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Dan Hicks gone but not forgotten
February 6, 2016 - 5:44pm
I guess he finally caught the 103. When I was a youngster he helped connect me with country swing and provide a balance to the rock and roll I was listening to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE0yvIzipkk
Fuck! It has been a bad month. Or more accurately, I guess this is the new normal now that we are all of a certain age.
Though there is a certain relevance here, given that he did pen the flouncer's anthem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9-FOLG-iA
He was 74 a little young perhaps but then they do say that partying hard can reduce your life expectancy. I never paid it much attention when I was in my 20's but I am starting to think about it now when many of my favourite entertainers are passing away.
I love, "How Can I Miss You". I'll try not to take the joke personally.
No reason why you should, k.
You have never played that self-indulgent game. So it ain't about you.
And I have myself done my best to resist the temptation.
On the "The Flip Wilson Show" in 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZ8wjQE_bY
Partying reduces your life expectancy? I'lll be spending the night writing my will.