Light in the attic lee hazlewood biography

“I asked him if he wanted to use any of his songs, and he said, “No.” We had a long chat before we did any of this. He said, ‘No, I want you to do it and I want to just be a singer.’ So I said okay.” -Shel Talmy

Originally titled Will The Real Lee Hazlewood Please Stand Up?, Forty was a different kind of Hazlewood album, one in which Lee just focused on being a performer. In on the eve of his fortieth birthday, Lee flew to England and enlisted Shel Talmy (The Kinks, The Who, Chad & Jeremy, Bert Jansch) to produce an album and hand pick the songs. Shel picked some incredible songs for Lee to sing and even wrote him a song that should’ve been a hit, “Bye Babe.” Recorded at famed IBC recording studio with cream of the crop British session musicians and arrangers, no expense was spared.

Nicky Hopkins piano/organ work on “The Bed” and “The Night Before” evoke his then recent work with the Rolling Stones on Beggar’s Banquet and Let It Bleed. Arranger David Whitaker’s (Serge Gainsbou

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Lee Hazlewood

American country and pop songwriter (–)

Musical artist

Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, – August 4, ) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the s and s.^[1] His collaborations with Sinatra as well as his solo output in the late s and early s have been praised as an essential contribution to a sound often described as "cowboy psychedelia" or "saccharine underground".^[2]Rolling Stone ranked Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra No. 9 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.^[3]

Early life

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Barton Lee Hazlewood^[4] was born in Mannford, Oklahoma,^[4] on July 9, ^[5] Hazlewood's father was an oil worker and had a sideline as a dance promoter; Hazlewood spent most of his youth living in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana. His mother was half Creek.^[ci

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Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, – August 4, ) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the s and s. Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone röst that added a resonance to his music. His collaborations with Nancy Sinatra as well as his solo output in the late s and early s have been praised as an essential contribution to a sound often described as "cowboy psychedelia" or "saccharine underground".

Barton Lee Hazlewood was born in Mannford, Oklahoma on July 9, The son of an oil worker father, Hazlewood spent most of his ungdom living between Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana. His paternal grandmother was Native American. He grew up listening to pop and bluegrass music. Lee spent his teenage years in Port Neches, Texas, where he was exposed to a rik Gulf Coast music tradition. He studied for a medical grad at Southern Methodis