Consumer Guide Album

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks: Last Train to Hicksville [Blue Thumb, 1973]
On Where's the Money? I had to work to figure out why I wasn't responding; on this one I have to think to figure out why I am. Well, dozens of touches--Hicks's musical wit is undiminished, with John Girton's acoustic plectra especially charming. But the words aren't sharp enough to cut the band's chronic cuteness. B