Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Return To Hicksville: The Best Of The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973

Artist:

Hicks, Dan

UPC:

076744005328

Description:

Personnel: Dan Hicks (vocals, guitar, percussion); Maryann Price (vocals, percussion); Naomi Ruth Eisenberg (vocals, fiddle, percussion); John Girton (guitar); Jaime Leopold (strings, bass); Sid Page (violin, background vocals); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Bob Scott (drums); Tommy LiPuma (percussion).
Producer: Tommy LiPuma.
Compilation producer: Todd Everett.
Engineers includes: Al Schmitt, Tom Flye, Ray Thompson.
Recorded between 1971 & 1973. Includes liner notes by Todd Everett.
Personnel: Dan Hicks (vocals, guitar, percussion); Naomi Eisenberg (vocals, fiddle, percussion); Maryann Price (vocals, percussion); John Girton (guitar, lap steel guitar); Sid Page (violin); Nick DeCaro (strings); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Tommy LiPuma (percussion).
Audio Remixer: Bruce Botnick.
Liner Note Author: Todd Everett.
Recording information: Record Plant, Susalito (02/1971-03/1973); Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA (02/1971-03/1973); Troubadour, Hollywood, CA (02/1971-03/1973).
Photographer: Dan Hicks.
Unknown Contributor Role: Dan Hicks.
RETURN TO HICKSVILLE is an anthology celebrating Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks`s slim but invitingly winning Blue Thumb releases. They had signed with Blue Thumb after their overlooked 1969 debut, their first label appearance being 1971`s live WHERE`S THE MONEY? They released new studio recordings, STRIKING IT RICH and LAST TRAIN TO HICKSVILLE in each of the two successive years. By the time of the latter they knew they were disbanding, hence the title`s farewell reference.
The band`s mix of Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville, cabaret, Western swing, jazz, and loopy pop was the perfect counterpoint to the era`s psychedelic overindulgence. Hicks wrote a small but fine collection of songs during this period, many of which were to remain an integral part of his repertoire for decades thereafter. The Hot Licks were a well-balanced and sympathetic ensemble who were able to take these songs and shine them up to a magical gloss.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. I Feel Like Singing
2. News from Up the Street
3. Where`s the Money?
4. Buzzard Was Their Friend, The
5. Reelin` Down
6. Dig a Little Deeper
7. Canned Music
8. Walkin` One and Only
9. Innocent Bystander, The
10. I Scare Myself
11. Presently in the Past
12. You Gotta Believe
13. I`m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
14. My Old Timey Baby
15. Sweetheart (Waitress in a Donut Shop)
16. `Long Comma Viper

Album Information

Release Date:

06/17/1997

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Country Rock

Label:

Hip-O

Catalog Number:

40053

Original Release Year:

1997

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Mixed

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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