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CREDITS
Written and performed by Bill Hicks.
Executive producers: Steven Saporta and Peter Casperson for Invasion Recordings
Produced by Kevin Booth
Live recording engineered by Kevin Booth
Recorded at The Laff Stop (aka The Capital City Comedy Club), Austin, TX (November 14, 15, 16, 17, 1991)
Editing and mixing engineered by Fred Remmert, Cedar Creek Studio, Austin, TX
Mastered by Eddie Garcia, DB Plus, NYC
Original release on Invasion designed by Sloan-Millman Productions and art directed by Alley Rutzel
Rykodisc package design by Steven Jurgensmeyer
Cover and rearcard photography by Greg Mellong & John Dobratz (who live in Minnesota and it shows)
Cover idea by Bill Hicks & Josh Weinstein
Set-up: Caveman Wellington
Breakdown: Tony The Landlord
"Chicks Dig Jerks" written and performed by Marble Head Johnson
thanks to The Comedy Corner; West Palm Beach, Florida. The Punchline; San Francisco, California. The Comedy Works; Denver, Colorado. The Laff Stop; Austin, Texas. The Funny Firm; Chicago, Illinois. The Funny Bone; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tommy T's; San Ramon, California.
special thanks to Colleen McGarr, Mike Hedge, Bob Gold, Bill McGathy, Rose McGathy, Dave Hagerty (the conscience), Steve Hicks, Josh Weinstein, Bruce Hill, Andy Nulman, Anthony Vicich, Mark Lepage, Bill Brownstein, Kevin Matthews, Len Austevitch, Jim's Polish On Maxwell, Fallon Woodland, Greg and John (for freezing with me), Geof Wils, John "Hutch" Hutchinson, Rick Bates, Will Lee, Len Belzer, Bill Horwedel, Robert Fiorella, Gino Mitchellini, Monique Moss, Kathy, Teri Diab, Penny, Liz, Tommy, and James (for "Being" there), Jere Raridon, Michael Levine, Fred, Tracy, and Sam Remmert, Curt Booth (for the name), Spencer (for playing and giving Kevin the blues), Ross Jackson, Pat Brown, David Letterman, Joan Moossy, Frank Gannon, Robert Morton, John Farnetti, Jeff Young, Harriette Vidal, Jeanine Triosi, Abbey Anna, Bobbi DeGemmis, Alan Harris, Peter Casperson, Steven Saporta, Jim and Mary Hicks, P. Johnson, and anyone I've forgotten...I love you all in my own pecular way, of course.
LINER NOTES
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.