Shootin' Straight
Live album by
Released1994
VenueMcCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California
LabelOn the Spot[1]
ProducerJoel Moss
Dan Hicks chronology
It Happened One Bite
(1978)
Shootin' Straight
(1994)
Return to Hicksville
(1997)

Shootin' Straight is a live album by the American musician Dan Hicks, released in 1994.[2][3] Hicks was backed by the Acoustic Warriors.[4] It was Hicks's first major album since 1978.[5]

Production

Produced by Joel Moss, the album was recorded over two nights at McCabe's Guitar Shop, in Santa Monica, California.[6][7][8] Hicks had been playing McCabe's for more than 12 years.[9] Shootin' Straight is made up of previously unrecorded songs.[7]

Bette Midler and Asleep at the Wheel had covered Hicks's "Up! Up! Up!"[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[12]
The Commercial Appeal[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[14]
The Indianapolis Star[15]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[16]

The Washington Post wrote that the album "proves that his off-beat sense of humor and his dead-on sense of swing are intact ... Hicks sings about barflies, bank robbers and flying-saucer pilots in a small, dry voice that drifts easily over the crisp swing below."[5] The Knoxville News Sentinel noted that "Hicks sounds charmingly confused in his stage patter."[17]

The Indianapolis Star called the album full of "quirky humor and acoustic tunes that draw on influences ranging from jazz accordion to Texas swing slide guitar."[15] The Los Angeles Times thought that "the zesty interplay of guitars, fiddles and mandolins looks back to Django Reinhardt."[18] The Commercial Appeal stated: "Instrumentally, this is a group to reckon with, as Paul Robinson's lightning lead acoustic guitar intertwines with Stevie Blacke's mandolin and Jim Boggio provides atmospheric accordion."[13]

AllMusic wrote that "the material owes a lot to pre-bebop jazz, but it also owes a lot to country, rock, folk, and blues."[11] Elijah Wald, of The Boston Globe, listed it as one of 1994's best albums.[19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan Hicks

No.TitleLength
1."Up! Up! Up!"4:01
2."Shootin' Straight"5:07
3."Hell, I'd Go!"2:26
4."Bottoms Up!"3:57
5."Texas Kinda Attitude"3:29
6."Willie"4:15
7."Savin' My Lovin'"4:56
8."13-D"3:37
9."Barstool Boogie"3:30
10."A Magician"3:32
11."Who Are You?"4:07
12."Level with Me Laurie"4:05
13."The Rounder"3:49
14."$100,000"3:13

References

  1. KRAMPERT, PETER (March 23, 2016). "The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica". Mel Bay Publications. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022 via Google Books.
  2. "Dan Hicks Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  3. "Music -- 11 tracks of Whack by Walter Becker / Shootin' Straight by Dan Hicks". Playboy. 42 (3): 24. Mar 1995.
  4. Mabe, Chauncey (17 Sep 1994). "DAN HICKS: Shootin' Straight". Sun-Sentinel. p. 3D.
  5. 1 2 "HICKS MINUS LICKS STILL KICKS". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. Nichols, Jim (6 Sep 1995). "HICKS PREFERS TO PERFORM". Dayton Daily News. Downtowner. p. 6.
  7. 1 2 Hill, Jack W. (February 3, 1995). "FLANKED BY WARRIORS, HICKS MAKES WAY BACK TO NATIVE LR". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. p. 20.
  8. Kening, Dan (16 Dec 1994). "SINGER-SONGWRITER DAN HICKS PROVES HE STILL HAS THE HOT HAND". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. P.
  9. Carroll, Tomm (October 28, 1994). "McCabe's strums along". Daily Breeze. p. K29.
  10. Gilbert, Calvin (4 Sep 1995). "Acoustic Warrior". Nashville Banner. p. C1.
  11. 1 2 "Shootin' Straight - Dan Hicks & the Acoustic Warriors | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-15 via www.allmusic.com.
  12. "Robert Christgau: CG: Dan Hicks". www.robertchristgau.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  13. 1 2 Nager, Larry (July 30, 1994). "RECORDINGS". The Commercial Appeal. p. C5.
  14. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 276.
  15. 1 2 Schoch, Eric (29 Aug 1994). "Dan Hicks 'Shootin' Straight'". The Indianapolis Star. p. C5.
  16. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 547.
  17. Bledsoe, Wayne (7 Aug 1994). "Hicks is still shooting; Waters is fresh after 30 years". Knoxville News Sentinel. p. 2.
  18. Boehm, Mike (14 Jan 1995). "Dan Hicks Keeps Ticking: The Wry Leader of the '60s-Era Hot Licks Faced Some Cold Shoulders". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 2.
  19. "TOP TEN RECORDINGS 1994". The Boston Globe. Calendar. 22 Dec 1994. p. 18.
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