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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
John Mendelsohn,writing in Rolling Stone on 3 July 1971 said,
'DAN HICKS is a person of no mean strangeness, a genuine original, and one of the greatest superheroes in all of 20th century popular music. Only an imbecile could be excused for not getting hep to Dan and his torrid accompanists, His Hot Licks, at his earliest convenience.'
I bought Striking it Rich in 1974 and also rate Dan Hicks as a true original in a world stacked full of mere product. 35 years later I find his blend of Western Swing, Hot Club de France and downhome country as wonderfully evocative of backporch America as it was back then and a refreshing antidote to a musical world still stacked full of mere product. Back then, being a player myself, my reaction was, 'boy these guys can really play' now I can see the true craftsmanship that has gone into albums such as Last Train to Hicksville. Striking it Rich has the slightest edge although Last Train has some of the most beautifully crafted, wittiest cameos in the history of popular song. Don't you just want to be nice to the waitress in the doughnut shop? She'll be a grandma by now but ooh that sexy voice- she could give me a rough time anytime she wanted! 'I asked my doctor' is one of the funniest (and weirdest) songs I've heard and 'sure beats me' the number that follows it is the sweetest of Hot Club hokum- what a juxtaposition! What can anyone say about 'The euphonious whale'? Obviously a live tour de force this song begins with down home country blues laced with slide Dobro and mandolin, played utterly convincingly only to change into... but then I shouldn't spoil it for you- when I heard it I laughed out loud.
If you have eclectic musical tastes and dig things from the Andrew Sisters to Frank Zappa, taking in Django Reinhardt, Captain Beefheart and Commander Cody in on the way (okay I was half joking about Zappa and Beefheart but it's just a mark of my admiration for Hicks' stuff)you'll love this record. As John Mendelsohn said in the Rolling Stone, a genuine original. Dan Hicks- one helluva hip guy!
'DAN HICKS is a person of no mean strangeness, a genuine original, and one of the greatest superheroes in all of 20th century popular music. Only an imbecile could be excused for not getting hep to Dan and his torrid accompanists, His Hot Licks, at his earliest convenience.'
I bought Striking it Rich in 1974 and also rate Dan Hicks as a true original in a world stacked full of mere product. 35 years later I find his blend of Western Swing, Hot Club de France and downhome country as wonderfully evocative of backporch America as it was back then and a refreshing antidote to a musical world still stacked full of mere product. Back then, being a player myself, my reaction was, 'boy these guys can really play' now I can see the true craftsmanship that has gone into albums such as Last Train to Hicksville. Striking it Rich has the slightest edge although Last Train has some of the most beautifully crafted, wittiest cameos in the history of popular song. Don't you just want to be nice to the waitress in the doughnut shop? She'll be a grandma by now but ooh that sexy voice- she could give me a rough time anytime she wanted! 'I asked my doctor' is one of the funniest (and weirdest) songs I've heard and 'sure beats me' the number that follows it is the sweetest of Hot Club hokum- what a juxtaposition! What can anyone say about 'The euphonious whale'? Obviously a live tour de force this song begins with down home country blues laced with slide Dobro and mandolin, played utterly convincingly only to change into... but then I shouldn't spoil it for you- when I heard it I laughed out loud.
If you have eclectic musical tastes and dig things from the Andrew Sisters to Frank Zappa, taking in Django Reinhardt, Captain Beefheart and Commander Cody in on the way (okay I was half joking about Zappa and Beefheart but it's just a mark of my admiration for Hicks' stuff)you'll love this record. As John Mendelsohn said in the Rolling Stone, a genuine original. Dan Hicks- one helluva hip guy!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Dan and the crew ride the mellow train to yesterday
17 Jun 1998
Format:Audio CD
" A voice keeps calling to me, so loud and so clear....I'll just pretend I'm not here" Classic Dan Hicks lyrics with toe tapping post-hippie mountian swing. The group was able to steer clear of pre-disco rumblings, mainstream "western" twangy, and lost rock taint. It's a musical picture of Hogie Carmicheal with a roachclip. Hey, Skylark.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
You know it's good, it's good to be back.
5 Oct 2001
Format:Audio CD
I (just to be really self-indulgent about this) first heard this group on the old Tonight Show when George Carlin was "filling in for Johnny." Not long afterward they appeared on The Flip Wilson Show. I was hooked. I bought this album on LP way back when, listened to it a lot for a while, then for some reason put it away. I'll crank it up these days, and you know what happens next - the rush of memories is almost overwhelming.
Dan's voice was never all that great, but the Lickettes make up for that. His songwriting can't be faulted, though. There's a little more variety here than on their previous albums. I'm not a big fan of country music (let's face it, I can't stand it), but "Payday Blues," a real crying-in-your-beer number, is tolerable: I hear it as a parody. Everything else is even better -- an eclectic mix of jazz, swing, nostalgia, even a little bluegrass. "Sure Beats Me" is straightahead jazz, reminiscent of QHCF. Sid and John are superb instrumental soloists.
Each of the Lickettes gets her own well-deserved solo spot. Naomi sings and plays some violin. Maryann has, for me, a more appealing voice. Compare her version of "Sweetheart" with Maria Muldaur's.
The missing star is for the skimpy information in the CD packaging - you get a list of the songs and the personnel, and that's it. With the original LP you also got composer credits (they're not all by Dan), photos of each of the band members, and, on the inner sleeve, all the lyrics! The latter might come in handy with something like "`Long Come A Viper." This band could do so much, and probably should have been even more popular than they were. "In dreams I can make you my own." Ahh...the memories...
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Not the Last VW to Hicksville
6 Jun 2006
Format:Audio CD
I was soooo stoked when my ex-boyfriend Joe popped this tape in my car one day. It never, ever, never ever EVER came out of there again....until we broke up (it WAS his, I'm not cruel!) And besides, I found it on Vinyl up in Portland 2 years later! Delicious, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, how can you NOT like everything this guy does? Even my grampa likes this record, and BTW I'm 24, he's 84. :)
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