Lee Hazlewood died on Saturday. This is pretty sad. Lee was the guy who wrote "These Boots Are Made For Walking" for Nancy Sinatra as well as hits for Duane Eddy and Dean Martin. He also ran LHI, the label that invented country-rock with the early International Submarine Band records. His solo albums are like little pieces of pop treasure that were re-issued in the 1990s by Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and his songs have been covered by everyone from Nick Cave to Megadeth. Having suffered from terminal renal cancer for over a year, Hazelwood decided to call his 2006 final album "Cake or Death" before going for what he described as "my big dirt nap". Goodbye Lee.
wow so long lee
Posted by: nolte | 06/08/2007 at 14:52
when he wrote 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin' for Nancy Sinatra, he told her to sing it like a "16 year old girl who fucks 45 year old truckers".
Posted by: Jiro | 06/08/2007 at 15:03
Thanks, forgot about Lee for a few years. Best tune "Some Velvet Morning" w/ Nancy Sinatra. It's on a soundtrack for a Scottish movie.
Posted by: Nick | 06/08/2007 at 18:17
how the fuck can u guys call this a blog? u guys get like 2 comments a day. any ok music blog gets about 500 minimum. if your lying to advertisers about how many hits u get (which u probably r) then its pretty blatant shwoing this to them.
Posted by: ha | 06/08/2007 at 23:35
Someone at VICE knows who the International Submarine Band is? Unreal. I never would have thought you had it in you. Congrats on being able to see that pop culture existed prior to 2006.
Posted by: Vane$$a | 07/08/2007 at 05:49
all those advertisers on here must be boiling, cause vice lied to them...in particular this brand called "white without logo or anything" that just bought the whole page here
Posted by: peter parker | 07/08/2007 at 08:31
Who the fuck is Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth? Try again.
Posted by: Crackety Jones | 07/08/2007 at 20:58