Don Gibson Theater: In Concert - Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks

"There's no one else who sounds like Dan Hicks, who writes like him, who has that dry sense of humor or has that manner. He's really one of a kind."

– SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

CLEVELAND COUNTY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND
FIRST NATIONAL BANK PRESENTED
DAN HICKS AND THE HOT LICKS

THE WASHINGTON POST said...
"Dan Hicks sounds as young as ever, with his entrenched eccentricity and perpetual, passionate love of vintage music. On the spectrum of musicians who can play and crack wise, with Jimmy Buffett holding the mainstream end and Frank Zappa having nailed down the hipster extreme, Dan Hicks rests firmly in the fun middle ground, accessible and still a bit weird. Thank heavens."

THE BUFFALO NEWS said...
"Dan Hicks hasn't changed a bit. He's still witty, more than a little nutty and as defiantly individualistic as a performer can be - "the band that wouldn't compromise" they called him 40 years ago. He still hasn't... Put it this way - Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks remain the world's greatest novelty band - a novelty band so good that they make everyone else sound staid and all too "normal.""

BLOGCRITICS.COM said...
"His music has been labeled as Outlaw Country Swing. I would call it psychotic country swing and I say that with reverence.... The staccato based lyrics are irreverent, witty, dry, odd and some of the best that are currently being written... There's an underlying brilliance to it all."

THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS said...
"Acoustic swing master Dan Hicks doubles yer pleasure with wry toasted songs and snappy cool-jazz/folk playing in the Texas swing and Hot Club of France veins. And those chirpin' backup chicks - so retro, so hip!"

JAMBASE.COM said...
"Dan Hicks is still delivering the goods, wrapped in his own unique saddle blanket of gypsy jazz woven with western swing with threads of the blues, bacon grease and bebop tying it all together... Like watching an R. Crumb cartoon character walk a tight rope... There's a quirky gonzo humor on the surface, but the music behind it is fiercely tight with no room for error. Listen to the syncopated stops and starts or the rhythm change-ups; take in the multi-layered harmonies or the too cool instrumental breaks; take a deep breath and try to follow those crazily comped chords and high speed scats - there's nothing simple about this stuff, folks."

SONICBOOMERS.COM said...
"To hear Dan Hicks make Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' a brand new song is to bask in the glow of near-genius. There is a reason Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks have lasted as long as they have, and it has nothing to do with luck or Viagra. Rather it's that little ol' life force called soul, and to once again hear a whole album of it is to know the world is still turning in the right direction."