Western Swing: April 2009 Archives

Roy Thackerson, the Fingerless Fiddler

We saw Roy play at the Texas Cowboy Reunion a couple of years ago. Amazing. (Via Deke Dickerson's Wonderful World of Weirdness.)

Deke Dickerson @ Mercury Lounge, Saturday

Jennifer Chancellor describes Deke Dickerson as "Retro-fantastic guitarslinging and woe-eyed tales mix rockabilly, surf rock and jazz." What's not to like? His "Misshapen Hillbilly Gal" is a Hank Thompson-style western swing number with some nice twin-guitar work.

APRIL HONKY TONK/SWING SALE! | Bloodshot Records

In honor of an upcoming release by Wayne Hancock, Bloodshot Records is offering special deals on western swing and honky tonk CDs, including the Pine Valley Cosmonauts Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills ($6.75) and Crazy Rhythm, a collection of Hank Penny transcriptions from the 1950s ($5.75). (Via @michelet on Twitter.)