Lee Hazlewood’s farewell to the recording industry is as oblique as his journey through it, which took him from producing Duane Eddy to saving Nancy Sinatra’s career to making a series of ever-more-baffling and often genius solo albums in the ’70s. Other than a jazzy take on the classic “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” Act III of his life is best represented here–the twisted, modal interpolation of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in “Anthem” is his career in miniature: arguably inappropriate, undeniably beautiful, and deeply, importantly weird.
Now Hear This: Lee Hazlewood – “Baghdad Knights” DOWNLOAD MP3
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