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Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

Dan Hicks-vocal,rhy. gtr.harmonica,drums
Jon Weber-lead gtr.
Sid Page-violin
Sherry Snow-vocal
Christina Viola Gancher-vocal,celeste,piano
Jaime Leopold-bull fiddle

Any familiar names to y'all?
This is on an Epic label.No year of release listed.

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I remember them around the time of the 'Great San Francisco Hippie Music Explosion' with New Riders Of The Purple Sage, The Greatful Dead, The Jefferson Airplane etc.

I have one of their 1st albums buried somewhere around here.

I got into them mainly cuz I dug their version of "I'm An Old Cowhand", complete with out-of-tune, but kinda OK, steel guitar.

Caught the song one late night on old underground FM radio [when it was really underground].

They just played up here in Northampton not too long ago. As Dave mentioned, wry, witty, clever and funny, as well as excellent musicians. Off beat to say the least.

Chip

[This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 22 April 2005 at 05:35 AM.]

"I Scare Myself" was also an ethereal kind of tune that Thomas Dolby made famous in the 80s.

I saw Dan Hicks this past February at BB Kings here in NY. Great show, music, funny, quirky, odd, sarcastic, dreamy......opening for them was Hot Club of Cowtown......WOW!! Can they cook....ouch!

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"I Scare Myself", "Canned Music" and "Narcissisma" were my faves.

Their female vocal blends were not unlike the best of the bygone years.

Had I more time, I'd hunt up my old records.

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NOW,yer talkin' MY neighborhood of origin.(Springfield,Ma.)

I would,very much,like to hear it,since I was not overly impressed w/ the album that I have. As I stated,it sounds more like a "jam session around the family campfire".

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Oddly billed as the afternoon's entertainment for a 'home and garden' event at the Long Beach Arena, which if you are familiar with 'ol Dan is just plain asking for it.

In the middle of the set, things suddenly began to go south when a father started to leave with his little boy (before the show was over, not good). Let's just say that it's a very good thing for all involved that the stage was quite high and no way to get access to Sir Hicks who had filled the hall with such a endless tirade of taunts and profanity at the Dad that even I was kinda embarassed.

Eventually the show resumed, but it wasn't the same for some in attendance...

"Got my paycheck today
Think I'll spend it like a crazy fool"

In a way, they were sticking their necks out by being 'retro' in a time when coherency/solidarity were the wave of the day.

You HAD TO HAVE BEEN there, I guess.

Smiley...the Iron Horse is still a great venue up this way, but Northampton has refurbished the old Calvin Theatre, which sort of gets in 'bigger' names and has a capacity of 2000-2500, where the Iron horse seats about 300.

The Iron Horse, however, is intimate and I would much rather attend it, than the Calvin.
Not as squishy & yuppy.

Chip

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Maryann Price has been living here in Austin for many years and I've had the great pleasure of performing with her on numerous occasions. For awhile she had a band with Chris O'Connell, the original female vocalist for Asleep At the Wheel. They called themselves Ethyl and Methyl. I played fiddle and it was always a gas.

Maryann still sounds terrific. She sat in with the Cornell Hurd Band just last month. She's a riot.

They had a Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks reunion concert here about 10 years ago. It was a splendid show and they also taped an Austin City Limits. Dan had both the Hot Licks and his Acoustic Warriors band on the show. That was the only time I got to see the Hot Licks with Dan. Dang, they were amazing. Sid Page is truly a superb swing violinist.

Smiley, be sure to get some other Dan Hicks records. The one you got is an afterthought. If you can find the vinyl on Striking It Rich it's worth it 'cause the album cover opens like a matchbook. They just can't do that stuff with CDs.

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