Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks

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My Cello 00:00 Tools
I Scare Myself 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) 00:00 Tools
Hummin' To Myself 00:00 Tools
Canned Music 00:00 Tools
Chattanooga Shoe-Shine Boy 02:38 Tools
He Don't Care 00:00 Tools
Doin' It 00:00 Tools
I've Got A Capo On My Brain 00:00 Tools
Don't Stop The Meter, Mack 00:00 Tools
Payday Blues 05:42 Tools
Hell, I'd Go! 00:00 Tools
Let It Simmer! 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It's Hot 00:00 Tools
That's Where I Am 00:00 Tools
The Diplomat 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want Love 00:00 Tools
My Old Timey Baby 00:00 Tools
Walkin' One and Only 00:00 Tools
Subterranean Homesick Blues 00:00 Tools
I'll See You In My Dreams 03:28 Tools
Hey Bartender 00:00 Tools
Savin' My Lovin' 00:00 Tools
Vivando 00:00 Tools
Ragtime Cowboy Joe 00:00 Tools
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away 00:00 Tools
The Rounder 00:00 Tools
Driftin' 00:00 Tools
Mama's Boy Blues 03:13 Tools
Song For My Father 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Right 00:00 Tools
I'll Tell You Why That Is 00:00 Tools
C'mon-A-My House 00:00 Tools
Texas Kinda Attitude 00:00 Tools
Cowboy's Dream No. 19 00:00 Tools
Willie 00:00 Tools
Barstool Boogie (feat. Jimmy Buffet) 00:00 Tools
Who Are You? 00:00 Tools
13-D 00:00 Tools
Lonely Madman 05:58 Tools
You Got To Believe 00:00 Tools
Cue The Violins 00:00 Tools
A Magician 00:00 Tools
Sure Beats Me 00:00 Tools
Tangled Tales 00:00 Tools
Cheaters Don't Win 00:00 Tools
It's Not My Time To Go 00:00 Tools
Evenin' Breeze 00:00 Tools
The Euphonius Whale 00:00 Tools
I Asked My Doctor 00:00 Tools
Meet Me on the Corner 00:00 Tools
Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit 00:00 Tools
First I Lost My Marbles 00:00 Tools
Milk Shakin' Mama 00:00 Tools
Barstool Boogie 00:00 Tools
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away? 00:00 Tools
Success 00:00 Tools
That's The Smoke They're Blowin' 00:00 Tools
Christmas Mornin' 00:00 Tools
O'Reilly At The Bar 00:00 Tools
'Long Come A Viper 00:00 Tools
Old Fashioned Christmas 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinkin' 00:00 Tools
Walking One And Only 00:00 Tools
The Laughing Song 00:00 Tools
I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande) 00:00 Tools
The Buzzard Was Their Friend 00:00 Tools
Sweetheart (Waitress In A Donut Shop) 00:00 Tools
Presently in the past 00:00 Tools
I Feel Like Singin' 00:00 Tools
Santa Gotta Choo Choo 00:00 Tools
Where's The Money 00:00 Tools
I Got Mine 00:00 Tools
Santa's Workshop 00:00 Tools
Flight Of The Fly 00:00 Tools
Carol Of The Bells 00:00 Tools
Run Run Rudolph 00:00 Tools
Where's The Money? 00:00 Tools
I'll Tell You Why That Is (feat. Tom Waits) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want Love (feat. Brian Setzer) 00:00 Tools
Shootin' Straight 00:00 Tools
Cool Yule 00:00 Tools
I've Got Christmas By The Tail 00:00 Tools
One More Cowboy 00:00 Tools
Philly Rag 00:00 Tools
Slow Movin' 00:00 Tools
Shorty Takes A Dive 00:00 Tools
Caravan / 4 Brothers 00:00 Tools
Four or Five Times 00:00 Tools
Fujiyama 00:00 Tools
The Blues My Naughty Baby Gave To Me 00:00 Tools
Blues My Naughty Baby 00:00 Tools
Wild About My Lovin' 00:00 Tools
You Gotta Believe 00:00 Tools
Comes Love 00:00 Tools
Under The Mistletoe 00:00 Tools
I Scare Myself (feat. Ricky Lee Jones) 00:00 Tools
News From Up The Street 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It's Hot! (feat. Bette Midler) 00:00 Tools
I Saw Mommy Kissin' Santa Claus 00:00 Tools
I Scare Myself (Featuring Rickie Lee Jones On Vocals) 00:00 Tools
Meet Me on the Corner (feat. Elvis Costello & Brian Setzer) 00:00 Tools
Here Comes Santa Claus 00:00 Tools
Shorty Falls In Love 00:00 Tools
Skippy's Farewell 00:00 Tools
By Hook Or By Crook 00:00 Tools
Who Are You 00:00 Tools
Moody Richard (Innocent Bystander) 00:00 Tools
Where's The Money? (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
Woe, The Luck 00:00 Tools
News From Up The Street (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
I Feel Like Singing (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
Sweetheart 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want Love (Featuring Brian Setzer On Guitar) 00:00 Tools
Meet Me On The Corner (Featuring Elvis Costello On Vocals & Brian Setzer On Guitar) 00:00 Tools
Living With a Lie 00:00 Tools
Reelin' Down (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want Love [Featuring Brian Setzer on Guitar] 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It's Hot [Featuring Bette Midler on Vocals] 00:00 Tools
I Feel Like Singing 00:00 Tools
Moody Richard (The Innocent Bystander) 00:00 Tools
I'll Tell You Why That Is [Featuring Tom Waits on Vocals] 00:00 Tools
I Scare Myself [Featuring Rickie Lee Jones on Vocals] 00:00 Tools
Meet Me on the Corner [Featuring Elvis Costello on Vocals and Brian Set 00:00 Tools
The Buzzard Was Their Friend (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
Dig A Little Deeper (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
Jukies' Ball 00:00 Tools
I'll Tell You Why That Is (Featuring Tom Waits On Vocals) 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It's Hot (Featuring Bette Midler On Vocals) 00:00 Tools
Blues My Naughts Baby 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
Driftin' (feat. Ricky Lee Jones) 00:00 Tools
Driftin' [Featuring Rickie Lee Jones on Vocals] 00:00 Tools
I Scare Myself (feat. Rickie Lee Jones) 00:00 Tools
Waitin' 00:00 Tools
Barstool Boogie (feat. Jimmy Buffett) 00:00 Tools
Wo, The Luck 00:00 Tools
It's Bad Grammer, Baby 00:00 Tools
Reelin' Down 00:00 Tools
He Don't Scare Me 00:00 Tools
Coast To Coast (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
By Hook Or By Crook (Live (1971Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
Livin' With a Lie 00:00 Tools
Caught In The Rain (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away_ 00:00 Tools
Waiting For The "103" 00:00 Tools
Comes Love (Live) 00:00 Tools
Caught In The Rain 00:00 Tools
The Innocent Bystander 00:00 Tools
Coast To Coast 00:00 Tools
The Jukies' Ball 00:00 Tools
That's The Smoke Tery're Blowin' 00:00 Tools
I Scare Myself [featuring Rickie Lee Jones] 00:00 Tools
One More Cowboy (feat. Willie Nelson) 00:00 Tools
Is This My Happy Home? (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
Shorty Falls In Love (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
Dig A Little Deeper 00:00 Tools
Long Comma Viper 00:00 Tools
Driftin' (Feat. Rickie Lee Jones On Vocals) 00:00 Tools
I Scare Myself - feat. Ricky Lee Jones 00:00 Tools
Traffic Jam (Live (1971 Troubadour)) 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinking(Not Me) 00:00 Tools
Driftin' (feat. Rickie Lee Jones) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want Love [featuring Brian Setzer] 00:00 Tools
Hell I'd Go! 00:00 Tools
Waitin' For The "103" 00:00 Tools
Shootin' Straight (Live) 00:00 Tools
I'm An Old Cowhand 00:00 Tools
Driftin' (Featuring Rickie Lee Jones On Vocals) 00:00 Tools
Moody Richard 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Right (Gibby Phones It In Mix) 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinkin' (Live) 00:00 Tools
Driftin' [featuring Rickie Lee Jones] 00:00 Tools
I'll Tell You Why That Is [featuring Tom Waits] 00:00 Tools
You Gotta' Believe (Live) 00:00 Tools
Don't Stop The Meter,Mack 00:00 Tools
Waiting For The 103 00:00 Tools
Barstool Boogie - feat. Jimmy Buffet 00:00 Tools
I Got Mine (Live) 00:00 Tools
Saving My Lovin' 00:00 Tools
Meet Me on the Corner [featuring Elvis Costello and Brian Setzer] 00:00 Tools
Is This My Happy Home? 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want Love - feat. Brian Setzer 00:00 Tools
Traffic Jam 00:00 Tools
Hell,I'd Go! 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It's Hot [featuring Bette Midler] 00:00 Tools
I'll Tell You Why That Is - feat. Tom Waits 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It's Hot (feat. Bette Midler) 00:00 Tools
Cloud My Sunny Mood 00:00 Tools
Barstool Boogie (w/Jimmy Buffet) 00:00 Tools
Hello I'd Go! 00:00 Tools
Overture Medley 00:00 Tools
Don't Stop The Meter 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It's Hot! - feat. Bette Midler 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (Tom Waits cover) 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinkin' [Not Me] 00:00 Tools
Where's The Money? (Live) 00:00 Tools
Dizzy Dogs 00:00 Tools
Garden In the Rain 00:00 Tools
Intro - Alive And Lickin' 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinking - Not Me Live 00:00 Tools
Intro - Alive & Lickin' 00:00 Tools
Livin' With A Lie - An EMusic Exclusive! 00:00 Tools
One More Cowboy - feat. Willie Nelson 00:00 Tools
Cruizin' 00:00 Tools
Collared Blues 00:00 Tools
Boogaloo Jones 00:00 Tools
Meet Me On The Corner - feat. Elvis Costello & Brian Setzer 00:00 Tools
Somebody Stole My Santa Claus 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Right (w/Gibby Haynes) 00:00 Tools
That's Where I Am (feat. Jack Sheldon) 00:00 Tools
What's On Her Mind 00:00 Tools
Walkin one and only 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Right [Gibby Phones It In Mix] 00:00 Tools
My Main Man Santa 00:00 Tools
Meet Me On The Corner (Featuring Elvis Costello On Vocals & 00:00 Tools
Vinnie's Lookin' Good 00:00 Tools
Caravan/4 Brothers 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Right - Gibby Phones It In Mix feat. Gibby Haynes 00:00 Tools
Long Come A Viper 00:00 Tools
C'mon・A・My House 00:00 Tools
One More Cowboy (w/Willie Nelson) 00:00 Tools
That's Where I Am - feat. Jack Sheldon 00:00 Tools
How Can I Miss You If You Never Go Away 00:00 Tools
The Piano Had Been Drinking (Not Me) 00:00 Tools
Strike While it's Hot 00:00 Tools
Evenin Breeze 00:00 Tools
Canned Music (Live) 00:00 Tools
It's Bad Grammar, Baby 00:00 Tools
Cowboy's Dream No.19 00:00 Tools
Waiting for the '103' 00:00 Tools
Payday Blues [Alternate-Version] 00:00 Tools
Alive & Lickin' 00:00 Tools
Boogaloo Plays Guitar 00:00 Tools
Take the 'A' Train 00:00 Tools
Reveille Revisited 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Right (Gibby Phones It In Mix) 00:00 Tools
Beedle Um Bum 00:00 Tools
He Don 00:00 Tools
He Don’t Care 00:00 Tools
She's Right 00:00 Tools
Three Wishes 00:00 Tools
Where's The Money ? 00:00 Tools
Four Of Five Times 00:00 Tools
Meet Me on the Corner (feat. Elvis Costello and Brian Setzer) 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinkin 00:00 Tools
Mama, I'm An Outlaw 00:00 Tools
You Gotta Believe (Live Version) 00:00 Tools
Pay Day Blues 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Right(Gibby Phones it in Mix)(Duet with Gibby Haynes) 00:00 Tools
That's The Smole They're Blowin' 00:00 Tools
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away? (Live) 00:00 Tools
Buzzard Was Their Friend 00:00 Tools
'Long Comes A Viper 00:00 Tools
My Old Timey Baby [Original-Version] 00:00 Tools
Milk Shakin' Mama (Live Version) 00:00 Tools
News From Up The Street [Original-Version] 00:00 Tools
The Buzzards Was Their Friend 00:00 Tools
One More Cowboy(Duet with Willie Nelson) 00:00 Tools
Barstool Boogie(Duet with Jimmy Buffett) 00:00 Tools
Caravan / Four Brothers 00:00 Tools
By Hook Or By Crook [Original-Version] 00:00 Tools
Doin't It! 00:00 Tools
You Gotta Believe [Original-Version] 00:00 Tools
Crazy - 'Cause He Is 00:00 Tools
Than Ain't Right - Mix 00:00 Tools
Wild About Lovin' 00:00 Tools
Lover's For Life 00:00 Tools
I Got Mine (Live 2001) 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It's Hot! (Live Version) 00:00 Tools
Introduction 00:00 Tools
He Don't Care [Outtake] 00:00 Tools
I Scare Myself - Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks 00:00 Tools
Strike It While It’s Hot! 00:00 Tools
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away? - Live 00:00 Tools
The Euphonious Whale 00:00 Tools
Walkin' One And Only - Live Version 00:00 Tools
Milk Shakin' Mama (Live) 00:00 Tools
Driftin' (Feat. Rick Lee Jones On Vocals) 00:00 Tools
My Cello (Live 2001) 00:00 Tools
13D 00:00 Tools
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (Live 2001) 00:00 Tools
Crazy 'Cause He Is 00:00 Tools
Dan and Harry 00:00 Tools
Caravan Four Brothers 00:00 Tools
How Can I Miss You (When You Won't Go Away) 00:00 Tools
Waitin' (Live Version) 00:00 Tools
Caravan/4 Brothers (Live) 00:00 Tools
Driftin’ 00:00 Tools
Evenin' Breeze (Live Version) 00:00 Tools
Lovers for Life 00:00 Tools
Where's The Money (Live) 00:00 Tools
Milk Shakin Mama 00:00 Tools
Mama, I'm An Outlaw (Slow Version) 00:00 Tools
Don’t Stop the Meter, Mack 00:00 Tools
The Buzzard Was Their Friend (Live) 00:00 Tools
Waitin' - Live Version 00:00 Tools
You Gotta Believe - Live Version 00:00 Tools
Milk Shakin' Mama - Live Version 00:00 Tools
Walkin' One And Only (Live) 00:00 Tools
Waitin' (Live) 00:00 Tools
Hummin’ to Myself 00:00 Tools
I Don’t Want Love 00:00 Tools
How Can I Miss You When You Wo 00:00 Tools
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Also See dan hicks & his hot licks Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks is truly an American original. Since the early 1960s, Hicks has deftly blended elements of Swing, Jazz, Folk and Country music to create the appealing sound he sometimes calls "Folk Jazz". The lyrics of his songs range from the simply sublime to the sublimely ridiculous, all presented with his uniquely skewed and inscrutable touch. Dan's irresistible sense of rhythm, hip lyrical styling, laid-back vocalizing, and infamous on-stage wit will make most who listen fans for life. He's a snappy dresser, too. Dan Hicks was born December 9, 1941 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of a career military man. The family moved to California when Dan was about five, eventually settling in what was then the small city of Santa Rosa, some 50 miles north of San Francisco. Musically, Dan started out as a drummer, beginning while still in grade school. He played the snare drum in his school marching band, and by the age of 14 was playing gigs with area dance bands. In High School, Dan developed an interest in broadcasting, and had a rotating spot on a daily 15-minute local radio program called "Time Out for Teens". He entered San Francisco State College in 1959, eventually earning a degree in Broadcasting. He took up the guitar around '59, and became part of the San Francisco folk music scene, playing and singing in local coffeehouses. In the spring of 1965, Dan became the drummer for a nascent San Francisco folk-rock group called The Charlatans, who at that time were more of a concept than an actual working band. They did, however, find employment that summer as the house band at the newly-opened Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada. The popular hallucinogen-fueled dances held at the Red Dog were the direct inspiration for the legendary psychedelic San Francisco dancehall scene that blossomed shortly thereafter. In addition to drumming, Dan also played guitar and sang with The Charlatans, performing some of his original songs. The Charlatans played for several years at all the noted San Francisco halls, but never achieved the commercial success enjoyed by other groups that came on the scene after them, such as Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service. As Dan explains it, "The Charlatans were kind of dysfunctional anyway. There was no real management, and it was just kind of some loose guys". Dan had other ideas about the kind of music he wanted to make, and began putting together an acoustic combo which included two female backup singers, who were dubbed "Lickettes". Billed as Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks, the group began as an opening act for The Charlatans. However, Dan soon left the Charlatans and focused his energy on the Hot Licks. Their efforts resulted in a recording contract with Epic Records. "Original Recordings" was released in 1969, but Epic's promotion of the album and the group was lackluster, and it was not a commercial success. After some personnel changes, and a deal with Blue Thumb Records, what had then become the "classic" Hot Licks ensemble went on to produce the critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums "Where's The Money?", "Striking It Rich" and "Last Train To Hicksville". But, owing to pressures both internal and external, Dan broke up the Hot Licks in 1973, at the height of the band's popularity. Dan then began a low-key solo career of acoustic performances. He wrote music for commercials, television, and movies-- including the music for a never-released Ralph Bakshi animated film. That music was eventually packaged and released in 1978 by Warner Bros. Records as "It Happened One Bite", with cover artwork by Dan. In the 1980s, he formed The Acoustic Warriors, a male combo with whom he toured. In 1994, they recorded the superb (and now out-of-print) live CD "Shootin' Straight", for the Private Music label. Dan signed with Surfdog Records in 1998. "Beatin' The Heat", Dan's first studio opus since 1978, was released in August of 2000. It featured a return to the Hot Licks name and format - complete with new Lickettes. It garnered rave reviews, and was chosen by Time.Com as one of the Top Ten CDs of 2000. A live CD ("Alive & Lickin'") soon followed. In September of 2003, Surfdog released a DVD/CD package featuring much of Dan's 60th Birthday Bash concert, as well as interviews with musicians of note speaking about Dan's influence. 2004 saw the release of "Selected Shorts", a dynamic and critically acclaimed studio CD, featuring contributions from such stars as Jimmy Buffett, Jim Keltner, Gibby Haynes, Van Dyke Parks and Willie Nelson. "Tangled Tales", also on the Surfdog label, was released in 2009 to glowing reviews. 2010 saw the long-anticipated release of a Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks Christmas CD, and it was all Hicks fans had hoped for - and more! "Crazy For Christmas" was lauded by NPR's Fresh Air, the NY and LA Times, and The Washington Post. Called one of the Best of 2010 by the Village Voice, "Crazy For Christmas" also landed on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart. Today, Dan tours worldwide with an updated version of the Hot Licks, and occasionally gigs at various jazz venues in the San Francisco Bay Area, as a vocalist with his swingin' combo Bayside Jazz. Not only does Dan Hicks continue to delight his long-time fans, he has earned the attention of a whole new generation of music lovers. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.