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December 9, 2004

Dexter Romwebber at the El Rey, Los Angeles - December 4, 2004

What I Like About Dexter Romwebber

• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that he totally looks like someone you’d work with at your boring cubicle job – a middle-aged guy in navy Dockers and a cotton oxford shirt, and then he gets up there and rocks your pants off!
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that his drummer Sam “Crash” Laresh has the best glasses ever – always – and that he tapes his shirt shut, but the tape keeps popping off as he gets progressively wilder on the drums.
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that when he breaks a string, he doesn’t miss a beat, he just keeps playing and then switches guitars on the next song. No spending ten minutes tuning up. He’s not a pussy.
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that he is the only one on the face of the Earth that can do a guitar solo without being a total wanker about it
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that you can see the waistband of Sam’s Sponge Bob Squarepants boxers under his jeans.
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that he plays the blues, surf and rockabilly with the raw energy and passion that it’s supposed to have, and a guitar that sounds slightly out of tune, but on purpose.
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that he plays all these really dreamy ballads and slow songs, but they’re not that slow, and when he sings, he sounds like he means it
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that the new album is so good I have two – one for my car and one for my dj case. I meant to give the extra one away, but I never did. And I don’t feel guilty.
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that he’s probably the only real psychobilly artist out there in a sea of posers.
• What I like about Dexter Romwebber is that he surprises people: the woman next to me, Amy, said she was afraid when he started playing. Afraid for him, and then, ultimately, afraid for us. Scaring the shit out of people by looking so normal and rocking so hard is probably the most subversive thing I’ve seen in a long time. And I like it that way.
-- Wanda

Posted by DJWanda at December 9, 2004 10:58 PM