[1] In 1964, he began to record as Dean Carter on the Limelight label, where he released the single, *"Sixteen Tones" b/w "The Lucky One".
[1][3][4] That year, he and Arlie Miller, a member of his backing band, the Lucky Ones, started a home studio in Danville, Illinois.
[1][3][5][4] Carter's version of "Jailhouse Rock", featured the odd sounds of walkie talkie beeps, overdriven guitars, augmented with a ukulele, accordion, dobro, and clarinet.
[1][3][4] He returned to the Midwest at the end of the decade to resume recording with Miller, and went back to billing himself as Arlie Neaville.
[1][6][7][8] In the early-to-mid 1970s he released the singles, "Brighter Days" b/w "Don't Throw Any Stones" and "Sweet Side of Life".