Blues That Defy My Soul - Music

Dexter Romweber Born John Michael Dexter Romweber In Batesville Indiana On 18 June 1966 Died 16 February 2024 Known As "Dex" Was An American Rockabilly/roots Rock Musician Primarily Playing Electric Guitar Who Lived In Chapel Hill North Carolina Remembered As One-Half Of The Seminal Two-Piece Flat Duo Jets. He Subsequently Fronted The Dex Romweber Duo With His Older Sister Sara Romweber. His First Band Gary And The Resistors Started In The Family's Cellar With Classmate Hunter Landon The Bad Checks On Vocals. When The Duo Decided They Needed A Drummer They Called His Sister Sara And Pulled Together Some Pots And Pans From The Kitchen. 3 At The Time Romweber Was 10 Years Old And His Sister Was 12. When They Recruited Chris "Crow" Smith On Guitar The Band Became The Remains. Romweber's Next Band Crash Landon And The Kamikazes Was Started While Attending Culbreth Junior High With Stand-Up Bassist Tony Mayer Good Old Chicken Wire Gang Boys Band And Hunter Landon On Drums. Later Romweber's Sister Sara Romweber Played Drums With The Kamakazes. Dexter Began Playing With Chris "Crow" Smith With Material Culled Mainly From His Family's Record Collection. They Called Themselves The Flat Duo Jets After Hearing Gene Vincent Refer To His Gretsch Duo Jet Guitar. After Nearly 15 Years As A Band Dexter And Crow Went Separate Ways. In 2001 Dexter Resurfaced With A Solo Album Chased By Martians Followed By Blues That Defy My Soul In 2004. Dexter's Next Band The Dex Romweber Duo Began As Dexter And Drummer Crash LaResh Who Performed Together From 1995 To 2007. LaResh Left The Band In 2007 And Was Replaced By Dexter's Sister Sara Romweber. Romweber Also Fronted Dexter Romweber And The New Romans An Ensemble Of Seven Musicians And Three Female Backing Vocalists That Began In 2006. read less