13 Facts About Dickie Peterson

Richard Allan Peterson known as Dickie Peterson was an American musician, best known as the bassist, lead singer and only constant member of Blue Cheer.

Dickie Peterson recorded two solo albums: Child of the Darkness and Tramp.

Dickie Peterson came from a musical family: his father played trombone, his mother played piano and his brother initially played flute.

Dickie Peterson spent much of his youth in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, the twin city to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he was born.

Dickie Peterson attended Grand Forks Central High School from grade 10 through grade 12.

Dickie Peterson's parents died when he was young, resulting in his living with his aunt and uncle on a farm in North Dakota, for part of his youth.

Dickie Peterson credited his brother, the late Jerre Peterson, as being his lifelong musical influence.

Dickie Peterson spent much of the past two decades preceding his death based in Germany, playing with Blue Cheer and other groups on occasion.

In 2001 and 2002, Dickie Peterson played, principally in Germany, with Mother Ocean, a group he formed that included former Blue Cheer guitarist Tony Rainier, as well as brother Jerre Dickie Peterson.

On October 12,2009, Dickie Peterson died in Erkelenz, Germany, at the age of 63 from liver cancer, after prostate cancer spread throughout his body.

Dickie Peterson was survived by his second wife, his former wife, a daughter from his first marriage, and a six-year-old grandson.

Dickie Peterson was cremated and his ashes given to his daughter, Corrina.

Dickie Peterson wished his ashes to be spread in the Rhine River in Germany and in the Redwoods of Northern California, at a site to be determined by his daughter.