Thanks, friends. I made a point of seeing Dan every chance I could - which wasn't many. But I'm glad I did. The thing is, I surprised myself - I even scared myself - to think how much Dan and his music meant to me. I didn't realize just how, and how much I got from him, till he passed and I started reflecting on all this. Also, Sid Page's mandolin playing, though he didn't do it that much, had an effect that I see more clearly now, as I reflect on it. That first show was not the first time I'd seen and heard a mandolin played in a concert setting - I'd seen The Band a year or so before, and Levon played mandolin on one or two songs - but this had more of an impact, in a more intimate setting. Again, I don't think this really sank in until I got to thinking about all this.
This is from an appearance on Austin City Limits in 1992 that was mostly a reunion with The Hot Licks and also featured a few songs with The Acoustic Warriors. How did I miss this? Thanks to youtubers for a few clips showing up.
They sure did feel like singing. This was a band that really knew how to have some fun. I remember getting a chuckle out of the liner notes on "Where's The Money?" including the scat "lyrics." Gotta love seeing stuff like "dweet dot do dot" written out.
Here's the set list for this, which aired on February 7, 1992:
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Canned Music
Where's The Money
I Feel Like Singin'
Milk-Shakin' Mama
I Scare Myself
Along Come a Viper
Payday Blues
Evenin' Breeze
The Acoustic Warriors
Up! Up! Up!
Shootin' Straight
Willie
Doin' It
Finally, eerie coincidences abound. That air date is the day after the date of his death. And the date of the show he played at my school? 2/6/73. I don't know what to make of that.
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