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I was as instantly mesmerised by this as I was with all those musical epiphanies – Miles, Bob, The Beatles, Eric Dolphy, Tom Waits, Joni...you know the feeling when you just have to have it.
It pressed all the right buttons, hit all the pleasure centres and me wondering what had hit me.
Was this country? Was it jazz?
Was it just good, even great music? Yes, that was it! And it lasts; Dan hicks is definitely guilty of writing classic songs that just sort of belong. I think there's a long loveletter from Ben Sidran on the sleeve. He's a genius, by the way.
All his records are beautiful and meticulous – full of subtlety and and rare wit. Go get them all, now.
Tom Waits said he was fly, dry, sly and wry. And he's never wrong...
Tracks range from parodic country numbers, such as I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande), through instrumental tours de force, such as Philly Rag, to masterpieces of emotional, ensemble playing, such as I Scare Myself.
This is a record that makes me laugh, gasp and wince with emotion. It is perfectly put together and captures the seventies dream of music without pretension and without boundaries, which got swallowed by pomp rock and metal.
It's a sort of aural equivalent of a Robert Crumb cartoon, loosely based on a sort of Django Reinhart sound, but spiced up with some wonderfully barbed lyrics.
There are some stand-out moments: I scare myself, with a wonderful violin solo; a sexy I'm an old cowhand.. and my favourite the Laughing song, which in a few short minutes leaves you scratching your head. Is he serious or what?
Americans, some say, are woefully short of comic irony.. but Hicks has it in spades, and if you are up to clever but listenable-to music then try this. This was,is, and ever will be a great, great and eccentric record.
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