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leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks....brought a bit of hipster cool to old-style hillbilly/country/western swing and such.
They were San Francisco contemporaries of Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, etc.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/dan-hicks-dies/

They were awesome! I had a work colleague who took him everywhere -- house, car, camping -- she always had a Dan Hicks recording around.

T_Bone0806 wrote:leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks....brought a bit of hipster cool to old-style hillbilly/country/western swing and such.

I saw him (and His Hot Licks) open for The Brian Setzer Orchestra on two occasions. I always regarded them as being among the best of all the opening bands I'd ever seen.

T_Bone0806 wrote:They were San Francisco contemporaries of Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, etc.

I DID NOT know this. He looked much younger, as if he were a contemporary of the next generation of musicians. This also helps explain how he was such an excellent, polished performer.

RIP, Dan.

T_Bone0806 wrote:leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks....brought a bit of hipster cool to old-style hillbilly/country/western swing and such.
They were San Francisco contemporaries of Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, etc.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/dan-hicks-dies/

I saw them many times.