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Feb 9, 2016 · Guitarist Dan Hicks, widely acknowledged as one of the defining figures in American roots music, died February 6 at age 74 after a two-year battle with cancer at his home in Mill Valley, California. The fiercely creative singer and songwriter is survived by his wife Clare Hicks and step daughter Sara Wasserman.
Daniel Ivan Hicks was an American singer-songwriter and musician, and the leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. His idiosyncratic style combined elements of cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music. He is perhaps best known for the songs "I Scare Myself" and "Canned Music". His songs are frequently infused with humor, as evidenced by the title of his tune "How Can I ...
American singer-songwriter (Dec. 9, 1941, Little Rock, AR – Feb. 6, 2016, Mill Valley, CA). He combined cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy ...
Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks (born December 9, 1941; died February 6, 2016) was truly an American original. Hicks was in the San Francisco band The Charlatans, but is perhaps best known for his work with "Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks" which existed from sometime in the mid-1960s until 1973, culminating in the album Last Train to Hicksville.
Feb 7, 2016 · Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, began performing in the late 1960s in San Francisco, where psychedelic rock bands like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead dominated the music sound.
