The Essential Collection encompasses Bill Hicksā short but powerful career as a satirist, social critic, and stand-up comedian.
It features over two hours of Billās best stand up material spanning his entire career including never-before-released bits from a San Ramon, CA performance, a collection of 11 original songs entitled āLo-Fi Troubadourā, and two digital exclusives- a song called āIce Cold Macaroniā, and āThe Adventureā, a 30 minute travelogue of Hicks talking into a tape recorder on a car trip from New York City to Little Rock, Arkansas.