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Danny Dean And The Homewreckers

Band, *1997 US, Los Angeles
Rock
A.k.a. Danny Dean & the Homewreckers Easter Mercury Tilt Switch (2)

Danny Dean and the Homewreckers are an American neo-rockabilly band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1997, by punk pioneer Danny Dean who achieved commercial success at the golden age of MTV with a plethora of music videos and nationwide radio rotation with Easter (band) throughout the 1980s. They are recognized as one of the pioneering neo-rockabilly groups of Southern California at a time when it was unaccepted by the rockabilly scene and would not be accepted for another decade. They are predominantly known by their peers and fans for playing early 1950s suit-and-tie rock ‘n’ roll akin to The Tyrones, Freddy Bell & The Bell Boys, and Charlie Gracie & His Wildcats with a modern 80s twist and new wave influences of 80s goes rockabilly versions of covers such as: Adam Ants "Goody Two Shoes" (Danny Dean and the Homewreckers, The Rockabilly Lover album), the Psychedelic Furs "Pretty in Pink" (Danny Dean and the Homewreckers, Growl album) and the Cures "Love Cats" (Danny Dean and the Homewreckers, The Rockabilly Lover album) to name but a few. The Homewreckers have shared the stage with Bill Haley’s Comets, struck the first chord for Tom Ingram’s Viva Las Vegas, played the 4th annual Grease Ball in San Francisco, opened and toured with established acts like The Specials, English Beat, Big Bad Voodo Daddy, Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats, a Flock of Seagulls, Missing Persons, Berlin, Dramarama, the Blasters, Reverend Horton Heat, Real Life, and the General Public just to get us started but Danny Dean alone has guest appeared on stage with Gene Vincent’s Blue Caps, released over 36 albums and has performed 2500 live show and is still going strong. http://www.dannydean.com/

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Danny Dean Phillips voc, key, g US