Lee Hazlewood

Stuckfast

Any other fans on here? Obviously some of the things he did with Nancy Sinatra are amazing, especially Some Velvet Morning, but I've been really enjoying his solo album Poet, Fool or Bum lately. Made in Sweden with what sounds like a band of absolutely top-notch session musicians. What else is good?

EricTheWeary

I’ll have to listen to Poet. There’s a quote by Robert Lloyd that The Nightingales were like Amon Duul fronted by Lee Hazelwood so I probably need to listen in order to check out his ( I’m sure unlikely) influence on post punk bands from the West Midlands. 

Litterick

His last album was titled Cake or Death, after Eddie Izzard's Anglican sketch.

TheMarlin

Very underrated. I’ve been listening to a lot of Less Hazlewood for a few years now.  He taught Phil Spectre all he knew, Hazlewood was the originator of Phil’s famous ‘wall of sound’. 

IMHO Some Velvet Morning is one of the best songs ever recorded. It’s quite unique (for the time), and still impresses me each time I hear it. A spectacular song. 

He was supposed to be a lovely chap too, quite humble (or so I read).  I think Kermode or Marconi might have interviewed him a few years before he died, and he was very surprised that people were rediscovering his music, quite self deprecating.  Was a long time ago though, barely remember if. 

Jimbro66

And significant too for his production and writing contributions to many of Duane Eddy's big hits.

Stuckfast

@TheMarlin so what else is good? I have a double reissue of Poet, Fool or Bum with Back On The Street Again, which has its moments, but I don't know any of the other stuff from the 70s onward.

TheMarlin

The LHI Years
Something Special
Nancy and Lee
Lee Hazelwoodism - it’s cause and it’s cure. 
Nancy and Lee again
Requiem for an Almost Lady

I could go on.....

EricTheWeary

Streaming a bunch this morning. I don’t think I’ve heard any of these before yesterday. My reference points for this are a bit Leonard Cohen, a bit Scott Walker, a bit Willie Nelson ( his more experimental phases rather often overlooked), a bit Benny Hill. The OTT orchestration and ooh ahh BVs  I start to find a bit hard going after a while. Couple off Cake or Death that caught my ear ( just more modern arrangement and production I guess) so I’ll check that album out. 

TheMarlin

It’s all old music, symptomatic of its age.  It’s like an archeological dig going through his catalogue. 

It’s great when you want something different. 

I have music on most of the day and evening. Rarely watch TV these days, so I get through a lot of music. 

koneguitarist

He produced one of Waylon Jennings albums Singer of Sad Songs. Did a great job, amazing sound on No Regrets, just acoustic guitar and a bass guitar. Waylon voice was right out there at that time.