Kris Kristofferson, Jon Dee Graham, BoDeans, Uncle Tupelo, Chris Knight, Jay Farrar. Alejandro Escovedo, Devil in a Woodpile, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, James McMurtry, Marcus Rubio, The Who, The Stones , The Zombies, The Commitments (sure they were a movie band but they fucking rocked!), ABBA (say something, I dare you!), The Resentments, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Robert Earl Keen, Steve Earle, Hanks I, II, &; III, XM12 and Sirius Outlaw Country, Joe Ely, The Blasters, Led Zep, Bad Company, Townes Van Zandt and Warren Zevon.
Sounds Like
Well...it's acoustic and maybe a little folky but not enough to hurt. I guess it's a lot like Kris Kristofferson and Tom T. Hall met Steve Earle and they were walking down the street and heard Jon Dee Graham playing guitar so they stood outside the club and thought "Wow, that fucker's really good. Let's steal some of his easier guitar licks" So they did. Then they all went home and fell asleep with the radio on and the radio played some really tasty Jayhawks and Robert Earle Keen but then woke up as a storm was blowing in and the shutters were banging away on the windows and there was some nasty John Fogarty blasting away with old school CCR. They turned off the AM radio and wrote a song.
A large man with a large voice, Ravin' Dave Lykins writes songs about the world in small pieces. His style of songwriting is to take an angular view of the familiar and present it with more passion than flat out anger. From the bureaucratic nightmare of post-Katrina indifference in "Houston" and the personalized look at a left-over veteran in "Greetings from the Riviera" to the wry twist on the breakup tune in the award winning "Here's Your Love Song (take it and go)".
Lykins is also known as an actor and a playwright in Chicago. He has performed with burlesque troupes Belmont Burlesque and Lavender Cabaret as half of the musical comedy team Yeater & Lykins. Along with Jim Yeater, Dave co-wrote, produced and starred in the critically acclaimed Baker & Huff in the spring of 2006.
PETE BERWICK & DAVE LYKINS SONGWRITER SHOWCASE WED NIGHTS @ REENIE'S ROCK INN 41480 N HWY 45 (45 & 173) ANTIOCH, IL 8:00-11:00 PM ALSO OPEN MIKE IF ANYONE INTERESTED. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SOME THIS JOINT IS HARD TO FIND. JUST LOOK FOR THE FRUIT STAND ON THE SW CORNER AND THE DEAD RACOON ON THE NW SHOULDER.
Oh, boy ... that sure was fun, Dave. Thanks for putting KoKonutz up. I think it will probably be going up on the GreyZelda page shortly for we have the myspace player on that there page. And, I will bop my head all day long to you and Jim's duet. Thankee. It's like that long lost B-side that you hope to hear at the concert ... will they play Kokonutz? Will they? Will they? I'm going to totally die if they play Kokonutz ... oh my god, oh my god ... I think it's ... AHHHHHHH! Kokonutz!!!!!!! Ohmigod!!!!!!
Thanks for the kind words... i'm glad to know that when someone types in "accordion" into the computer it automatically associates it with a death squad -ADS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE..AS USUALLY GREAT SOLID SET LAST NIGHT, IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU SHOWCASE @ RENNIES, GLAD YOU ARE ON BOARD. ONCE AGAIN "HERE'S YOU'RE LOVE SONG TAKE IT & GO" IS RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD. DUDE YA GOT A CLASSIC COUNTRY HIT THERE, TAKE IT & GO!
DAVE LYKINS & PETE BERWICK WEDNESDAY APRIL 23 @ 8:00-11:00 PM REENIES ROCK INN 41480 N HWY 45 ANTIOCH, IL (ALSO OPEN MIKE IF ANY OF YOU MUSICIANS CAN GET OFF YOUR ASS AND COME OUT AND SHOW THE WORLD WHAT YA GOT LEFT..)
Dear Dave...Julien and I thank you for your very generous donation! we'll post pictures with his big smile when back from NM!!! much love and thank you for making it possible for us! peace delphine & juju
Hey, just wanted to thank you for the tix. Great show, great time. I'm turning into a lightweight though. I'll tell you about that later. Thanks again bro.
Hey..Heard about this wild and crazy night...Sounds like the old days...without me:( I'll let ya know if I ever come down that way. From the looks of the pictures it looked like a good time. Take care!! Friggin
Ditto. My son had a great time. For me it brought back a lot of cool memories. I remember when you called me up on stage and we did one of my songs. A LONG time ago. Maybe if the two of us ever get enough time in our busy schedules we could put something together and do a gig out here or something. I don't know, somethin' to think about. BTW - My son tried desperately to find the pick you tossed out into the crowd. He thought that you wanted him to have it and was kind of bummed that he couldn't find it! Take care and I'll talk to ya' soon.
Re: Two Way Street performance - There is a strong possibility that I will be somewhere in the back. Maybe front, more than likely though WAY in the back. Just do not call me up on stage like you did twenty-two years ago. Back then I had some material, and now? Well, I suppose I could go up there and rant about global warming or something. See you there. RDP,SR.
Shapoopie! Shapoopie! Shapoopie! The girl who's hard to get ... have you ever seen Family Guy where Peter Griffin sings the song? Oh my gosh, Dave ... the image of you as Marcellus is pretty great ...
I got to do the whole "One Grecian Urn ...now trickle ... trickle, trickle, trickle ..."
