The Tiki Bar is Open is singer-songwriter
John Hiatt's sixteenth album released on September 11, 2001, the day of the
9/11 attacks. It was his last album with
Vanguard Records. *Although they are uncredited, the album features backing band The Goners, the same cadre of friends who backed Hiatt in his 1988 release Slow Turning.[2]
In the ninth song,
Dale Earnhardt and his No. 3 car are mentioned in the lyrics as a tribute to him.
(CD Version does credit The Goners ie. Dave Ranson, Kenneth Blevins and Sonny Landreth)
Track listing
All tracks written by John Hiatt
"Everybody Went Low" – 3:20
"Hangin' Round Here" – 3:09
"All the Lilacs in Ohio" – 3:37
"My Old Friend" – 3:50
"I Know a Place" – 3:26
"Something Broken" – 3:12
"Rock of Your Love" – 3:15
"I'll Never Get Over You" – 3:38
"The Tiki Bar Is Open" – 4:40
"Come Home to You" – 3:52
"Farther Stars" – 8:49
Personnel
John Hiatt – guitar, piano, harmonica, mandolin, harmonium, vocals