Dylan Hicks
Dylan Hicks | |
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 Dylan Hicks | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Dylan Hicks |
| Born | December 11, 1970 Austin, Texas |
| Origin | Minneapolis |
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| Instruments | Piano, guitar |
| Labels | Soft Launch |
| Website | dylanhicks |
Dylan Hicks (also sometimes known as the Governor of Fun)[1] is an American singer-songwriter and novelist from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Musical career[]
Hicks' first three albums were released on the No Alternative label.[2] After releasing a self-produced cassette and two 45s, his first album "Won" was released in 1996 and recorded with backing band The Golf Ball-Sized Boogie.[3] He released his second CD entitled "Poughkeepsie" in 1998, which was described by Kristy Martin as "a sparkling demo of smart wordplay and pop sensibility."[4] He followed this up with the album "Alive With Pleasure" in 2001.[4]
As a companion to his novel Boarded Windows, Hicks released an album entitled Sings Bolling Greene, which originated when Hicks started writing songs by Bolling Greene, one of the characters in the book.[5] In the book, Greene is a country musician. About half of the songs on Sings Bolling Greene are written from Greene's perspective, while the remaining ones are about Greene.[6] His most recent album, Ad Out, was released on October 20, 2017.[7]
Writing career[]
In 2012, Hicks' debut novel, Boarded Windows, was published by Coffee House Press. It is narrated by a nameless narrator,[8] and is set in Minneapolis in the 1990s.[5] A second novel, Amateurs, was published in May 2016 by Coffee House Press. He has also written for City Pages.[9]
Reception[]
Courtney Algo and Lit Lyfe wrote in the Twin Cities Daily Planet that "fans of Hicks and rapier-sharp prose will find a great delight in Boarded Windows."[10] A review in MinnPost described the book as "a vivid time capsule of those scruffier days of Twin Cities music fandom," referring to the 1990s.[5]
References[]
- ^ Gihring, Tim (May 2012). "Return of the Governor of Fun". Minnesota Monthly. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (10 May 2012). "Stranger than fiction: The return of Dylan Hicks". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Music « Dylan Hicks (writer and musician)". www.dylanhicks.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Martin, Kristy (December 2001). "Alive With Pleasure". CMJ New Music Report. 70 (744): 11.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Goetzman, Amy (7 June 2012). "7 burning questions for musician/novelist Dylan Hicks". MinnPost. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ Bahn, Christopher (21 May 2012). "Dylan Hicks". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ kayteamac (2017-10-09), "Premiere: Dylan Hicks new video A-24", Paste, retrieved 2017-10-29
- ^ Akins, Ellen (8 May 2012). "Review: Dylan Hicks' novel "Boarded Windows"". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ Sigelman, Danny (25 January 2012). "Dylan Hicks unveils "West Texas Winds," talks upcoming novel". City Pages. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ Algeo, Courtney (11 January 2012). "Dylan Hicks blends fact and fiction in impressive debut novel "Boarded Windows"". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- Writers from Minneapolis
- Musicians from Minneapolis
- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American male singer-songwriters
- American singer-songwriters
- 20th-century American singers
- 21st-century American singers
- Songwriters from Minnesota
- Singers from Minnesota
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from Minnesota
- 20th-century male singers
- 21st-century male singers
- 1970 births