The Tiki Bar Is Open

The Tiki Bar is Open
Studio album by John Hiatt
Released	September 11, 2001
Genre	Rock
Length	44:55
Label	Vanguard
Producer	Jay Joyce
John Hiatt chronology
Crossing Muddy Waters (2000) The Tiki Bar is Open (2001) Beneath This Gruff Exterior (2003)

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The Tiki Bar is Open is singer-songwriter John Hiatt's sixteenth album released on September 11, 2001. 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)

All tracks written by John Hiatt

1. "Everybody Went Low" – 3:20
2. "Hangin' Round Here" – 3:09
3. "All the Lilacs in Ohio" – 3:37
4. "My Old Friend" – 3:50
5. "I Know a Place" – 3:26
6. "Something Broken" – 3:12
7. "Rock of Your Love" – 3:15
8. "I'll Never Get Over You" – 3:38
9. "The Tiki Bar Is Open" – 4:40
10. "Come Home to You" – 3:52
11. "Farther Stars" – 8:49

• John Hiatt – guitar, piano, harmonica, mandolin, harmonium, vocals
• Jay Joyce – guitar, keyboards, loops
• Sonny Landreth – guitar
• Dave Ranson – bass
• Kenneth Blevins – drums, percussion
• David Bianco – piano on "The Tiki Bar Is Open"
• Julie Miller – backing vocals
• New Reflections Men's Choir – backing vocals on "The Tiki Bar Is Open"

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