I Scare Myself : A Memoir

Outline Press Ltd

I Scare MyselfA Memoir\nAuthor(s): Dan Hicks, Elvis Costello, Tommy LiPuma, Kristine McKenna\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Outline Press Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Jawbone\nISBN-13: 9781911036234, 978-1911036234\nSynopsis\n'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 t.