Larsen B Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Boo, RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Almost as good a review as "Shit sandwich". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboo Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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