NEWS & UPCOMING GIGS:

Classic Rock Magazine: Southern Rock Issue

Santeria is featured in the August-"Southern Rock" issue
Of Classic Rock Magazine this month.
And the Santeria track "Come On, Baby"
Is also featured on the CD included with the magazine when you buy it.
Among 20 other new & old bands.
It's one of those glued-to-the-cover numbers.
If you're looking for it on the stands, Skynyrd is on the cover.
We're in listed, along with Down, Shooter Jennings, & others
As part of "The New Breed of Southern Rock."
In addition, all the old guard are heavily cited.
Blackfoot, Black Oak Arkansas, Skynyrd, & even Molly Hatchet, brah.
We've never shied away from the fact that we are indeed
"southern rockers" so we're really grateful that the cool folks at Classic Rock
Chose to include Santeria in this issue.
It's a good feeling and we thank them.
So Right On/Write On.
Go buy one if yr so inclined.

Dege

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Trailerville Used as Score for L.A. Play of Same Name

from The Dege Blog: In the jumble of things going on, I forgot to mention that about a month ago I was contacted by playwright Hannah Logan and director Eileen Galindo from the Ground Up Theater Company in Los Angeles. They're putting on a play called Trailerville. Same name as an instrumental CD of guitar-scapes I released in 2004.

Regardless, they're using the music for my Trailerville for their Trailerville, which is a really thoughtful play set in a Deep South trailerpark that explores the question: "Does where we come from determine who we are?" And...it avoids the cliches, etc. Good shit. It opened in L.A. last month (June) to good reviews. And it will run in NYC sometime in the next few months. From the Ground Up is the state's only bi-coastal Independent Theater Compnay. If you live in L.A or NYC, Go check it out and support the art of living.

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Slipping Through the Cracks Wins LA Press Award

The June '07 article Dege wrote for The Independent won Best Individual Feature at this year's Louisiana Press Awards.

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04.24.08 | The Botanist (8 pm), SANTERIA (10 pm), & Screams of Triumph (midnight) @ Renaissance.

04.25.08 | BROTHER DEGE (8 pm), Menwar, & The Bluerunners @ Blue Moon Saloon.

04.27.08 | BLACK BAYOU, The Fashion, + many bands at 307 Club downtown during/after Fest Intl.

Come out and have funs. Krishna of Santeria will be in town doing the Santeria shows. Ain't done one of those since July 4th, last summer. So come say hello and dig some rock & roll.

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Synclive at the Blue Moon
Fri. night gig at the Blue Moon in Laf. They're signed up with synclive.com to stream the show. Here's the player:

Watch this show and more at SyncLive.com

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Done Mixing the BBC Record.
Mixing of the Black Bayou Construkt record is complete and we are now getting ready to master the thing. Tentative title: Kingdoms of Folly. 15 songs total...don't know if all will make it, but one thing is for sure there's a lot of data/songs...and they range from a new wavey-sounding tune with a disco-y chorus to Mekong Delta blues atmospheric-dobro-black helicopter, barn burners like "Black is the Night."

Santeria, Year of the Knife. We're in the beginning stages of mixing and post-edits. Whatever that means...pretty much clearing out tracks. It's coming, too. Sit tight. Both records have promises that don't break.

Gigs coming as well...after all this studio shit is done.

Cablog. Getting a lot of emails about the ol'Cablog from all over the place. People love that shit...who would have thought? Cablog is still rolling and being written. There's been a few gaps in the frequency of the posts, but that's cuz I'm trying to get some records done at the same time. But it's there...or here...if you wanna read it. Warning: mature content (whores, crackheads, streetlife, drunks, etc)...not for the weak of heart.

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GIG ALERT: Black Bayou Construkt will be playing the New Orleans Cutting Edge Music Festival at Big Tops 3 Ring Circus Club in New Orleans on FRI. AUG. 24. Slot is at 1am at night. Late, late. Come. Our only NOLA show in a while.

RECORD ALERT: Currently mixing both the Black Bayou and Santeria records. No release date yet.

MIND ALERT: I'm going insane!!!!!! I need some A-Game motherfuckers to roll with.

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Article: "Slipping Through the Cracks: A Week on the Streets."

My Homeless Article runs in this week's The Independent:
"Slipping Through the Cracks: a Week on the Streets"

Slide Show-Interview Links:
Check these things out. Reese Fuller made them.
I did the interviews and the amazingly talented Terri Fensel shot the photos.

Allison | photo by Terri Fensel

Jason | photo by Terri Fensel


Keith | photo by Terri Fensel

*Thanks again to Reese for making these. And Scott for editing the piece.

Details
What with some of the homeless population in Lafayette
Ramping up a bit in the past couple years
I was curious as to who these people were
And what were they like
So I grew my beard out ("method writing"),
Packed a tiny bag and lived on the streets,
And checked it out for myself.
Among other things,
I slept under the I-10 bridge, roamed the dope alleys & highways,
and gained entry and temporary membership
To Lafayette's biggest homeless camp,
Which nobody knew existed--even myself.
Hint: It's in a big wooded field kind of right under the nose of the city.
It was an interesting experience and writing job, but also tough.
I cursed myself at times for taking on this task.
But thanks to help from Scott & Reese at The Indpendent,
I finally got the motherfucker done.
The article was kind of ungainly and about 2000 words over par
Just a couple weeks ago
But Scott helped me edit it, get it into shape, and make it lean.
I've always been curious about hobos and such.
Even wanted be one when I was a kid,
Not knowing the severity of the situation at times.
Guess I got to live out that "dream."
It ain't wasn't easy, though...but aside from some cursory "vibing,"
Most of the homeless folks were pretty friendly.
Watched out for me.
They fed me hamburgers, hot dogs, and beans every night
Cooked on open fire.
They're pretty resourceful--I'm a big fan of "resourcefulness."
I learned about showering in gas station bathrooms, shitting in the woods,
Gathering hot water from the Taco Bell utility hose after-hours,
Recyling aluminum cans for cash,
Dumpster Diving,
And filling Coleman Dual-Fuel mini-stoves with gasoline
Straight from the pump to cook on, etc...
Cool shit.
I dig stuff like that.
Having been on tour with a band, I was blown away
By the homeless folks' ingenuity at the pure Art of Survival
Somebody give those guys banjos and let them start a band.
They'll be unstoppable.
A lot of people in Lafayette are under the mistaken impression
That this new influx of homeless people
Are all Katrina evacuees--Wrong.
They're from EVERYWHERE.
Many from around here.
Like next door and up the street.
What with the economy and job-shit being somewhat fucked at times,
It's interesting to note that, Yes, indeed, many of us
Are just "one paycheck away from being where they are."
Fucking trip.
Keeps you humble.

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FRI.MAY.18 - GRANT ST. DANCEHALL - LAFAYETTE, LA - w/Amazing Nuns, & We're Only In It For the Honey

FRI.JUNE.1 - SOLO-DOBRO/SLIDE SET @  EGO'S - AUSTIN, TX - w/KEVIN SEKONI BAND

OTHER SHIT:
If yr bored and feel like reading some crazy shit, I'm still doing the Cablog: Diary of a Cabdriver shit on my myspace page. It's down-to-earth shit w/out a lot of lofty poetry-here-read-my-deep-thoughts-type-shit. Just honest, dirty low center of gravity streetiness. Get yr fix, before I quit the job.

BBC & SANTERIA RECORDS STATUS REPORT:
BBC and Santeria records on the way. Hopefully mid-summer release, maybe, but I don't wanna jinx it. Gonna be a Double Whopper of musicalness for yr radio-rotting ears. Count them TWO RECORDS of the kind of shit I've always done..psyouthern Deep South post-Americana sonic roots Mekong Delta Blues...plus some curve balls in there just cuz I like to try new shitz. Like classy shit, but with balls.

Start bugging those bastards at the record labels, and any bastards for that matter to carry the record in local shops...and even corporate souless record barns. Fuck it, we'll just take the shit over...as is my wont...if none of these wankers wanna put it out.

You know in a 500-square-mile area, with New Orleans as the epicenter and fanning outward in an arch, you've got the birth of Delta Blues, Ragtime, Jazz, Cajun, Zydeco, much rock & roll, etc...in the last 50-100 years...and yet Where Are All the Record Labels? Not here. They're in bigger cities, looking up the ass of a bunch of cranks with $50 haircuts. Maybe we can't afford haircuts like that, but hey, the water table is not that much older than it was when Blind Willie Johnson walked the planet, down here, so be warned, much great music is still being made down here...although you wouldn't necessarily know it with the crap some of these labels put out..by jokers down here. But hey, there's always hope...if not...there's semi-automatic weapons & cheap beer.

Keep fighting the Good Fight, people. I ain't dead yet.

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Look out, LA-LA-Land...

I'm gonna be in Los Angeles from Jan. 14-21 doing some solo-dobro shows. So if yr in the L.A. area, bring yr ass out for some
Mekong Delta Whiteboy Delta Death Blues.

HERE ARE THE DATES:
TUES. JAN. 16 upstairs at the Roxy (On the Rox)
THURS. JAN. 18 at the Cat Club

Also, I'm gonna be meeting with some peeps about
Possibly putting out both
The Santeria & Black Bayou Construktion records.

So if yr in L.A. and in A&R
Bring yr ass out and get ready ruck.

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SANTERIA REUNION DECEMBER GIGS:
We're back, fuckers! But we never really left
Or broke up at least.
Just took a long mofo'ing break.
Doing 4 shows in December, bring yr asses on out.

Here's the Dates:
FRI. DEC. 8 - 307 CLUB - Laf, LA
SAT. DEC. 9 - Northgate Tavern - Baton Rouge, LA
FRI. DEC. 15 - Renaissance - Laf, LA
SAT. DEC. 16 - Either Spanish Moon (BR) or One Eyed Jacks (Nola)
...we'll figure out which in the coming week. Stay tuned.

SANTERIA, BLACK BAYOU, & DEGE LEGG MERCH
We're in the process of loading the ENTIRE catalogue
On to the Lulu.com store site.
Along with all my books and crap.
In many formats, including:
-CDs
-MP3 Album digital downloads
-Printed/Bound books
-And whatever the hell else we can think of.

So if you wanna hear what the fuck Santeria sounded like
In 1997, you can hear it now.

Here's a link to the store: http://www.lulu.com/degelegg

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http://www.theind.com/cover2.asp?CID=-1060938998

If you're bored
...and haven't read the Nigerian Connection--
Fight Spam With Ham Thing
I did a while back,
You can read an new version of it in today/this week's
Independent Weekly.
Bust it online
Or pick one up at yr local coffee house or store place.
And send them an EMAIL ( indbox@theind.com)
or something saying "Right On"
or something like that,
If you liked what you read and want to see more of it.
Thanks for the supportage.

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"House of the Dying Sun"
Slide-dobro, acoustic version
Live. Sept. 13, 2006
307 Jazz & Blues Club
Lafayette, Louisiana

 

 

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ANATOMY OF A SCREAM VIII: Video Edition

Here ya go...

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(Webmaster note: The stuff from here down has been edited to trim this file some, but I kept stuff with links)

MORE NEWS

For this week only, you can preview the song "Jones 4 War"--a political-protest sort of track from the forthcoming Dege/BlackBayouConstrukt album. Can't download it yet, cuz we're actively trying to find a good label to put the record out,etc. Speaking of which, if you know any A&R persons or somebody that works at a record label, PLEASE send them HERE or to our myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/degelegg).
or
http://www.myspace.com/blackbayouconstruktion 

Unfortunately, after 10+years of recording/releasing our own records on the GolarWash label, we/I can't afford to do it again, I mean, whew, it's a lot of work, and it takes some cash, etc. Whatever, this is gonna be a killer record ( insert: sound of tooting one's own horn) and some lucky label, if they're smart and not a bunch of idiots, are gonna make some good $return$ on their investment.I mean, motherfuck, just think if "House of the Dying Sun" would've gotten a proper release & distribution.

Oh, the bullshit of it all.

Ok, enough with all that stuff.

I'm sick of talking or thinking about it.***

Also, Trailerville, the instrumental-improv-ambient record I recorded in a trailerpark in 2004, on 1 mic, is slowly being uploaded 4 tracks at a time to the Trailerville-myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/trailerville). I loaded up tracks 9-12 a few days ago. All of it is FREE...like a taco at a Tijuana Farting Contest, but unfortunately, due to file size constraints, I can only have four songs, max, loaded at a time. Actively looking for a Free site to load the thing onto. Possibly, we can do it here, at the home site, but I'll have to confer with Webmaster Lisa on the bandwidth/space specs of our server, but who knows? Small miracles sometimes happen. In short, I wanna release the whole of Trailerville, at one time, for free on the Net.

Trailerville Tracks 9-12 Up & Online Here: http://myspace.com/trailerville

9. Still-Life By Numbers                            7:45
10. Isolation Drills Manual                         6:48
11. Dudes in the Wind (All We Are is...)    4:42
12. Bad Meditation Music                         2:05

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02.01.06 | Mardi Gras, Santeria video, etc.

For yr viewing pleasure, here's the Santeria promo video for "High & Rising," directed & edited by Dug "Out" Domingue. Yeh, I know it's arriving about 2 too late, but better late than never. It's for "Bigfoot" movie, Prey, coming out with some Santeria music in it. The video was put together for promo use & the DVD. So there you have it. And for those that didn't know, Santeria was my old band ('94-04).