Tangled Tales (album) explained

Tangled Tales
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Dan Hicks
Cover:	Tangled Tales (album).jpg
Genre:	Bluegrass music, jazz
Label:	Surfdog Records
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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]

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!"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dan Hicks tells new 'Tangled Tales' . . 19 April 2012 . 24 September 2014 . Symkus, Ed.
2. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=107017924 Dan Hicks, Hot Licks And 'Tangled Tales'