Date sent: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 02:07:12 -0500 From: Kubacheck Subject: Ramshead Tavern 3/7/03 To: shorty@danhicks.net Great show......this was my 3rd time seeing Dan at the Ramshead, and will go every time he plays there.......you can't beat the intimacy of the place......Dan Haas, a local musician, opened up for the Hot Licks....he was pretty good, and he got the crowd warmed up with some audience interaction.......I can't remember if Dan did this the other 2 times I saw him, but he was the first one out on stage, while it was dark, to set up......then the others came out slowly to set up.......he opened with "Canned Music", with an extra lyric about music on the internet.......he seemed to be in good spirits and was his usual funny self......the neat thing about watching Dan perform is that he has this habit of really staring into the audience during a song.....can be a little startling if it's you he's fixated on......he introduced "Long Come a Viper" by saying that it was "about a Viper......who came along....".....and that was all we needed to know about that.......on this night, he introduced himself as Howard Stern, and followed that with a "F**k You", which got a good laugh......when someone called out a request, he said that yes, they'd be taking requests.......for the following nights performance in Philly........he also promised us that they'd give us our 25 dollars worth tonight and billed the Hot Licks as the "band who respects your intelligence"......a good show, and when he gets to the Ramshead again, I will most definitely be there...... Set List: 1 Canned Music 2 Barstool Boogie 3 'Long Come a Viper 4 That's The Smoke They're Blowin' 5 I'll See You In My Dreams 6 How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away 7 Bottoms Up! 8 I Scare Myself 9 Exactly Like You 10 Reelin' Down 11 I Feel Like Singin' 12 Hey Bartender, Can I Borrow Your Car? Encore 13 Evenin' Breeze 14 Payday Blues