I SCARE MYSELF

Book ID/图书代码： 05793017B99189

English Summary/英文概要： ’Dan is a national treasure and one of America s great songwriters. Elvis Costello. ’Dan s songs were funny, serious, and entertaining, and the combo of old-timey folk, country, and jazz knocked me out. Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons. ’Dan Hicks is like lightning in a bottle. Bette Midler. Dan Hicks didn t have his heart set on a career in music. It all just sort of happened to him. It didn t hurt, of course, that he was in the right place at the right time San Francisco, 1966 and had a front-row seat for the birth and death of the counterculture. Among other things, this is a classic story of the 60s. More importantly, it s a story of musical genius. By the time the Summer of Love limped to a close in the fall of 67, Hicks had quit the Charlatans the pioneering psych-rock band with whom he played the drums and turned to jazz, the music he d secretly loved all along, as he began building his own band, the Hot Licks. ’I just started taking ingredients I liked and putting them together to see what came out, Hicks writes. What came out was an amazing blend of complex time signatures, unusual instrumentation, and intricate vocal harmonies that took him to the top of the 70s rock world but also into a downward spiral of drink and drug abuse. Emerging from a long wilderness, which he writes about here with wit and candour, the man described by Tom Waits as ’fly, sly, wily, and dry eventually returned to recording and performing, making a number of acclaimed albums, including Beatin The Heat, a set of duets with Waits, Costello, Rickie Lee Jones, and more. Along the way, his music continued to subtly permeate the culture, turning up everywhere from The Sopranos to commercials for Levi s and Bic. Hicks passed away in early 2016, but his music, and the stories he tells here, remain as fresh and irresistible as ever. I Scare Myself takes readers on a journey behind the music, and into the life and mind of the fantastic artist who created it.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Dan是国宝，是美国最伟大的歌曲作者。——Elvis Costello Dan的歌曲是风趣的，严肃的，娱乐的，也是旧时光民谣和爵士的融合，让我欲罢不能。——Matt Groening，《辛普森一家》创作人 Dan Hicks就好像一道闪电，他起先并不想做音乐，但这一切就那么自然地发生了。他在恰当的时光出现在了恰当的地方。那是1966年的旧金山。这是一个六十年代的经典故事。这是一段关于一个音乐天才的故事。到了67年的秋天，他退出了先锋摇滚乐队Charlatans，转而研究自己一直喜欢的爵士乐，并开始组建自己的乐队Hot Licks。他记录道：我只是开始将我喜欢的元素放在一起，看看会有什么样的结果。最终的成果令人惊艳，既有时间的印记，又有不同寻常的旋律，和声也很融洽，让他走上了70年代摇滚世界的巅峰，但随后他就因为酗酒和滥用毒品走上了下坡路。经历了很长的一段混乱之后他终于走了出来，开始恢复录音和演出，制作了一些备受好评的专辑，包括Beatin The Heat，其中有一些和Waits、Costello、Rickie Lee Jones等人的配合。他的音乐仍旧微妙地左右着文化的走向。Hicks在2016年初去世，但他的音乐和本书中的故事都仍是那么新鲜和让人无可抗拒。本书带领读者走上寻找音乐背后故事的旅程，走进艺术家的人生和头脑。（LYR）

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About the Author/作者介绍： Dan Hicks是歌手和歌曲作者，他的作品介于民谣、爵士、乡村之间，可谓是完全原创的类型。他1941年出生在阿肯萨斯州的Little Rock，童年时就搬去了加利福尼亚，60年代中期站上了旧金山的舞台。在短暂地加入过Charlatans乐队之后，他组织了自己的乐队Hot Licks，制作过大量经典专辑。在七十岁之后他仍继续制作唱片和演出。他在2016年2月死于肝癌。

Dan Hicks was a singer and songwriter whose work blurred elements of folk, jazz, country, and swing into something entirely his own. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1941, he moved to California as a child and found himself at the center of the San Francisco scene in the mid 60s. After a brief stint in the Charlatans, he formed His Hot Licks, releasing the classic albums Striking It Rich and Last Train To Hicksville. He continued to perform and make records into his seventies. He died of liver cancer in February 2016.

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