Tangled Tales (album)

Tangled Tales
Studio album by Dan Hicks
Released	March 24, 2009
Genre	Bluegrass music, jazz
Label	Surf Dog Records
Dan Hicks chronology
Selected Shorts (2004) Tangled Tales (2009) Crazy for Christmas (2011)

Tangled Tales is an album by Dan Hicks, released on March 24, 2009, on Surf Dog 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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
PopMatters	(7/10)[4]
JazzTimes	(favorable)[5]
Washington Post	(favorable)[6]
Robert Christgau	[7]

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)
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!"

References

1. Symkus, Ed (19 April 2012). "Dan Hicks tells new 'Tangled Tales'". The Enterprise. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
2. Dan Hicks, Hot Licks And 'Tangled Tales'
3. Tangled Tales Review
4. Loar, Christel (22 March 2009). "Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks:Tangled Tales". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
5. Tangled Tales Review
6. Joyce, Mike (23 October 2009). "CD review: 'Tangled Tales' by Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
7. CG: Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks