The Tiki Bar Is Open

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.

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


 * 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

Personnel

 * 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"