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I Scare Myself by Dan Hicks
by Chris Mosey
I Scare Myself Dan Hicks 237 Pages ISBN: 978-1-911036-23-4 Jawbone Books 2017 The late Dan Hicks is described by Kristine McKenna, editor of this rambling but curiously engaging autobiography, as “a musical genius." He wasn't, although he did write some amusing songs and played competent guitar. This and a laconic sense of humour made him an influential figure on the burgeoning jny: San Francisco hippie rock music scene in the 1960s and 70s, ...
read moreDan 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 ...
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