Music video — The Woody Nelsons, covering Deke Dickerson’s “Hatchet Man” at Martin’s Downtown last Sunday
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Roanoke rockabilly cats The Woody Nelsons opened for Wayne “The Train” Hancock on Sunday night at Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill. The trio turned in a cool set of rockabilly and jump-swing music.
Here, the band covers the Deke Dickerson Leiber & Stoller song “Hatchet Man.”
With B.B. Rierson smoothing the guitar, Tom Dorathy chunking the upright bass and Marty Young brushing up that snare drum, it’s a groove. This band is worth catching.
July 10, 2012 - 5:36 PM
Thanks Tad. I hope the response was pretty good for Wayne Hancock. It kills me that I missed him, I really hope he gets around here again soon. And when the heck is someone gonna book Deke? He plays the east coast at least once a year, Richmond almost every time, and he has those Blacksburg/Floyd County roots. C’mon somebody-book Deke! He shot a man in Roanoke just to watch him die (see @:53 sec):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfp60bzTKgs
It was a good enough Sunday night turnout, compared to others I’ve seen in this town, Pete. I’ll bet he’ll be back. And here’s a +1 on bringing Dickerson to town!
While The Woody Nelson’s cover is closest to Deke’s version, this song was written by Leiber & Stoller. First recorded by The Robins, then The Coasters, all cool versions of a cool song!
Thanks for the info, Marshall!