Dylan Hicks

Dylan Hicks
Nationality	United States of America

Dylan Hicks
Dylan Hicks
Background information
Also known as	Dylan Hicks
Born	(1970-12-11) December 11, 1970 Austin, Texas
Origin	Minneapolis
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter novelist DJ
Instrument(s)	Piano, guitar
Labels	Soft Launch
Website	dylanhicks.com

Dylan Hicks (also sometimes known as the Governor of Fun) is an American singer-songwriter and novelist from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Musical career

Hicks' first three albums were released on the No Alternative label. After releasing a self-produced cassette and two 45s, his first album "Won" was released in 1996 and recorded with backing band The Golf Ball-Sized Boogie. He released his second CD entitled "Poughkeepsie" in 1998, which was described by Kristy Martin as "a sparkling demo of smart wordplay and pop sensibility." He followed this up with the album "Alive With Pleasure" in 2001. In the book, Greene is a country musician. About half of the songs on Sings Bolling Greene are written from Greene's perspective, while the remaining ones are about Greene.

Hicks' most recent album, Ad Out, was released on October 20, 2017.

Writing career

In 2012, Hicks' debut novel, Boarded Windows, was published by Coffee House Press. It is narrated by a nameless narrator, and is set in Minneapolis in the 1990s.

Reception

Courtney Algo and Lit Lyfe wrote in the Twin Cities Daily Planet that "fans of Hicks and rapier-sharp prose will find a great delight in Boarded Windows." A review in MinnPost described the book as "a vivid time capsule of those scruffier days of Twin Cities music fandom," referring to the 1990s.