Earlier this month marked the 10th anniversary of the departure of Lee Hazlewood from our plane, on August 4, 2007. In the decade since his passing, Hazlewood’s music has been […]
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Lee Hazlewood :: Cowboy In Sweden / Reissue
Hey Cowboy. In my experience listeners first encounter the orbit of Lee Hazelwood in one of two ways; either via his work with Nancy Sinatra, or by way of 1970’s Cowboy In Sweden – […]
Lee, Myself, & I: Inside The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood
Author Wyndham Wallace charmingly suggests in the beginning pages of his new memoir about his time with Lee Hazlewood that he felt he was “not even shit” on the legendary […]
Lee Hazlewood :: No Regrets
The psychedelic cowboy known as Lee Hazlewood was a force unlike any other: his deep baritone, his effortless cool, his expansive, boundary-pushing production and, perhaps most of all, his immense […]
Lee Hazlewood :: Trouble Is A Lonesome Town
For years, one of my rituals when hitting up record stores was a quick visit to the Lee Hazlewood section — alternately located, depending on the shop, in ‘country’, ‘rock’, […]
Gabor Szabo :: Some Velvet Morning (1968, Lee Hazlewood)
Culled from the 1968 Bacchanal LP, Gabor Szabo’s heady brew of jazz/psych/raga takes on Lee Hazlewood’s “Some Velvet Morning“. Both innovator and interpreter, Szabo’s instrumental interpretation stretches out rhythmically while retaining the […]
Lee Hazlewood :: Love and Other Crimes
Shortly after the release of the million-selling Nancy & Lee , Lee Hazlewood exercised his newfound clout with Reprise and headed to Paris to record a new solo album. Along for the […]
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra :: Jackson
Penned by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler, and made famous by Johnny Cash and June Carter (their take won a Grammy), “Jackson” hearkens back to the days of classic […]
Lee Hazlewood :: Saccharine Underground
Yesterday Stereogum posted a track off the upcoming Lee Hazelwood album Cake or Death . More importantly, for me, they shed the sad news of Lee Hazelwood’s reported diagnosis of terminal renal cancer. My fandom, while only a few years old, […]
Aquarium Drunkard :: Mailbag, Vol. IV
Long time reader, first time caller? Welcome to Mailbag, our monthly column in which we dig in and respond to your questions. Got a query? Hit us up at aqdmailbag@gmail.com. In this month’s bag: Steely Dan haters, scratching that Van Morrison itch, music from the Sonoran desert, bandcamp reccs…
The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)
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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)
Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
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Hiroshi Asada :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Hiroshi Asada’s Greetings From Nashville (You Who’s In My Mind) turned 50 this year, the artist’s expressive aural love letter to Country Music and America. Spoken of reverentially by fans and artists from Japan and beyond, the LP was cut in Nashville at the Acuff-Rose studio with a grip of the industry’s most in-demand session players including members of Nashville’s Area Code 615.
Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley Selects 10 Gems From The Band’s Archive
Sonic Youth played its last shows just over a decade ago. But the band’s legacy lives on thanks to an ever-expanding archive available on Bandcamp. Curated by drummer Steve Shelley and longtime sound engineer Aaron Mullan, the archive swells with live tapes stretching back to the mid-1980s, crucial rarities collections, and stray tracks rescued from out-of-print singles, internet mixes, and random comps. Aquarium Drunkard spoke with Steve Shelley to get his thoughts on a few gems that await listeners.
Feast of Smoke :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Custom built for late night drives, Feast of Smoke finds Amber and Paul Oldham (Palace Brothers/Bonnie “Prince” Billy) mingling their voices over star blues, narcotized rock & roll, and swampy pop. They join us for a discussion about the record’s roots.