BY VANESSA SALVIA
Alive and Lickin’
Dan Hicks salutes Folk’s Golden Era in Corvallis
C
and Glover and Peter, Paul and Mary,
orvallis … the Willamette cours-
among others.
ing through the heart of town, the
For those of you whose knowledge of
park right next to the river, nice
music goes back only as far as, oh,
restaurants and a small town feel. A
Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Dan Hicks
Saturday night concert in Corvallis is a
began his career as a drummer for the San
good excuse to frolic in the home of the
Francisco rock band The Charlatans in the
Beavers, especially when the concert is
1960s. Along the way, he dabbled in what
one by Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks.
you might call proto-psychedelia,
This weekend, Hicks and the Licks will
explored western swing and jazz and had
salute “The Folk Years,” that revivalist period
his hand in country blues. His hits “I Scare
in American history that saw ordinary working
Myself” (a 1984
people picking up gui-
Thomas Dolby
tars and banjos, strum-
hit) and “I’m an
ming Ramblin’ Jack
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
Old
Cowhand
Elliott at parties, hum-
with Terry Robb
(From the Rio
ming Joan Baez. This
8 pm Saturday, 9/8
Grande)”
only
evening is billed as “a
Corvallis High School Theater
hint at the diversi-
special salute to the
$27.50 adv., $30 door
ty he’s capable of
history of folk music
For show information
his in music.
from one of acoustic
call (541) 750-7990
In 2000, the
music’s most accom-
newest incarna-
plished performers ...
tion of Hicks and
with a reunited band.”
his band released Beatin’ the Heat, featur-
Hicks and his band have created a
ing collaborations with Bette Midler,
musical revue; they rekindle not only their
Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Rickie Lee
own classics but those of a number of
Jones and Brian Setzer. Alive & Lickin’
respected folk artists. If your passion for
followed in 2001. He released a CD/DVD
the Limelighters or The Kingston Trio has
in 2003 entitled Dan Hicks and The Hot
never wavered, regardless of the length of
Licks Featuring An All Star Cast of
your hair, this show will remind you why
Friends that reunited Hicks with virtually
you remain ever loyal. Hicks will revive
all of his past collaborators. Selected
songs by those two classic favorites as
Shorts, 2005’s studio release, features
well as Mississippi John Hurt, Jim
guest performances from Willie Nelson,
Kweskin, Pete Seeger and the Weavers,
Jimmy Buffett, Gibby Haynes, Jim
The Roof Top Singers, Buffy Sainte-
Keltner and Van Dyke Parks.
Marie, Lightin’ Hopkins, Koerner, Ray
ew
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