Dan Hicks - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 9-1973, Late Show

I just posted Dan Hicks performing the early show on this date as part of the Ebbets Field radio broadcasts. Here's the late show. 

Unfortunately, it seems we only have part of the late show. This one is 23 minutes shorter than the early show, and it doesn't end with anything sounding like an encore. But it's better to have some of the show than none at all.

Luckily, there is only a moderate amount of overlap between the early and late shows. Just three songs were played in both (at least in the parts we have recordings for): "Who Are You," "I'll Tell You Why that Is," and "Out on the Western Plain."

The music is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. I had to do a lot of volume adjustment on the version I found, especially boosting the volume of the banter between songs. But that was the only tinkering necessary.

This album is 34 minutes long.

01 Peach Pickin' Time (Dan Hicks)
02 talk (Dan Hicks)
03 He Don't Care - Sweet Lorraine (Dan Hicks)
04 Who Are You (Dan Hicks)
05 talk (Dan Hicks)
06 I'll Tell You Why that Is (Dan Hicks)
07 How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away (Dan Hicks)
08 Out on the Western Plain (Dan Hicks)
09 talk (Dan Hicks)
10 The Same Thing (Dan Hicks)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/AtY6UufQ

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/P8JAlFyPSAhAiJR/file

The cover image was taken on May 8, 1973, for the "In Concert" ABC TV show. That's the same source for the cover image used for the early show. I wanted to have similar photos because Hicks probably would have been wearing the same clothes for the early and late shows. 

Dan Hicks - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 9-1973, Early Show

Here's another album sourced from the Ebbets Field radio broadcasts. This time, it's Dan Hicks. He performed an early show and last show. That seemed to be standard procedure at that venue, but most of the time we only have the recording of one show. But this time, we have both. So here's the early show first.

I've already posted a little bit about Hicks, when he was a guest for an episode of the Midnight Special TV show, hosted by the Pointed Sisters. But here's some more on him. This is how his Wikipedia entry begins:

"[Hicks] was an American singer-songwriter and musician, and the leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. His idiosyncratic style combined elements of cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music. He is perhaps best known for the songs 'I Scare Myself' and 'Canned Music.' His songs are frequently infused with humor, as evidenced by the title of his tune 'How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?'"

Here's the rest of his Wikipedia entry:

Dan Hicks (singer) - Wikipedia

Hicks led the band "Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks" from 1967 to 1973. Their best selling album was released in 1973, "Last Train to Hicksville... the Home of Happy Feet." It seems likely he'd already broken that band up by the time of this concert, because he was billed as the "Dan Hicks Trio" here. 

As an aside, I haven't been familiar with his music until posting these albums. But I'm very familiar with the Thomas Dolby version of "I Scare Myself." I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was originally written and released by Hicks. 

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent.  

This album is 57 minutes long. 

01 Who Are You (Dan Hicks)
02 Humming to Myself (Dan Hicks)
03 talk (Dan Hicks)
04 Three Wishes (Dan Hicks)
05 I Got Mine (Dan Hicks)
06 talk (Dan Hicks)
07 We're Not on the Same Trip - Out on the Western Plain (Dan Hicks)
08 talk (Dan Hicks)
09 I Scare Myself (Dan Hicks)
10 Cowboys Dream No. 19 (Dan Hicks)
11 talk (Dan Hicks)
12 I'll Tell You Why that Is (Dan Hicks)
13 Evening Breeze (Dan Hicks)
14 talk (Dan Hicks)
15 Long Come a Viper (Dan Hicks) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/K5BB8i9d

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/gJKUDzzzCTEVJDe/file

The cover image was taken on May 8, 1973, for the "In Concert" ABC TV show. 

The Pointer Sisters with Dan Hicks - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 3-15-1974

Here's another episode of the "Midnight Special" TV show. This one stars the Pointer Sisters. As I made it, I realized the album would be pretty short. So I added in two songs performed by Dan Hicks from the same episode. I think that's a good fit, since both acts at this time were performing older styles of music not commonly played in the 1970s, like swing.

I've already posted a televised BBC concert by the Pointer Sisters that was broadcast in February 1974. This was broadcast just one month later. (Unfortunately, with TV shows like this, I usually only have the broadcast dates, not the actual recording dates.) So one would think the two appearances would be pretty similar, but at least half of the material was different.

One thing I noticed is that there were four Pointer Sisters at this time: Anita, Bonnie, Ruth, and June (all of them actual sisters). In the BBC concert the month before, all four performed. But in this concert, June wasn't there. Maybe she was sick or something? I don't know. They would remain a foursome until 1977, when Bonnie would leave for a solo career. One song here, "Black Coffee," was sung just by Bonnie.

The presence of Dan Hicks here is curious, due to the timing. Hicks was the leader of the band Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks from 1967. But he broke up the band in 1973, later saying, "It was getting old. We became less compatible as friends. I was pretty disillusioned, had some money, and didn't want to do it any more." The last album with the Hot Licks came out in 1973. He wouldn't release a solo album until 1978. So this appearance took place at a time when he didn't have a new album to promote, or even a backing band of his own. I'm just speculating here, but perhaps since the Pointer Sisters were the hosts of the episode, they had some influence on which other acts would be chosen for the episode, and they wanted Hicks since he was interested in the same sort of retro styles they were at the time. 

In any case, here's the Wikipedia links for Hicks:

Dan Hicks (singer) - Wikipedia 

In case you're curious, the other musical acts in the episode were Focus, Billy Paul, the Crusaders, the Butts Band, and the Strawbs. 

The last song, "Cloudburst," is not from this episode. Instead, it's the only song they performed when they were on the show for the July 20, 1973 episode. They wouldn't be on the show again until much later. They would host it again in 1979, and Bonnie Pointer would be a host as a solo artist in 1980. I'll probably make an album out of that once those episodes are made public.

As usual with these episodes, I did a lot of editing to get rid of the gaps between nearly every song,  due to commercial breaks or switches to other musical acts. I mostly did this by adding in more applause. Also, the song "Wang Dang Doodle" was heavily edited. After about two minutes, the recording of the song came to an end, because the TV broadcast ended at that point, in mid-song. So I went looking for a different version of the song. I found a good one, from the European TV show "TopPop," broadcast on January 28, 1974 (with all four sisters). I used that to finish off the song. Also, since it was a studio version, I added applause at the end so it would fit in with the rest of the concert. That's why that song has "[Edit]" in its title. 

This album is 37 minutes long.

01 talk by Wolfman Jack (Pointer Sisters)
02 Yes We Can Can (Pointer Sisters)
03 talk (Pointer Sisters)
04 13-D (Dan Hicks)
05 talk (Pointer Sisters)
06 Little Pony (Pointer Sisters)
07 talk (Pointer Sisters)
08 Salt Peanuts (Pointer Sisters with Wolfman Jack)
09 Bangin' on the Pipes - Steam Heat (Pointer Sisters)
10 Hummin' to Myself (Dan Hicks)
11 Black Coffee (Bonnie Pointer)
12 Wang Dang Doodle [Edit] (Pointer Sisters)
13 Cloudburst (Pointer Sisters)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/Eh6PKabY

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/K3x5rrGxyWSaIx9/file

The cover photo is a screenshot taken from this exact concert. The screenshot was taken by a volunteer named Liam, who also did most of the rest of the cover work.