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Music CD - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks: Beatin' the Heat
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Music CD: Beatin' the Heat
Artist: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $8.50
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Manufacturer: Surfdog Records Ada
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Tracks:
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1. My Cello
2. I Don't Want Love
3. I Scare Myself
4. Strike It While It's Hot!
5. He Don't Care
6. Meet Me On The Corner
7. I'll Tell You Why That Is
8. Hummin' To Myself
9. Doin' It!
10. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
11. Chattanooga Shoe-Shine Boy
12. Driftin'
13. Hell, I'd Go!
14. Don't Stop The Meter, Mack
15. I've Got A Capo On My Brain
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0720616711328
Label: Surfdog Records Ada
Manufacturer: Surfdog Records Ada
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Surfdog Records Ada
Release Date: 2000-08-29
Studio: Surfdog Records Ada
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Album
Comment: We went to see Dan Hicks in June 2007 at the BB King Blues Club in NYC. I was hoping for a repeat of "Where's the Money" and was initially disappointed they didn't play anything from that album. But we bought this on the way out and it is played nonstop at our house now. These are the tunes we use to start every weekend. I loved them back in the 70's but also now love the direction they've gone in years later.
I can't recommend this highly enough.
In fact, it's stuck in my head on a nonstop loop and that's OK with me.
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Summary: Dan Hicks - Beatin' the heat
Comment: Excellent recording, true and original. Different styles are combined and vocals reveal an astonishing sound. A masterpiece.
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Summary: Something new...well to me!
Comment: I never heard of Dan Hicks until I started listening to Radio Margaritaville, but "Barstool Boogie" caught my ear...from his latest album (Selected Shorts) and was so good, that I just had to have more. It is so great to discover something new...or is that old...
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Summary: Love This Album
Comment: One of my very favorite albums, I like this even better than "Strikin' It Rich" and "Last Train to Hicksville"
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Summary: Danny Boy, we're glad we know ye.
Comment: A friend of mine used to break out his Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks LPs during our partying days in the 70s & 80s...I had never heard of the group, but always enjoyed the music, the lyrics, and the fun...at least I think I did. Then I heard a review of "Beatin' The Heat" on the radio (NPR?). Whoa...gotta get it. And I've been playing it over & over ever since. Gave a copy to another friend as a Christmas gift after he took two months to return my copy when I let him borrow it. If you like good tunes, lyrics that are at times intelligent, corny, and downright funny, and some fine musicianship...don't let this one slip through your fingers...GET IT NOW!
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Editorial Reviews:
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In his song about alien abduction, "Hell, I'd Go," Dan Hicks proclaims, "I'm travelin' light; my attitude's right." Attitude combined with swing is what has made Hicks the sui generis artist he is. Attitude and swing are in abundance on Beatin' the Heat, and both attributes are shared by special guests: Brian Setzer, Rickie Lee Jones, Bette Midler, Tom Waits, and Elvis Costello. Those seeking a working definition of cool should listen to the Hicks-Waits duet on the laid-back shuffle "I'll Tell You Why That Is." Only the essential genius of violinist Sid Page returns from the original Hot Licks, but the band's unique vocal and instrumental sound is still amply present, tastefully updated by producers Gary Hoey and Dave Kaplan--what could be more appropriate than a remake of "I Scare Myself" over a trance groove? Intentionally or not, Hicks has steered clear of the swing revival movement, opting to continue making his own brilliant brand of eclectic, jazz-inflected pop music. --Michael Ross
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