Pete Hicks...
Traditional Country Music
Biography:
The music of Webb Pierce caught his ear when he was a boy and instilled in him a craving to be a part of “that” country music. From the Peace River country of Alberta, Pete found country radio as his way to participate in the traditional country music that is still his passion.
From CFGP in Grande Prairie, Alberta to Peace River, Lloydminster and Saskatoon, to Wisconsin and Washington State and finally back to his home in Alberta where it all began, he has seen the evolution of country music but never wavered from his love of the original, traditional style.
“I was a part of a conversation once where someone commented a certain song was not very ‘country’ and another participant in the conversation got huffy and said ‘Well, define country!’”
“It was a strange request, but I thought that, by definition, as sure as apple nut cake had better have apples and nuts in it, country music by definition probably better include the instruments and sound that gave it it’s distinction; fiddle, steel, guitars and words that mean something, that tell a story, that touch you and can be understood.”
Pete spends a good deal of time traveling with his wife,Twylene, touring with the “Alberta Legends of Country Music”(www.accml.com), a troupe dedicated to the preservation of traditional country music, raising funds for many non-profit groups. He also hosts the immensely popular “Country Classics” show on CFCW (begun in 1994 and one of the first of it kind) and works middays on the station as well. Home is in the pretty, little city of Camrose, Alberta where the Hicks family lives with a couple of basset hounds who like to sing along.
For a review of his latest album, check out the link to
"Country Music News" (click on their logo)
(used with permission of Larry Delaney, Editor & Publisher)
Discography:
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Pete's second and latest release (June 2007), it contains the following songs:
1. Tombstone Every Mile (Daniel Fulkerson)
2. Rose Of My Heart (H. Moffat)
3. Face That Bed Alone (P. Hicks/T. Hicks)
4. How Proud You Make Your Dad (P. Hicks/T. Hicks)
5. That Wasn't You (P. Hicks/T. Hicks)
6. If You Ever Get Around To Loving Me (P. Hicks/T. Hicks)
7. Home Is You (P. Hicks/T. Hicks) CURRENT HOT SINGLE!
8. I Wish I Could See Monty Muse Again (P. Hicks/T. Hicks)
9. Lover’s Lullabye (P. Hicks/T. Hicks)
10. Rocket Rider (P. Hicks/T. Hicks)
11. Sunset Years Of Life (Joe Hayes)
12. Wings In The Morning (J. Cash)
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Pete's debut album, released in January, 2005. Songs included are:
1. Alberta Girl (P. Hicks)
2. Soft Shoe Bill (P. Hicks/B. Smith)
3. Ivy (P. Hicks)
4. She Is The Dream (E.T. Conley/J.Allen)
5. Just In Case I Need To Hold Her Hand (P. Hicks)
6. So I Can Dream (P. Hicks/B. Smith)
7. Kid From Whiskey Hill (P. Hicks)
8. Hurtin' Back To Me (P. Hicks/B. Smith)
9. Ghosts In This House (P. Hicks)
10. By And By (P. Hicks/B. Smith)
11. These Hands (E. Noack)
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To Order:
Please mail cheque or money-order for $23.00 per CD (to cover cost of CD, shipping & handling in Canada) to:
Pete Hicks
c/o 5708-48 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta T4V 0K1
Canada
info@petehicks.net