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CT Hicks posted a message on her husband's website confirming
his death in Mill Valley, California, on Saturday after a
two-year battle with throat and liver cancer.
"He was true blue, one of a kind, and did it all his own way
always," she wrote. "To all who loved him, know that he will
live forever in the words, songs and art that he spent his life
creating."
In the 1960s, Hicks founded a band, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks.
The band, which scored hits like "I Scare Myself," earned praise
for its eclectic sound drawn from several musical genres.
The band's final album, "Last Train to Hicksville," landed Hicks
on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1973, though the group
broke up right at the peak of its popularity. Hicks would go on
to a long solo career.
He was known for regularly using humor, both in his lyrics –
"How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away" was one of his
biggest hits – and in onstage one-liners.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1941, Hicks and his family
moved to California when he was 5 years old, according to his
website.
He was a drummer in school and later took up the guitar. He
started out playing at coffeehouses as part of the San Francisco
folk music scene.
(Editing by Frank McGurty and Jonathan Oatis)
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