12/9/98
                                             Dan Hicks Enterprises
                                             Great Guns Publishing


Computer people,
I just did a lot of reading-- a couple of (few) months of e-mail from
the Hixsters and I think I have some imput. It is indeed interesting
reading about one's self-- kinda like listening in to a party line

For the record, yes, that is me and the early Hot Licks on the "O" song
for Sesame Street. I believe it was written ny the actor Larry Hankin.
At the time we also did "V" and "E" songs. A "cowboy Feelings" song was
also done later in the Seventies.

Also I have an entry for the hidden lyric query: "Even Santa's reindeer
wouldn't kiss you there!" What song? What album?

Moving along: And hey thanks for those wonderful critiques on my
performances. I've learned a lot: attitude counts a great deal, don't
repeat myself on intros, carry at least a quartet with me in the road,
remember that while I'm in the building--- it's "ShowTime!", try to
diversify my repretoire(sic?). Just for another record: Tom Mitchell is
an inventive cookin' swing guitarist--- so please stop this tone-deaf
comparison dribble. Also, I say thanks much to everyone who atttends the
shows. Seriously.

There's a Danny Alvin Hicks in the Screen Actors Guild that's not
supposed to use the name Dan Hicks (one name to a customer), but does.

"Up, etc" & "Canned Music" are not on the Class Action soundtrack.. At
least not the album I saw.

The second Epic Album (un-completed) sits in some Colombia tape boxes
somewhere, and that's good.

The Christmas Jug Band doesn't play Christmas Eve *per se* because some
guys got their wives preggers and now there's this family thing they do.
Corny, huh?

Thanks for listening and be good to yourselves.

Your master, Dan Hicks

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