Deke Dickerson "Echosonic Eldorado" 2013

Roots-Rock renaissance man releases his first "all-rockabilly" album, a solid blast of rockin' tunes from start to finish! With special guest star Duane Eddy on "My Eyes On You." - cdbabyWhereas Deke’s latest studio album, King Of the Whole Wide World, blended together rockabilly, western swing, rock’n’roll, country soul, honky tonk and more, Echosonic Eldorado stays within the boundaries of rock’n’roll and rockabilly.
One can hear the influences of Johnny Burnette (Little Innocent), Gene Vincent (Bop Wax sounds like a mix between Bop Street and Crazy Legs) and a lot of Sun sound, helped on that by guest pianist Carl Sonny Leynand in full Jerry Lee Lewis mode. Another Sun connection is the presence of Scotty Moore who introduced via an answer machine the instrumental Echosonic Eldorado. The term Echosonic came from the amplifier used by Moore on the early Elvis recordings and thtat’s no surprise to find Moore inspired riffs in that instrumental but with the Dickerson’s touch. Another guest is none other than Duane Eddy who lays his instantly identifiable twangy guitar on « My Eyes On You ». With lyrics like « I got a shiny Cadillac car, I got Duane Eddy on guitar » I can easily imagine the smile upon Dickerson’s face during the session.Another highlight is Deke’s Boogie Blues, close to Frogman Henry’s Ain’t Got No Home. As usual with Dickerson, the vocal is, throughout the album, perfect and no need to say that the guitar is hot. Beside the already mentionned Carl Sonny Leyland and in addition to Dickerson on guitar, bass and some piano, Chrsi Sprague sings some backing and harmony vocals and Crazy Joe completes the line-up on drums. Needless to say that you must have it. - By Fred Turgis - the Rockabilly Chronicletrax:

01 Little Innocent 02 I'm Getting Your Message Baby 03 Sneakin' All Around 04 Forbidden Love 05 My Baby Don't Love Me Anymore 06 Bop Wax 07 Don't That Prove I Love You 08 Big Guitar 09 My Eyes On You (With Duane Eddy) 10 Cut Loose 11 Echosonic Eldorado 12 Deke's Boogie Blues 13 40Th And Plum 14 I've Lived A Lot In My Time