERY.
Goofing Off in Sonoma County
Day off today: luckily this bunch doesn’t mind a bunch of goofing off and making terrible time!
August 2026 T-Shirt Organization
Getting shirts ready for the tour! Everything in the T-shirt bins was in disarray…
Podcast Research at the Opry Archives
This morning was another one for the books: I visited the Opry archives and interviewed my friends Tim Davis and Cameron Knowler for my upcoming podcast.
Ode to Keith Moon
What do I do before bedtime? Well, tonight I’m watching old live videos of The Who in the mid-1960s.
Deke’s House of Music Teaser
I’ve been working hard behind the scenes and accumulating a lot of content before launching my upcoming podcast/YouTube channel.