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About Me

Beginning in 1989, Neil Dirickson was the architect of The Wisenheimers, which evolved into Nude Furniture sometime around 1998.. He writes the songs and plays all the instruments on the records (except of course when Karen plays drums, Dave plays bass and Stevie plays guitar). Neil started playing drums at 3, guitar at 9, and could suddenly play bass after receiving a bump on the noggin in his teens. His most recent release is THE SIGNATURE SOUND OF NUDE FURNITURE (2007). Nowadays Neil also plays bass in Springfield, MO's fabulous Domino Kings, alongside Stevie Newman (guitar) and Bobby Lloyd Hicks (drums). Now get busy.

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Member Since: 11/08/2005
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Band Members: Neil, Karen, Dave, and Stevie.
Influences: Bob Dylan, Lee Hazlewood, Beatles, Scott Walker, the Beach Boys, Blue Oyster Cult, the Kinks, the Who, the Move, Big Star, Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Tav Falco, the Byrds, Gene Clark, Tom Waits, Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Alexander 'Skip' Spence, X, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, the Soft Boys, Guided by Voices, Elvis Costello, Ween, Cheap Trick, Velvet Underground, Dinosaur Jr, Jimi Hendrix, Yardbirds, Leonard Cohen, Love, the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Faces, Buddy Holly, the Monkees, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Buck Owens, Warren Zevon, Os Mutantes, Pixies, Merle Haggard, Frank Black, XTC, Pere Ubu, Kris Kristofferson, The Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, the Residents, Flying Burrito Brothers, Can, Miles Davis, Astrud Gilberto, Roky Erickson, 13th Floor Elevators, the Misunderstood, TV show theme songs (especially anything written by Alan Thicke), etc. And of course, Tex Montana...the best songwriter I ever married!
Sounds Like: Psychedelic power pop, heavy metal country, whatever.
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My Blog

Stop the Presses...Nude Furniture Rides Again

Hey, just wanted to alert everyone about a very special show coming up this Friday, May 29 at Tulsa's Unit D...We'll be observing our pal Bob Martin's birthday with a set crammed full of the hot rock....
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 07:27:00 GMT

New album underway!

I'm so excited. And I just can't hide it. I'm about to lose control, and I think I like it.So it's official...Recording began on the new record this past weekend at The Studio in Springfield, MO. U...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:48:00 GMT

The Compilations, New Year’s Eve

So hey, we got this new cover band going and we'll be playing Wed. night, 12-31-08 at The Angus Inn on Main Street in Broken Arrow, OK. We're called The Compilations and we promise it'll be a st...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:47:00 GMT

Set List: Tom Waits, Brady Theater, Tulsa, 6-25-08

Not 100% in order, but these were the songs played. ain't goin' down to the wellway down in the holefalling downhoist that ragtrampled roselie to mefannin streetget behind the muleblack market babyal...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:07:00 GMT

New Pics

There are a few new photos in the Pics section...These were taken at our May 10 appearance at The Outland in Sprfld, MO by Jahner Johnson. The picture of the tornado damage from earlier that eve...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 07:51:00 GMT

Thanks, Furniture Supporters

Hey folks, had a great weekend of rockn'effin'roll at The Outland in Springfield, MO. We played in front of The Verbs and The Rugs, two very talented, deuteronomously leviticus bands. Saw ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 09:40:00 GMT

Victory is mine.

I hereby announce that this evening I whupped the keyboard part that was giving me fits last night. See you in hell, keyboard!!!Oh yeah...only 9 days until the Furniture rises again.
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:16:00 GMT

New Improved Baby Names

Before everyone gets the wrong idea, Tex is NOT pregnant. But the other night we were sitting around thinking of baby names we could use if we ever had our own kid. Since all the big convention cent...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:33:00 GMT

If I ever start another group...

...one that's completely different and separate from Nude Furniture, I have a name for it. I thought of it yesterday. FERTILIZER. Yeah. Yeah! I like it. Just thought I'd share that.
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:31:00 GMT

What passes for a blog...

The iPod spat out a good mix today. Observe... 1. (She's in a) Bad Mood, Sonic Youth 2. Woman is the Nigger of the World, John Lennon 3. Love Me to Pieces, Rusty &a...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:49:00 GMT