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Unsung - Album Of The Month November 2009ce: The Godlike Genius of Blue Cheer

Julian Cope presents Head Heritage (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

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Dickie Peterson: founder of Blue Cheer

Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

Dickie Peterson was a founder member of one of the loudest, heaviest and most cacophonous rock bands of the 1960s. When Eric Clapton was asked in an interview in 2005 if his band Cream had invented heavy metal, he answered: “No, that was Blue Cheer.”

Neil Peart remembers Blue Cheer's Dickie Peterson

Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

"Louder Than God": Rush's Neil Peart Remembers Blue Cheer's Dickie Peterson Blue Cheer bass player and frontman Dickie Peterson died this past Ocotber 12th at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer. Blue Cheer fan and our favorite drummer Neil Peart wrote a short piece for RollingStone.com in remembrance of Peterson. Here's an excerpt: ...

“Louder Than God”: Rush’s Neil Peart Remembers Blue Cheer’s Dickie Peterson

Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Rush drummer and Blue Cheer fan Neil Peart wrote the following in memory of singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, who died after a battle with liver cancer on October 12th: In the summer of 1968, I was going on 16, living in a small Canadian city (St. Catharines, Ontario), and had been playing drums for [...]

Dickie Peterson, RIP

The Poetry Blog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009

Submitted by Ted Burke Blog Dickie Peterson, bassist and lead singer for the proto heavy metal band BLUE CHEER, has ascended to the giant E CHORD in the sky. His bandsaw -on-steel vocals, joined with guitarist Leigh Stephens’ PULVERIZING ATONAL GUITAR SOLOS and drummer Paul Whaley’s trash can demolition, Peterson and crew lay the ground work [...]

• Dickie Peterson, RIP - TED BURKE, like it or not

Dickie Peterson dies at 63; bassist and lead singer for the power trio Blue Cheer

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

The band rose to prominence in 1968 with a memorable cover of the rock classic 'Summertime Blues' and continued to perform -- loudly -- until last year. Dickie Peterson, the bassist and lead singer for Blue Cheer, the San Francisco power trio best known for its high-volume 1968 hit rendition of the rock 'n' roll classic "Summertime Blues," has died. He was 63.

Heavy Metal Pioneer Peterson Dies

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Heavy metal icon DICKIE PETERSON has lost his battle with liver cancer.The Blue Cheer lead singer and bassist died on Monday (12Oct09) in Erkelenz, Germany. He was...

Dickie Peterson, Singer for Rock Band Blue Cheer, Dies at 63

New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Mr. Peterson’s screaming vocals and pounding bass lines helped push the psychedelic blues-rock trio Blue Cheer into the musical territory that would later be called heavy metal.

Dickie Peterson Dies

Slobokan's Site O' Schtuff (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Dickie Peterson, whose screaming vocals and pounding bass lines helped push the psychedelic blues-rock trio Blue Cheer into the musical territory that would later be called heavy metal, died Monday in Erkelenz, Germany. He was 63 and livedin Erkelenz and Cologne. The cause was liver cancer, said Ron Rainey, his manager. … Mr. Peterson’s first marriage ended in [...]

Blue Cheer Founder Dead At 61

Wizbang Pop! (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Dickie Peterson has died at the age of 61 from liver cancer. Peterson was the founder of Blue Cheer, the late 60's pioneering band of loud and heavy music that...

• Blue Cheer Leader Dead At 61 - Progressive Values

Dickie Peterson R.I.P

Feel Bad Hit Of The Winter (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Dickie Peterson bassist for the legendary Blue Cheer passed away this morning after battling liver cancer. Crank it up LOUD in remembrance. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum

Dickie Peterson of Blue Cheer Passed Away

inday stories (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Dickie Peterson of the Blue Cheer Band had passed away just this morning October 12, 2009 at Germany at the age of 61 years old. The official cause of his death is not yet announce but one thing for sure he had been suffering illness for some time. Dickie Peterson is a singer and bass player of the Blue Cheer Band known to be as one of the first heavy metal bands. Watch some Blue Cheer Band performance...

Blue Cheer's Dickie Peterson: 1948-2009

Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Dickie Peterson, singer and bassist for trailblazing metal outfit Blue Cheer died yesterday (Oct. 12). He was 61.

Vintage Video - Blue Cheer

Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

This one's for you, Dickie.

Blue Cheer Founder Dickie Peterson Dies at 61

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Dickie Peterson , bassist and frontman for legendary heavy metal pioneers Blue Cheer , died Monday, Oct. 12, at the age of 61. Peterson, who founded the proto-metal outfit in 1967 in the Bay Area, passed away in Germany after battling liver cancer, according to Blabbermouth. Influenced by the era's heavy blues innovators Cream and Jimi Hendrix , Blue Cheer made its first...