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Hereīs the latest and greatest thing to come out of Sacramento since I donīt know what. Itīs this mystery band called THE REAL BAD NEWS with their debut album "Black & White & Red All Over". This act, which reminds us so much of the legendary UNTAMED YOUTH, can really lay down the 60īs frat thing with a lot of feeling and guts. They were discovered by Deke Dickerson while they opened for him in Californiaīs capital city. Give a listen - itīs straight forward rockīnīroll with a decided bent toward the pre-BEATLES sixties (justdig all that glorious organ and tenor saophone). And man, they even have their own theme song. Not much is known about the band, but if you listen to the brilliant vocals, you seem to hear Deke Dickerson singing. Hmm, is there maybe even a closer contact between him and the band, than we all thought?! Who knowīs. Fact is, that the album got engineered and produced by Deke Dickerson and that heīs written the liner notes too, so letīs listen to what heīs saying about them. " In the last couple of years, "garage rock" has made the headline with such acts as the WHITE STROKES. I havenīt really taken a fancy to any of these bands, personally. To me, they just donīt have any HEART or any SOUL. I had just about given up on this "garage rock" phenomenon until that fateful night at Old Ironsides in Sacramento, California, when a band called THE REAL BAD NEWS open up for me. These guys were awesome! They were a real garage band, but they werenīt a cookie-cutter-cover band like those 80īs Vox Wig TM bands. They wrote great original songs, like "Weīre the Bad News", "Donīt get me wrong" and "Cast the fist stone". And when they did do a cover, they would take a great song like Ray Charlesī "Leave my woman alone" and turn it into a raving garage classic. The even took Faron Youngīs country classic "Hello walls" and made it into a RIVIERAS-style organ frat pounder! These guys are geniuses! I decided to take this group of miscreants into the studio, to claim their own slice of the "garage rock" pie. If those guys donīt hit it big, Iīll eat my hat! They have all the necessary ingredients - Nate Forretsīs excellent singing, Henry Dantillīs blazing guitar work, Leo Sutterīs harmonies and solid rhythm guitar and of course the secret weapon, the "cuteness factor" of Billy "the Kid" Lakeson that is sure to make these guys the next HANSON. Iīm telling you, these guys cannot miss! Any band who writes a song about Krispy Kreme donuts are kings in my book. I hope that you feel the same way." So you can clearly see, Deke Dickerson is mad about these guys, and Iīm sure if he would not have been in the UNTAMED YOUTH, he would try to join them. A true trademark of quality this certainly is!
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