Tangled Tales (album)

Tangled Tales
Studio album by
Dan Hicks
ReleasedMarch 24, 2009 (2009-03-24)
GenreBluegrass music, jazz
LabelSurfdog Records
Dan Hicks chronology
Selected Shorts
(2004) 		Tangled Tales
(2009) 		Crazy for Christmas
(2011)

Tangled Tales is an album by Dan Hicks, released on March 24, 2009, on Surfdog Records. It was recorded along with Hicks' longtime band, billed as "His Hot Licks". It consists of two new songs, as well as reworkings of Hicks' older originals and several covers.[1] The title track consists entirely of scatting, and was suggested by the owner of Surf Dog Records.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
PopMatters(7/10)[4]
JazzTimes(favorable)[5]
Washington Post(favorable)[6]
Robert Christgau[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dan Hicks; except where indicated.

  1. "Who Are You?"
  2. "The Diplomat"
  3. "Savin' My Lovin'"
  4. "The Blues My Naughty Baby Gave to Me" (Arthur N. Swanstone, C. Morgan, Charles R. McCarron)
  5. "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver, Ellen May Shashoyan)
  6. "The Rounder"
  7. "13-D"
  8. "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" (Grant Clark, Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams)
  9. "A Magician"
  10. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (Bob Dylan)
  11. "Tangled Tales"
  12. "Let It Simmer!"

References

  1. ^ Symkus, Ed (April 19, 2012). "Dan Hicks tells new 'Tangled Tales'". The Enterprise. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  2. ^ Dan Hicks, Hot Licks And 'Tangled Tales'
  3. ^ Tangled Tales Review
  4. ^ Loar, Christel (March 22, 2009). "Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks:Tangled Tales". PopMatters. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  5. ^ Tangled Tales Review
  6. ^ Joyce, Mike (October 23, 2009). "CD review: 'Tangled Tales' by Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks". Washington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  7. ^ CG: Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks


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