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Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks

Beginning as a drummer in the seminal 60’s San Francisco rock band The Charlatans, and continuing with the unique and legendary Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Dan Hicks is widely acknowledged as one of the central defining figures in American roots music. Hicks has earned a reputation as a true original with his signature eclecticism and humor. He continues to carve his own way through a number of genres from proto-psychedelia to western swing and jazz; from Tin Pan Alley to country blues, while always cultivating his own unique sound.

The original Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks recorded five groundbreaking and Billboard-charting records for the Columbia, Blue Thumb and Warner Bros. labels. They toured worldwide and Dan appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine three times. The newest incarnation of DH & HL released the wildly successful Beatin’ the Heat in 2000, featuring collaborations with Bette Midler, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones and Brian Setzer. USA Today called it “one of the blessings of the new millennium.” That release was followed by the live CD Alive & Lickin' in 2001, and the late-2003 CD/DVD Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks Featuring an All Star Cast of Friends. That project reunited Hicks with virtually every musician he has ever played and recorded with. Both Mojo and Downbeat Magazines rated it "Four Stars...one of the best CDs of 2004."

2005 brought the newest studio release Selected Shorts featuring special guests Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Gibby Haynes, Jim Keltner and Van Dyke Parks. Widely touted as the band’s best CD yet -- The New Yorker Magazine remarked "As great as his early masterpiece Where’s the Money? …truly superb."

The release of Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks tenth studio CD in 2009, Tangled Tales, was produced by Grammy-winner Chris Goldsmith (Blind Boys of Alabama). The widely acclaimed release on Surfdog Records features all new Dan Hicks original songs and special guests David Grisman, Roy Rogers, and Charlie Musselwhite, among others. To quote Daily Variety, "Dan Hicks is at the top of his game…unlike many pop artists today, a new studio album from Dan Hicks is like a new painting from Picasso."

	Standard ensemble features Dan on lead vocals & guitar, plus lead guitarist, upright bass player, fiddler/mandolinist, and two female backing vocalists touring in support of latest studio releases on Surfdog Records.
	Seasonal concert program "Holidaze in Hicksville" available November & December.
	Alternate concert programs are available including: "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" or "A Tribute to the Singing Cowboys" or "A Salute to the Folk Years" or "An Evening of Swing Noir" and others.
	Available to package with various artists, including John Hammond and others.

	“So few truly original figures exist in pop music that Dan Hicks should be a national treasure.” _San Francisco Chronicle
	“Dan Hicks is fly, sly, wily and dry!” _Tom Waits
	“Never underestimate this man for a moment, because the instant you do, he will blow you away!” _Seattle Times

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	PUTTING THE COOL BACK IN SCHOOL 20-Oct-2011 — Announcing the the latest in a series of Dan Hicks-created musical productions, KOLLEGE OF MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE pays tribute to the composers and artists Dan most admires including Duke Ellington, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Richard Rodgers, Paul Simon and, of course, himself! With "brilliant" song selections, performances, and history to tie it all together, the Kollege bell rang most recently at Harlow's in Sacremento, where it earned an A+++ from the Sacremento Press. SRO Agents are now enrolling promoters and clubs through 2013.
	ENCORE "HOLIDAZE IN HICKSVILLE" TOURING ANNOUNCED IN SUPPORT OF NEW RELEASE! 1-July-2011 — Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus! And, last October courtesy of Surfdog Records, he delivered the first ever Christmas album from Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks entitled Crazy for Christmas! The premiere tour ran November through December 2010. Contact the elves at SRO regarding the bookings for 2011 holiday season. Click-on Audio Clips above (tracks #6 through #9) for exclusive samples. Click here to read Christmas album reviews
	PANDORA OPENS HICKS' NEW CHRISTMAS BOX 15-Nov-2010 —Hailed as, "The eternal hipster, purveyor of the drollest and most swingin' tunes the rock generation ever enjoyed" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks have hijacked the holidays and created in Dan's words, "a first and only Christmas album." Hicks takes the song "Santa's Workshop," and reverse-engineers it live in-studio with Pandora Musicology host and executive producer Kevin Seal. Click here to listen to podcast
	STREAMING ROOM ONLY 14-Apr-2010 — Courtesy of the good folks at MVY Radio, listen to a live sold-out show direct from the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, Massachusetts! Streaming beings at 7:45 pm eastern time Saturday April 17, on the MVY RADIO SITE!
	HICKS' AMERICAN ROUTES 21-Oct-2009 — Mr. Hicks tells tales of sartorial genius and fine times in the '60s as a ragtime-country-cowboy-jazz musician in San Francisco. Also on the program, Commander Cody. Streaming Oct. 21-27, archived thereafter. Listen Here
	TANGLED TALES ON ASCAP NETWORK 13-Aug-2009 — Dan Hicks spins the yarn about his new record Tangled Tales on ASCAP Audio Portraits. Listen here

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