I was exposed to the revelry and tragedy that coincide in a honky-tonk town. The party that had started on 16th Avenue, just across Roxbury from the Seattle City limits at the end of Prohibition and persisted through the war years was grinding on, pulverizing the souls of those who had lost track of time and found that their elbows were rooted deeply into the bar. Friday and Saturday nights the music would begin as the carousel atmosphere came to life. Horace the cop was law, West of the Pecos. Sunday at mid-night, the Blue Laws turned it into a Holy Ghost Town.
Saturday mornings, the Little Rascals would make their way down 16th, past the taverns, to the Roller Rink. Peering into the Glendale through the smoke stained windows, one could see the stage at the far end of the dance floor where a drum set stood triumphantly. Ah, Show Business. The course of my life was set.
The rest is a blur of garages bands, second rate sock hops, a tour of duty in Vietnam, more garage bands, keggers, and open mics. The lines between fantasy and reality, truth and legend are obscure, but one thing is sure, the collection of songs known as White Center Style Blues is as real as the nose on your face and as serious as a heart attack.
Join me for a season in the Underground Spring as the leaves dropping from the trees drift on to a confluence with the river Styx.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | April 27th, 2008
This week a rare acoustic performance from
GE5 with amazing harmonies and some great tunes from their new CD.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | April 20th, 2008
Bruce Hunt brings his clean vocals and excellent original material to the Underground Spring this week.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | April 13th, 2008
Karl Thurmond drops by Underground Spring this week to share some excellent original material, and as Karl says "There ain't a @#! thing you can do about it."
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | April 6th, 2008
Ric Gilman is in the studio all the way from "you can't get here from there" Wisconsin. Ric plays some outrageous and inventive guitar.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | March 30th, 2008
Becca Rae joins Doug in the studio to share some terrific original music, and her powerful, honest voice.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | March 23rd, 2008
Robbie Walden is in the studio this week with some fabulous story songs, great guitar, and spirited conversation.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | March 16th, 2008
This week
Dustin Lafferty from the local group
9 Pound Hammer drops by for an acoustic set of great, original music.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | March 9th, 2008
Tee from Tacoma joins Doug in the studio this week for some awesome original R&B and conversation.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | March 2nd, 2008
"Professor" Fred Hopkins brings his wit, knowledge of local music history and great original music back to the Underground Spring this week.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | February 24th, 2008
The Little Brothers Band drop by the studio to chat and play some original Alternative Country and share their great harmonies.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | February 17th, 2008
Jerin Falkner returns to the Underground Spring this week with her amazing voice and songwriting talent.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | February 10th, 2008
This week Doug gets together with
Paul "Big Red" Wilson from Aggressive Ministries for some outrageous music and a great testimonies
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | February 3rd, 2008
Loredana Ribera a local high school senior drops by the studio to play some terrific original material and chat with Doug.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | January 27th, 2008
This week
Roy Douglas joins Doug in the studio to share his songwriting talent and awesome guitar work.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | January 20th, 2008
Guest
Stevie Carman from White Center is in the studio this week with some great Folk, Blues and conversation.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | January 13th, 2008
Guest
Carrie Clark joins Doug with a uniquely refreshing selection of songs from her CD,
Seems So Civilized.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | December 30th, 2007
Guest
Kurt Lindsay playing awesome original music for our last show of 2007.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | December 23rd, 2007
This week it's a special Christmas show with guest
Fred Hopkins for the season.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | December 9th, 2007
This show is a
Best Of Underground Spring with music and conversation from past shows.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | November 18th, 2007
This week Doug hosts
Meredith Connie with some great original material and a sweet sound from down under.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | November 11th, 2007
This week Doug hosts
Voxxy Vallejo, a dynamic duo that put their own spin on a very earthy blues sound reminiscent of San Francisco in 1967.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | November 4th, 2007
Doug jams with this weeks guest
Dionysos (Dennis) Deem, who serves up a sizzling platter of homemade songs and fresh conversation.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | October 28th, 2007
Fred Hopkins returns to the Underground Spring to join Doug in a fast paced Halloween extravaganza. A special Halloween edition of Underground Spring. Doug & Fred play great original Halloween music.
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Underground Spring with Doug Deems | Best Of White Center Style Blues
It's the Best Of White Center Style Blues written and performed by the host of Underground Spring Doug Deems.
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Underground Spring with Jerin Falkner | October 14th, 2007
This week the get to know the titillating, tantalizing tunessence of Ms.
Jerin Falkner playing live in the
Tune In Seattle studio for a bit of conversation and a ton of awesome original music.
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Underground Spring with Steve Lalor | October 7th, 2007
Steve Lalor joins Doug with great conversation about the turbulent sixties, the war in Vietnam, and his experiences at the epicenter of the Summer of Love along the West Coast and beyond.
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Underground Spring with Tim Hogan | September 30th, 2007
Tim Hogan brings his well produced studio sound to Underground Spring along with conversation about the Seattle and Los Angeles recording scene. Tim joins us via telephone from Arizona.
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Underground Spring with Allan Boothe | September 23rd, 2007
Dougs guest is
Allan Boothe, who stretches his songs thinly across an abyss of dissonance and captivates the listener into joining him for a tightrope walk that places them on the brink of discord and then plants them on the other side of the song.
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Underground Spring with Jeremy Hoog | September 16th, 2007
Jeremy Hoog joins Doug with his own recipe for music. A heaping helping of guitar seasoned with insightful poetry, brought to a passionate boil, and served generously on this weeks show.
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Underground Spring with Kevin Currie | September 9th, 2007
Kevin Currie joins Doug to share some of his current work with the power house group White, featuring Alan White, formerly with Yes, and his lyrical contribution to the unique sound of Merkaba.
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Underground Spring with Fred Hopkins | September 2nd, 2007
On the debut show, Doug welcomes
Fred Hopkins to the studio for an hour of great live music and conversation.
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