RIP Dan Hicks
Posted by: Premmyboy on 10 February 2016
Dan Hicks has died aged 74. Another one from Cancer. What a bad year.
How sad. I love Dan Hicks's stuff, so original and worth checking out by those who've not heard him.
He was one of those originals with a fun sound, I had an LP years back, loved the backup singers Hot Licks
I saw him outside DC with his new Hot Licks a couple of years ago. I brought all of the Hot Licks LPs for autographs. He just stared at them for a minute and got this far-away look in his eyes. Other people talking to him asked if they could hold the LPs for a minute.
"Crazy For Christmas" may be the best Christmas album ever, the one to have if you're having just one. "Tangled Tales", from 2009, is as good as the old stuff.
Bugger. I'm bored of this year already. Dan was much played in Chez Lutyens.
Oh No! One of my genuine heroes, and 'Strikin it Rich' an all-time favourite album. We were lucky enough to see Dan at Womad (one of the last Reading ones about 2004), early hours and lots of fun. A true original and wit.
2016 is indeed a terrible year for these losses.
JRHardee posted:I saw him outside DC with his new Hot Licks a couple of years ago. I brought all of the Hot Licks LPs for autographs. He just stared at them for a minute and got this far-away look in his eyes. Other people talking to him asked if they could hold the LPs for a minute.
"Crazy For Christmas" may be the best Christmas album ever, the one to have if you're having just one. "Tangled Tales", from 2009, is as good as the old stuff.
Nice anecdote - I have a couple of the old LPs, which are fun, but I never got to see him live unfortunately. Will look out for the Christmas album.
Clive