Larsen B 26 Report post Posted August 6, 2007 From Pitchfork:Songwriter, producer, singer, and all-around musical iconoclast Lee Hazlewood died Saturday, August 4, in Henderson, Nevada, after a three-year battle with terminal renal cancer. He was 78.Hazlewood was best known as a producer, songwriter, and sometimes duet partner of Nancy Sinatra. He wrote the smash "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and recorded two full albums with Sinatra, 1968's Nancy & Lee and 1972's Nancy & Lee Again. Their most famous collaboration, though, was the 1967 single "Some Velvet Morning", which reached #26 on Billboard pop chart but has had a lasting impact through scores of cover versions by a wide variety of artists, including Vanilla Fudge, Primal Scream & Kate Moss, Lydia Lunch, My Dying Bride, Entombed, Slowdive, and Hungarian jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo.RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DustyDeviada Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Boo, RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Steven Dedalus Report post Posted August 6, 2007 He was the source of my favourite review of all time.I think it was in the NME, and it was for his album, "Poet, Fool, or Bum?", and this is the review in it's entirity:Lee Hazelwood, "Poet, Fool, or Bum?"Answer: Bum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DustyDeviada Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Almost as good a review as "Shit sandwich". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Steven Dedalus Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Yup, that was Charles Shaar Murray, never one to let the facts get in the way of a wisecrack. It's actually a really good album, God knows how many people have been put off by that review.I actually liked the album as well, and mainly only checked it out because of the review! I guess I was young enough to be impressed and intrigued.Later I managed to track down the Rowland S. Howard and Lydia Lunch version of "Some Velvet Morning" and my love of Lee was confirmed. I still love that recording of it. (i think it's better than the original, actually, but that's not Lee Hazelwood's fault)Off the topic a bit, but another review in a similar style was the Happy Mondays album, "Yes Please!":Happy Mondays, "Yes Please!"No thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimboo 0 Report post Posted August 6, 2007 He was the source of my favourite review of all time.I think it was in the NME, and it was for his album, "Poet, Fool, or Bum?", and this is the review in it's entirity:Lee Hazelwood, "Poet, Fool, or Bum?"Answer: Bum. Don't suppose you can remember the Billy Idol one can you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
