ARIZONA BAY
CREDITS
Written and performed by Bill Hicks
Executive Producer: Mary Reese Hicks
Produced and engineered by Kevin Booth, Sacred Cow Productions, Austin, TX
Comedy recorded at Laff Stop (aka Capitol City Comedy Club), Austin, TX (December 1992)
Elvis Introduction by Russell Herbert
Music recorded at Fossil Creek Studio, Austin, TX (November, 1992 to June, 1993)
Guitars and vocals: Bill Hicks
Drums, sound effects, bass, keyboards and percussion: Kevin Booth
Cover photography and live performance photography by David Johndrow, Austin, TX
Arizona Bay photographed by David Greenberg, digitally assembled by Steven Jurgensmeyer
Package design by Steven Jurgensmeyer
Mastered by Fred Remmert and Kevin Booth, Cedar Creek Studios, Austin, TX
Arizona Bay Production Company PO Box 23265, Little Rock, AR 72221-3265
Special thanks to: Charles Brand, Seamus Cassidy, Rupert Edwards, Frank Gannon, Steve Hicks & Marti Primeau, Ryan Hicks, Rachel Hicks, Jim Hicks, Bruce Hill & Just For Laughs Festival, Ross Jackson, Will Kaufman, Philip Lyon, Colleen McGarr, John Magnuson, Maynard Keenan & Tool, Trae Painter, Alan Phillips, Jere Raridon, Dwight Slade, Gary Stamler, Peggy Stamler, Sean Stamler, Duncan Strauss, Kathy Woods, and, most especially, to John Lahr and Bill's fans for your love and support.
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LINER NOTES
A note from the Producer: Los Angeles is like the appendix of the world - illuminating the notion that even some of God's creations can go awry. The Good News is that God can and willdo something about it. Arizona Bay is what will be left when L.A. falls like a piece of pie. Bill had a fantasy that he would someday gather up a troop of Boy Scouts, give them crow bars, and take them to the San Andreas Fault. Sometimes you have to lose a finger to save a hand.
More about Bill Hicks: Light Fantastic, John Lahr's book of profiles collected from the pages of The New Yorker, includes "The Goat Boy Also Rises," his amazing depiction of Bill and his comedy. The original article appeared in the November 1st, 1993 issue of the magazine. Light Fantastic published by The Dial Press.
On June 3rd, 1994, Robert Seidenberg chronicled the "Death Of A Comedian" in Entertainment Weekly. Mike Sager profiled the brilliant end of Bill Hicks' life in his article "The Gospel According To Hicks" (GQ, September, 1994). The Tiger Aspect Video documentary, It's Just A Ride, has appeared on Comedy Central (US) and Channel 4 (UK).
Bill Hicks died of pancreatic cancer on February 26, 1994. He was 32 years old.