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The Tiki Bar is Open. (More Jazz Than Not).
John Hiatt: The Tiki Bar is Open (Vanguard 7953-2)
John Hiatt has reunited with one of his old backup bands, the Goners (featuring Sonny Landreth on guitar) to produce what is probably his best work since that wonderful trilogy of Bring the Family, Slow Turning, and Stolen Moments. The Tiki Bar Is Open falls just short of the standard set by those three collections; most noticeably absent this time around are the memorable characters (e.g., "Trudy and Dave") who populated some of his songs back then. This time around, most of the songs revolve around Hiatt himself. There's some really good stuff here though, such as the opening cut, "Everybody Went Low," where Hiatt uses one of his old tricks of varying rhythm and volume to dramatic effect. The end result is one of those songs you just can't get out of your mind, and you will wind up singing to yourself those simple words, "Everybody Went Low" as loud as you can -- when nobody can hear you. In an entirely different mood, Hiatt sings about his broken heart in "Something Broken," and the effect of the repetition of those words is hypnotic. You wind up feeling for the ...
- John Hiatt. (Sound Recording Reviews).(The Tiki Bar Is Open)(Sound Recording...
- Magazine article from: Notes Anderson, Rick December 1, 2002 700+ words
John Hiatt. The Tiki Bar Is Open. Vanguard 79593, 2001. A...commercial success with versions of songs by John Hiatt would be long and impressive, and would...M 75021-5158-2 [1987]). The Tiki Bar Is Open finds Hiatt reunited with his...
- CDs - JOHN HIATT The Tiki Bar Is Open (Sanctuary).(Review)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) September 23, 2001 700+ words
JUST about every popular music icon from Dylan to BB King has covered Hiatt's songs during the last 25 years, but he's at his rootsy best with his own band and sting-in- the-tail songs which introduce a cast of colourful characters. Musical settings here vary from the delightful Dr John-like
- John Hiatt returns with a fully stocked 'Tiki Bar'.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald September 9, 2001 700+ words
JOHN HIATT "The Tiki Bar Is Open" (Vanguard) Three and a half stars (out of four) On "The Tiki Bar Is Open," roots-rocking singer-songwriter nonpareil John Hiatt reunites after 13 years with the Goners, the band that powered "Slow...
- Hiatt's slow-turning career visits the `Tiki Bar'.(Entertainment)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) December 7, 2001 700+ words
...newest release "The Tiki Bar Is Open," John Hiatt returns to electrified...Muddy Waters'), "Tiki Bar" features Hiatt with...in 17 years, but "Tiki Bar" is soaked in boozy...Daytona Beach, and John Hiatt is still John Hiatt...
- John Hiatt and the Goners, Beneath This Gruff Exterior.(Beneath This Gruff...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound January 1, 2004 700+ words
...has in many years, a vast improvement over recent output, even the lauded The Tiki Bar Is Open. This is the gruff, scruffy, utterly uncompromising John Hiatt that, like any sullen cousin, we resolve to love regardless of what he said last...
- New Compilation THE BEST OF JOHN HIATT Features the Acclaimed...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 25, 2003 700+ words
...period heard on THE BEST OF JOHN HIATT edition of 20TH CENTURY...master tapes, THE BEST OF JOHN HIATT spans five albums, one...album of the same name. John Hiatt debuted on Epic with HANGING...reunited in 2001 for THE TIKI BAR IS OPEN and now BENEATH...
- Acclaimed singer-songwriter John Hiatt grins and bears it.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) July 25, 2002 700+ words
...Byline: Roger Moore Singer-songwriter John Hiatt has written hits for Bonnie Raitt, Jeff...title cut from his last album, "The Tiki Bar is Open," about pre-Disney Florida...tourist imagery. I saw the sign, `The Tiki Bar is Open,' hanging outside this little...
- REVIEW; JOHN HIATT; After early fizzling, Hiatt, band unleash post-4th...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Bream, Jon July 7, 2005 700+ words
...Staff Writer Why does rock cult hero John Hiatt sell out every time he performs in the...caught fire right when it opened the Tiki Bar, and the evening turned into a perfectly...concert. Dickinson was the key. On "The Tiki Bar Is Open," he found some magic elixir...
