Blue Cheer Frontman Dickie Peterson Passes Away

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RIP

[dfwgator]

Second best version of “Summertime Blues” behind The Who’s version.

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http://www.bluecheer.us/

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That clip got a lot of airplay in the early days of MTV.

[massgopguy]

maybe he was flying low?

[dfwgator]

The ultimate “Garage Band.”

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I thought that was The Electric Prunes. They were discovered by a record exec who drove by and heard them playing in their garage.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Damn. They are all leaving us these days.
Time certainly DOES go by.
*Blah*
And I’ll be 40 next year. *SOB*
RIP - we still hear you playing, bro.

[gimme1ibertee]

Oh yeah!

[exmoor]

“I had too much to dream last night”

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Lengthy interview:

“THE ORIGINAL HUMAN BEING”: BLUE CHEER
THE DICKIE PETERSON INTERVIEW
By Gentleman John Battles
(Photograph by Jim Newberry)

(From Roctober #44, 2007)
http://www.roctober.com/roctober/greatness/bluecheer.html

[garyhope]

Perhaps you mean after Eddie Cochran?

[Fresh Wind]

Of course, you could never tell if that was “too much to dream” or “too much to drink”.

[garyhope]

I was fortunate enough to actually see and hear Blue Cheer perform “Summertime Blues” at the Fillmore East back in the 60’s.

Great hard ass rebellious rock song.

[GSWarrior]

Weren't they like "sludge" rock or something?

I might be thinking of Vanilla Fudge.

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I thought it was “Acid Rock” (wasn’t that the term before Heavy Metal when there were squealing loud and heavy guitars?.

They are still among the loudest bands I’ve ever seen and I only got to catch them in the modern era.

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Here's the famous debut:

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Concert poster. Be sure to use color safe all temper-CHEER...

Pink Floyd and Blue Cheer

Blue Cheer with Clifton Chenier, king of the Zydeco

[itsamelman]

Loud yes, but alas, their amps only went to 10...

RIP...