Tribute/Ehrung/Homenaje/дань

Dean Reed (The Red Elvis)

by Attila the Stockbroker

Dean Reed - born Denver '38
Learned the skills of his native state
He could ride, he could shoot and sing
Moved to LA to see what luck would bring
Had a hit in Chile so he went down there
Toured South America, shocked by what he found there

Saw poverty, people in fear
Turned his back on a Hollywood career
Colorado cowboy sang for the poor
Argentine government showed him the door
They were scared, he was bigger than Elvis -
Clenched fist salute and a waggling pelvis....

Dean Reed (×5)

Instrumental

Dean Reed - Red Rocker in the old SU
Toured Eastern Europe, made films too
Friend of Allende, banned by Pinochet
Locked up in Chile but they couldn't keep him away
Toured through Lebanon, on to Palestine
Sang in the camps, then stood on the front line

Dean Reed (×5)

Instrumental

Dean Reed made his home in the GDR
By the Eighties a fading star
Never lost his love for the USA
Dreamed of making it home some day
Drowned in a lake in East Berlin
Was it suicide - or was he done in?

Dean Reed (×5)

Instrumental

Ich habe ein Lied über Dean Reed geschrieben (Musik dafür ist einfache Rock n Roll...)

I haven't recorded it yet but I will... It'll be my first ever 50s style rock n roll song...

Enjoy Festival Musik und Politik - get me another invite and I'll play it there!

Grüße aus Brighton...
Cheers Attila, 03.02.2009

It is an amazing story.

The very first time I came to GDR was for the Festival des politischen Liedes in February 1986. And after the first gig I did, the very first thing the very first punker I spoke to asked me was "Do you know Dean Reed?"

Eh? "No!" I said.

But slowly I found out...

Attila, 04.02.2009

Endlich habe ich ein Lied uber ihm geschrieben...

Die erste Frage, die man mich gestellt hat, als ich zum ersten Mal in 1986 in Berlin/DDR angekommen bin, um beim Festival des politischen Liedes zu spielen, war:
Kennst Du Dean Reed?
In dieser Zeit, nee. Aber danach habe ich mich uber Dean naturlich informiert. Und, 25 Jahre spater, das Lied...

www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/10986773

Grusse aus Brighton
Attila the Stockbroker, 15.11.2011

Neue CD 2012: Attila the Stockbroker - Song "Dean Reed"

Auf dem neuen Album BANKERS & LOOTERS von Attila the Stockbroker und seiner Band Barnstormer ist auch der Song über Dean Reed erschienen. Das Mini-Albm ist 20 Minuten lang, 6 Songs + 2 Bonustracks. Attila wird im März einige Konzerte in Deutschland geben.

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