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Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks: Greatest Licks - I Feel Like Singin'
by Chris Mosey
You never knew quite where you were with Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks--that was the great thing about them. Sometimes Hicks would come on stage looking like Cab Calloway in a red jacket, rainbow tie and black hat. Next night he'd be in his psychedelic cowboy outfit. And he nearly always wore a sardonic look that said, “Don't take this serious, folks." He kick-started the Haight-Ashbury scene in San Francisco in the 1960s, writing and singing ...
read moreThe Brian Setzer Orchestra: Christmas Comes Alive
by C. Michael Bailey
Since 1994, former Stray Cats' guitarist Brian Setzer has led his own big band, specializing in a hybrid of rock and swing that was thought to have died with Bill Haley and the Comets. Also since that time, Setzer has made a cottage industry of playing holiday music with his big band, releasing Boogie Woogie Christmas (Surfdog Records, 2002), Dig That Crazy Christmas (Surfdog Records, 2005), and two compilations--The Best of Collection--Christmas Rocks (Surfdog, 2008), and Ultimate Christmas CollectionSurfdog Records, ...
read moreRoyal Crown Revue: Caught in the Act
by AAJ Staff
The crowd is raucous; a roughneck, with outrageous Brooklyn patois intones an announcement. “Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, welcome to the Mint...and now, without further ado, it is my honor and privilege to introduce to you, for their stint at the Mint, the Royal Crown Revue!” The famous beat ensues, and the horns tear off “Sing Sing Sing”. There’s a rap about jazzbos hitting the beach, but that can be ignored. The drums splash, the trumpeter rasps, ...
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