Dan Hicks Tour at SJCT July 27

Carving his way through a number of genres for the past six decades, singer-songwriter Dan Hicks is widely considered one of the central figures in American roots music. On Saturday, July 27, Friday Harbor is treated to that talent as Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks bring their national tour to San Juan Community Theatre at 8:00 p.m.

Since the early 1960s, Hicks has blended elements of jazz, swing, folk and country music to create his own unique “Folk Jazz” sound. Add that to his lyrical styling, laid-back vocalizing, infamous on-stage wit and snappy dressing…and you have a true original.

Musically, Dan started as a drummer, becoming the drummer for a San Francisco folk-rock group called The Charlatans. Later forming the Hot Licks, he recorded five groundbreaking and Billboard-charting records and collaborated with artists like Rickie Lee Jones, Elvis Costello, Brian Setzer and Tom Waits. In fact, Waits has said of Hicks:
“Dan Hicks is fly, sly, wily and dry!”

Today, Dan tours worldwide with an updated version of the Hot Licks and occasionally performs gigs at various jazz venues in the San Francisco Bay Areas as a vocalist with his swinging combo Bayside Jazz. His most recent album, released this spring, celebrates his 70th birthday, live at San Francisco’s Davies Hall, where he was joined by a number of musical friends, including Rickie Lee Jones, Harry Shearer, Maria Muldaur, Van Dyke Parks, Tuck and Patti, John Hammond and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.

The Business Partner for the concert is PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center. Tickets are $34 for adults, $17 for student reserved and $5 student RUSH at the door. The SJCT box office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased on-line at www.sjctheatre.org

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