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In the beginning there was nothing - but it was kind of fun to watch nothing grow.
| Artist | Song | |
| Lee Hazelwood | I'm glad I never | |
| The Astronauts | The Hearse | |
| Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra | Summer Wine | |
| Lee Hazelwood & Suzi Jane Hokom | The girls in Paris | |
| Hal Blaine & the Young Cougars | The Phantom Driver | |
| Lee Hazelwood | Shades | |
| Duane Eddy | Rebel Rouser | |
| Lee Hazelwood | Forget Marie | |
| Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra | Sundown, Sundown | |
| Lee Hazelwood | Long Black Train | |
| Lee Hazelwood's Woodchucks | Batman | |
| Lee Hazelwood & Suzi Jane Hokom | Sand | |
| Lee Hazelwood | Pray them bars away | |
| Lee Hazelwood | Hey, me I'm riding | |
| Hal Blaine & the Young Cougars | Nashville Coupe | |
| Lee Hazelwood | My baby cried all night long | |
| Lee Hazelwood | We all make the flowers grow | |
| Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra | I've been down so long (it looks like up to me) | |
| Lee Hazelwood | Little Miss Sunshine (Little Miss Rain) | |
| Lee Hazelwood | These boots are made for walkin' | |
| Lee Hazelwood & Suzi Jane Hokom | For a day like today | |
| Lee Hazelwood | Child | |
| Lee Hazelwood | I'd rather be your enemy | |
| Lee Hazelwood | Trouble is a lonesome town | |
Comment:
OK, here's the deal. I really like Lee Hazelwood - I do. However, after listening to hours of the guy to make this mix, I'm just not sure that I love him. There's something really dated about those spoken word introductions that pop up so often. The production is frequently amazing, whether on his own recordings or others (Duane Eddy). Lee wrote some surf classics for the Astronauts and really great hot-rod tunes for Hal Blaine. And I'm sure you know all about his classic duets with Suzi Jane and Nancy. There is just something a little, uh, corny about his stuff now - or maybe I've just OD'd on him at the moment. So anyway, here's an introduction to Lee Hazelwood - songwriter, production man, a little bit country, a little bit rock n roll, a little bit lounge, a little bit cranky old man. Pretty dramatic, that Lee. Lee Hazelwood's amount of output is riduculous - I've really only got a small fraction of his stuff. I hope I inspire someone else to do a companion volume, stressing his post-60s stuff (or maybe his productions). So there it is - LET THERE BE LEE.Feedback:
I like some of his stuff esp with Nancy, he's cool at some point;) This mix looks like a lovely introduction!!
another brilliant piece of work, Sean. I'd love this in our next trade.
I only have the Nancy and Lee album. The relationship I have with his work is similiar to the one I have with Rod Mckuen, although Lee isn't nearly as shmaltzy or goofy as Rod, it's amazing the variety of things they've been involved in. Maybe ,like Rod, he's good by default....when you do so much stuff you're bound to hit it on the head sooner or later. Throw this one on my pile, as soon as my wallet gets a little fatter, Wilderbeat and lost work days due to blackout have sapped me, I'll send more stuff your way.
Great stuff, Sean...Love the icy coolness of "Summer WIne", which Lee sings with such blue-eyed, lonesome cowboy intensity that I can't help but giggle each time I hear it...Save me a copy as well, please...More stuff coming your way, incidentally...
This is ace, I've got a fair bit of Lee myself but there's plenty here I don't know. I'm very fond of the album of demos and lost songs City Slang put out last year- all lovely. I think you must be od'd- I really don't think there's anything dated or corny about the man. He was ahead of his time if anything.
Total LEE cool, my friend. Can't say I'm that familiar with the man's work. Can I breakdance to it?
He's a bit like Joe South, I think?
Peaked at your righteous mixes - Link Wray, Joe Meek, and now Lee - good choices for all concerned - rumours abound in certain quarters of a Meek Film - cant give too much away u understand - other wise my head might roll - still something to gear up to. Awesome stuff here.
Weird. I've been planning on doing one of these for years (as I think you know, but I'm not saying that you "copped" the idea or anything). Unfortunately, I'm still waiting to obtain a couple of those mid-60's releases like "The N.S.V.I.P's"... do you have the vinyl-only records from that period? Btw, this looks like a cool mix.
Thing about Hazelwood is, like Tom Jones and all that sort of 60s Adult Pop, you either really totally crave it or you just don't. I tend to like Hazelwood more in the people he influenced than in his own work, but OTOH, I am a total sucker for Tom Jones, so who'm I to talk?
I just picked up "Total Lee- The Songs of Lee Hazlewood". I'm like you, a little goes a long way; but it was refreshing to hear new takes on familiar tunes. I'd love to hear this one of these days!