Hicks, who died on Saturday, began performing with his band Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks in the late '60s. Rock historian Ed Ward has an appreciation. Originally broadcast Jan 10, 2002.

In 1968, he formed his own band, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, which was Dan, backup singers Naomi Eisenberg and Maryann Price, a guitarist, a bass player and a violinist. Dan was on the cover of ...

But swing legend Dan Hicks doesn’t think much of them. “The tunes all sound the same, nobody’s a real singer and they’re all trying to be crowd pleasers,” says Hicks.

Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks, known for his rootsy blend of folk, jazz and country music, died Feb. 6 in Mill Valley, Calif., after a two-year battle with throat and liver cancer. He was 74.

Dan Hicks, the singer/songwriter and frontman for the band Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, died Saturday following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 74.

In Dan Hicks’ posthumous memoir, “I Scare Myself,” he starts at the beginning, recalling his childhood in Santa Rosa as a middle-class kid who played drums in the high school marching band ...

Marin singer-songwriter Dan Hicks, who blended a host of Americana music styles and injected a wry wit into hits like “Canned Music” and “I Scare Myself” over a more than 40-year career ...

Dan Hicks, a singer, songwriter and bandleader who attracted a devoted following with music that was defiantly unfashionable, proudly eccentric and foot-tappingly catchy, died Saturday at his home … ...

Hicks, who died on Saturday, began performing with his band Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks in the late '60s. Rock historian Ed Ward has an appreciation. Originally broadcast Jan 10, 2002.

Hicks, who died on Saturday, began performing with his band Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks in the late '60s. Rock historian Ed Ward has an appreciation. Originally broadcast Jan 10, 2002.

Hicks, who died on Saturday, began performing with his band Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks in the late '60s. Rock historian Ed Ward has an appreciation. Originally broadcast Jan 10, 2002.