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21 unusual facts about "Barbecue Bob" Hicks


Albert W. Hicks

He was portrayed as a wax figure who apparently comes to life and commits a murder, in an episode of The Twilight Zone, The New Exhibit.

There are several discrepancies between this account and that found in Herbert Asbury's classic crime history The Gangs of New York - an Informal History of the Underworld (1928, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)

Bruce Saville

He is the author of several World War I memorials as well as two Civil War memorials to Jonathan Richmond and Stephen G. Hicks, both located at Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Charles R. Hicks

As the Cherokee were a matrilineal culture, the children of Nan-Ye-Hi belonged to her Paint Clan.

Curley Weaver

Although he recorded on his own during the 1920s and 1930s, first in the style taught by his mother and later with the spreading Piedmont style, he was best known for duets with Blind Willie McTell - with whom he worked until the 1950s - as well as Barbecue Bob, Fred McMullen, and harmonica and guitar player Buddy Moss.

His mother, Savannah "Dip" Shepard Weaver, was a well-respected pianist and guitarist, who taught Curley together with her friend's sons, "Barbecue Bob" Hicks and Charlie Hicks.

Economic effects of Hurricane Katrina

One study, by Mark Burton and Michael J. Hicks estimated the total economic impact to Louisiana and Mississippi may exceed $150 billion.

Frederick Cocks

Frederick C. Hicks, originally Frederick Hicks Cocks (1872–1925), U.S. Representative from New York

Frederick Hicks

Frederick C. Hicks (1872–1925), United States Representative from New York

Gary E. Hicks

Gary E. Hicks a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and graduated from Boston University School of Law.

Greenback, Tennessee

At one point, Wagner was shouted down by legendary Monroe County judge Sue K. Hicks, who as president of the Fort Loudoun Association feared the destruction of the historic fort's site by the proposed dam's reservoir.

Harriet Williams Russell Strong

Frederick C. Hicks, of New York, who died in Washington, Jan. 1, 1918.

Kyra E. Hicks

Hicks also confirmed the price of the Pictorial Quilt paid by the owner Maxim Karolik who donated the quilt to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

It includes the name of the American black women Lani Guinier, Joycelyn Elders, and Anita Hill.

Larry R. Hicks

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Hicks received a B.S. from the University of Nevada in 1965 and a J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1968.

Larry R. Hicks (born 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge.

Miller College of Business

The Center for Business and Economic Research, directed by Michael J. Hicks provides public policy and economic research in Indiana and the Midwest.

Perry Hicks

Hicks is a distant relative of Sue K. Hicks a co-instigator and prosecutor in the 1925 trial of John T. Scopes and inspiration for the Shel Silverstein song "A Boy Named Sue," which was popularized by country music performer Johnny Cash in 1969.

Robert Hicks

Barbecue Bob, born Robert Hicks, (1902–1931) early American blues musician

Sue K. Hicks

Sue Hicks served as a member of the Scopes Trial prosecution team, although his role was vastly overshadowed by the presence of William Jennings Bryan, an activist and former presidential candidate who had been invited to join the team as a special prosecutor.

The New Exhibit

The dispirited Martin asks one request; to spare the wax figures of Jack the Ripper, Albert W. Hicks, Henri Désiré Landru, William Burke and William Hare.


Induced innovation

Induced innovation is a macroeconomic hypothesis first proposed in 1932 by J.R. Hicks in his work The Theory of Wages.

Piano Red

He worked these circuits with other Georgia bluesmen, including Barbecue Bob, Charlie Hicks, Curley Weaver, and "Blind Willie" McTell.

Tom Hicks Elementary School

The land where the school building sits was donated in 1998 by Thomas O. Hicks, owner of over 400 radio stations, Chairmain of the Board and owner of the Dallas Stars hockey team as well as the Texas Rangers baseball team.