Dan Hicks Striking It Rich, great Sunday music

[ASATKat]

Great San Francisco music in 1970. Thus was one of their most popular recordings.

 

[Boreas]

Always liked this cut best.

 

[brookdalebill]

He was great!
The Hot Licks were a superlative band.
RIP, and thanks Dan.

 

[bowman]

Man, I played that record a lot back in the day. Great musicians, and their tunes were not the usual “moon, June, our love came from above” kind of thing. If you haven’t, check out Dan’s later band, the Acoustic Warriors - equally great musicians in that band.

 

[brookdalebill]

I saw Maryann (Price) recently, she lives in Austin.
I had the great pleasure of seeing her perform several times, with Asleep At The Wheel, and others.
I even got to play with her a time or two.
She's brilliant, and charming!

 

[kookaburra]

Great San Francisco music in 1970. Thus was one of their most popular recordings.

Love the Dan and I have the record!

 

[kLyon]

Great record; big Dan Hicks fan here.

 

[suave eddie]

Great San Francisco music in 1970. Thus was one of their most popular recordings.

There's a local angle for you Cliff.
I used to live in the Montgomery Village neighborhood. You know where that is.
After Katrina there was a fund raising musical event put on in the Montgomery Village shopping center down the street from my house.
Dan Hicks played.
I chatted with him a bit afterwards and told him how his music was part of the soundtrack of my life.
He said that neighborhood was his old stomping ground. He was part of the first graduating class of Montgomery High School where my daughter graduated.

 

[ASATKat]

There's a local angle for you Cliff.
I used to live in the Montgomery Village neighborhood. You know where that is.
After Katrina there was a fund raising musical event put on in the Montgomery Village shopping center down the street from my house.
Dan Hicks played.
I chatted with him a bit afterwards and told him how his music was part of the soundtrack of my life.
He said that neighborhood was his old stomping ground. He was part of the first graduating class of Montgomery High School where my daughter graduated.

I remember that event. I was working =)

 

[gitold]

Great San Francisco music in 1970. Thus was one of their most popular recordings.

I was playing along with that album the other day!

 

[John Stephen]

One of my favorite albums ever, and one of the most unique. Here's my story of almost seeing Dan and his Hot Licks in concert. In either '73 or '74, they came to my college, which was in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. My friends and I were really excited about this concert, since we played this album a lot. We go to the concert. The band and the gals come out first, and they're singing and playing some jazzy vamp to get the crowd going. Then Dan Hicks comes out. He walks up to the microphone, looks around, and then says: "Worcester, Massachusetts? What the hell am I doing in Worcester Massachusetts?" He then falls down, completely, 100% stone-cold drunk. They carried him off, we all got our money back, and went home disappointed. But I still love the album.

 

[ASATKat]

One of my favorite albums ever, and one of the most unique. Here's my story of almost seeing Dan and his Hot Licks in concert. In either '73 or '74, they came to my college, which was in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. My friends and I were really excited about this concert, since we played this album a lot. We go to the concert. The band and the gals come out first, and they're singing and playing some jazzy vamp to get the crowd going. Then Dan Hicks comes out. He walks up to the microphone, looks around, and then says: "Worcester, Massachusetts? What the hell am I doing in Worcester Massachusetts?" He then falls down, completely, 100% stone-cold drunk. They carried him off, we all got our money back, and went home disappointed. But I still love the album.

I heard those sort of stories, sad. Alcohol is bad. Ruined many careers, killed a few artists too.