Dan Hicks - Last Train LP Vinyl Record For Sale

Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Last Train Train To Hicksville...The Home Of Happy Feet - Blue Thumb Records BTS 51 - 1973 - Original Release - Columbia Terre Haute Pressing

Tracks:

Cowboy's Dream No.19
Lonely Madman
My Old Timey Baby
Vivando
Success
Cheaters Don't Win
Payday Blues
I Asked My Doctor
Sure Beats Me
The Euphonius Whale
Sweetheart
'Long Come A Viper
It's Not My Time To Go

    Dan Hicks’ 1973 album Last Train to Hicksville…The Home of Happy Feet is a quirky, roots-driven record made with his band the Hot Licks, blending swing, folk, blues, and country into a relaxed acoustic sound that felt different from most rock albums of the early ’70s. The record runs about 37 minutes with 13 tracks and highlights Hicks’ laid-back vocal style, witty lyrics, and tight harmony singing from bandmates Maryann Price and Naomi Eisenberg. Songs like “Cowboy’s Dream No. 19,” “Payday Blues,” and the playful remake “‘Long Come a Viper” show the group’s mix of vintage jazz swing and Americana storytelling, often carried by violin, guitar, bass, and light percussion instead of heavy electric rock instruments. The album also became the final release by the original Hot Licks lineup before Hicks dissolved the group later in 1973, making it a kind of closing chapter for that era of the band.

Genre/s: Folk, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country

For Fans Of: Asleep at the Wheel, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Bob Wills–style Western Swing, early Leon Redbone

Official Release Date: January 1, 1973

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