# RIP - Dan Hicks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 7, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453 "2016-02-07T19:54:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453/1 "2016-02-07T19:54:05Z")

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> **[Dan Hicks, Hot Licks Singer, Dead at 74](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dan-hicks-hot-licks-singer-dead-at-74-72395/)**
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> Bay Area music icon passes away following two-year battle with cancer

At least three great LPs in the 70s: Striking it Rich, Last Train to Hicksville, and Where’s The Money.

Wit, melody, chicks singing BG, and lead occasionally. He was one of the true lost originals.

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453/2 "2016-02-07T20:45:24Z")

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A walking one and only! RIP. ☹

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453/3 "2016-02-07T22:08:54Z")

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I’ve been a huge fan of his since 1971. He should have been designated a Living National Treasure.

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**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453/4 "2016-02-07T23:03:25Z")

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Damn. Beatin’ the Heat is one of my favorite albums. It’s got guest shots by Tom Waites, Bette Midler, Brian Setzer, Costello, and Rickie Lee Jones… and no one’s talent is wasted. An album solid from start to end.

And Dan was funny, especially in concert. Damn.

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453/5 "2016-02-08T03:57:39Z")

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I actually got into Dan Hicks by way of Thomas Dolby, who covered “I Scare Myself” on his “The Flat Earth” album. Was lucky enough to see him in concert a couple of times (both times with a huge thunderstorm raging outside). Fantastic musician and entertainer. R.I.P. Dan.