RIP Lee Hazlewood

[panhype]

Lee Hazlewood is one of the most iconographic figures of (at least) the American music history. Even in his huge pop successes, his duets with Nancy Sinatra, he shined out with his amazing distinctiveness, as a song writer, producer and vocalist. Lee always remained Lee.

"Summer Wine" is my favorite song of him and the cover version which topped the charts of many European countries recently misses Nancy + Lee's original by light years.

He will be sadly missed.

[Wayne_Zitkus]

It was just about 40 years ago (July 19670) that my family and I had just gotten home from a camping vacation to Cape Hatteras and the Washington DC area. Add it seemed that almost every time thge radio was on, it was playing Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood singing "Jackson".

Another part of my childhood is gone...

[Ned Sonntag]

I guess that velvet morning when he's straight will never come so we'll never know about Vedra. She made his life end but it took awhile.:doh:

[Lucky Jackson]

Damn sad news. I love his album 'trouble is a lonesome town' fantstic musican songwritter producer and seemingly into his magic too, being called Jackson I always loved his version of that tune

[Les Toil]

I guess that velvet morning when he's straight will never come so we'll never know about Vedra. She made his life end but it took awhile.:doh:

Ned, youy beat me to the punch. "Some Velvet Morning" is a masterpiece. But upon a quick Google search, I just discovered Lee was responsible for the original soundtrack of one of the most underrated cult films ever, "The Cool Ones" from 1967 in which Roddy McDowell basically plays Phil Spector.

Other than Nancy Sinatra and a few rockabilly things here and there, is Lee known for producing many other hits? He's always intrigued me (even though my only exposure to him was "The Best of Nancy Sinatra").

Rest in Peace Lee. Some velvet morning you will be going to Jackson.

[Jes]

(July 19670) ...

Was this before or after the Big Bang?

:)

[Santaclear]

Ned, you beat me to the punch. "Some Velvet Morning" is a masterpiece. But upon a quick Google search, I just discovered Lee was responsible for the original soundtrack of one of the most underrated cult films ever, "The Cool Ones" from 1967 in which Roddy McDowell basically plays Phil Spector.

Other than Nancy Sinatra and a few rockabilly things here and there, is Lee known for producing many other hits? He's always intrigued me (even though my only exposure to him was "The Best of Nancy Sinatra").

Rest in Peace Lee. Some velvet morning you will be going to Jackson.

I haven't heard everything, Les, but I think those songs with Nancy Sinatra were his best stuff. I agree, "Some Velvet Morning" is a masterpiece. (I first heard the song through Lydia Lunch's cover of it, which is excellent, but basically just a copy of Nancy and Lee's.) Kitschy, spooky, dark psychedelia, basically early goth. "These Boots are Made for Walkin'" is immortal.

[Wayne_Zitkus]

Was this before or after the Big Bang?

:)

Just a typo I missed until the editing deadline passed. It's supposed to say "July 1967".

[Santaclear]

It was just about 40 years ago (July 19670)

Just a typo I missed until the editing deadline passed. It's supposed to say "July 1967".

Aw, I thought it was supposed to say July 19670 'cos you'd done a lot of acid back then!

[Canonista]

I read the thread title and I thought you were talking about THIS GUY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hazelwood).:doh:

[FreeThinker]

I knew him mostly as Duane Eddy's producer, and the guy who wrote "The Fool", which was covered in a very cool way by Robert Gordon and Link Wray.