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The Alan Walden & Chris Hicks Christmas Jam The Hangar, Macon, Georgia December 21, 2013
He’s been a star player in the Marshall
Tucker Band for many years now, but if you want to see Chris Hicks really shine, check out one of his con- certs. Case in point: The Second Annual Christmas Jam. The event brought Chris and his band back to his hometown of Macon for an out- standing night of southern rock, South- ern soul, and blues. Oh, by the way, there was some serious jazz played as well, but we’ll get to that. To open the show
Chris had brought in a band from Spartan- burg, South Carolina called Derail & The Train Wrecks. They took the stage and performed a variety of southern rock and country covers, in- cluding some good ol’ Marshall Tucker and one of my personal favorite Waylon songs, “Rose in Paradise.” (Trivia: Toy Cald- well recorded a great version of this song for his unreleased 1984 album.) After a break, The Chris Hicks Band hit the
Chris Hicks
ground runnin.’ They started off with “In Time” from Hicks’ latest solo album, Dog Eat Dog World, and I noticed famed Capricorn producer/artist Paul Hornsby sliding in be- hind a set of keys for the next song, “This Ol’ Cowboy,” my all time favorite MTB track. Hearing the man who produced the record and played keys on all those Tucker tracks sit- ting in was pretty ex- cellent. Over the years I
have seen Chris with several different incar- nations of his band but the current one is the best yet. The band in- cludes: Joe “Boogie” Simmons on keys; Rick Ussery on guitar; Eric Wynn on bass; and Leroy Wilson on drums. Local favorite Sista Rae Rae jammed out on harp on several tunes as well. The rock ‘n roll just
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kept coming. Great songs like “It All Comes Back Around,” “You Can’t Hide,” and the beautiful “Tie That Binds,” which he dedi- cated to his mother, a cancer survivor. One of my favorite songs
that Chris wrote is “Dog Eat Dog World.” It’s become a staple of the Marshall Tucker shows and on this night he and his band nearly burned down the Hangar with it. And speak- ing of Marshall Tucker, Chris pulled out the
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