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While living in Columbia, Missouri, Deke Dickerson formed the much loved garage rock band, The Untamed Youth. He was 17. In the early ’90s, at the age of 22, Deke moved to L.A. and has enjoyed great success as an excellent guitarist. He once had a regular column in Guitar Player, has written several books on guitar, he’s even scored and contributed songs to film soundtracks. Two of Deke’s songs are featured in the newest Disneyland ride, Cars Land, at Disney’s California Adventure theme park. In 2019 he won the Ameripolitan Music Award for Musician of the Year. And, the Hallmark Guitar Company of Maryland manufactured a Deke Dickerson signature guitar. Those of us who follow Deke know that he stays very busy touring – not just in the states, but also in Canada and Europe. He’s always on the go, but I managed to track down the one, the only, Deke Dickerson.

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Find out more about Deke at dekedickerson.com.

You can pre-order his book Sixteen Tons: The Merle Travis Story here.

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Kip Loui has made music in his hometown of St. Louis for years. He’s a co-founder of the annual music festival Twangfest, an event that’s brought music performers from all over the country to St. Louis for 24 years now. Kip has played in some great bands. Belle Starr, The Rockhouse Ramblers, The Transmitters, The High Dives, In recent years, Kip has teamed up to play and record with Diesel Island, a band whose often rotating lineup has featured Brian Henneman, Mark Ortmann and John Horton, all formerly with The Bottle Rockets. He’s also released solo albums, often with his wife, JJ on vocals, guitar and harmonica. I’ve known about Kip for years, but it was only recently that I realized he lives just a few minutes away. So on one fine evening, here in the outskirts of St. Louis, we had a great talk.

The music of Kip Loui can be listened to and purchased here at Bandcamp.

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Jon Langford was a founding member of The Mekons, a band formed by art students at The University of Leeds. After moving from Newport, Wales to Chicago, Illinois in the early ’90s, Jon formed The Waco Brothers, a country-punk group. In addition to playing music in many bands, he works as a producer on many records. 

Jon also writes books, has a comic strip, and creates a lot of artwork. It was great to talk with one of my favorite musicians and artists, Jon Langford.

Many thanks to This American Life and NPR for permission to use the excerpt from “Musicians Classifieds”. You can listen to the entire episode here.

Jon’s artwork can be found, and purchased at Yard Dog.

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Steve Scariano was in high school when magazines like Circus, Creem, Phonograph and Rolling Stone were not only publishing articles on guitar gods and rock ’n roll frontmen, but offering record reviews of bands one might not hear on most FM stations of that era. Steve loved reading about and discovering new music, and before long, he was playing bass for bands in and around St. Louis and Champaign. Record albums are still very much a part of his life. He’s surrounded by thousands of them in his office, tucked away in the lower level of Euclid Records. And those who know his story, know that Steve Scariano…has led a rock ’n roll life.

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Larry McCray spent his early years on an Arkansas farm, the second youngest of nine siblings. His older sister Clara introduced Larry to the guitar and to the music of the three Kings of the blues—B.B., Freddie and Albert. Virgin Records subsidiary label, Point Blank signed Larry as its first artist. And over the past three decades of nonstop touring and recording, Larry has shared the stage with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo,  and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.  His new album, Blues Without You, was produced by Joe Bonamassa. According to Joe, “Larry has a lot to say, and the world needs to know who he is.”

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Michael Goldberg’s new book: “Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey” goes deep into the life of a brilliant but doomed unsung genius who we lost too soon. Jimmy wasn’t just a great and unique guitarist, but a music pioneer. Michael met Jimmy Wilsey in 1982 at a Silvertone gig and a few years later interviewed him in 1987.  Not long after that, they became friends. His book tells the story of a charming, incredibly talented guy who ultimately succumbed to the dark side of addiction. It’s riveting, funny at times, heartbreaking and tragic, but fascinating – and hard to put down.

The book is available through HoZac and Michael is donating a very generous portion of the profits to Jimmy Wilsey’s teenage son, Waylon. You can order yours here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/wicked-game/

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I had a great conversation with Jimmy - at his rehearsal space! Surrounded by some fine guitars, we talked about his early bands, the tribute bands he’s been with, his gig at Killer Vintage and more. He loves his audience and his audience loves him.

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Multi-instrumentalist. Guitar virtuoso. Sonic innovator. Two-time Grammy nominee. All of these describe Tim Reynolds, who founded the electric power trio TR3, and of course plays lead guitar with The Dave Matthews Band.

I caught up with Tim and we discussed our high school years, playing guitar, playing to audiences large and small. And Tim even offers his thoughts on the universe.

For more info on Tim Reynolds and TR3, visit timreynolds.com

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Andy Conrad is a multi-instrumentalist who has released a total of 14 albums since 2003. All guitars, all instruments, all vocals and harmonies – every detail is provided by Andy.

An incredibly prolific and continually creative artist, he writes, arranges, mixes and produces his albums all in the basement of his home in Webster Groves, Missouri.

You’ll no doubt notice on these albums that his name is listed as Andy Conrad?, with a question mark. Why? Find out in this episode of Frets. Stay tuned.

Find, listen to and purchase the songs and albums of Andy Conrad here at Bandcamp.

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Born and raised in Nashville, Florence lives in North Carolina with her husband, drummer Will Rigby and their daughter Georgie. In addition to being a singer-songwriter, Florence has authored several books, is professor of American Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill and serves on the board of the Bob Dylan Institute. That’s a busy schedule. But Florence carved out some time to talk about it all.

Find out more at florencedoremusic.com

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A new album, Highways and Rocketships is coming soon. Meanwhile, you can buy Perfect City here at Bandcamp. The song “Christmas” featured in this episode is from Perfect City . The album was produced by Eric Ambel.

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