http://www.danhicks.net/ He was an innovative performer who will be missed. I just listened to one of his songs, "smoke another cigarette" the other day and learned that he had throat and liver cancer.
Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel. Romanian born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor. 1928 - 2016.
Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis, 1898 - 1963.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZXzifzsDHg I hope that opens in youtube. Dan was a very talented musician, and very innovative. He may have been known more locally, but that is unfortunate.