Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Total Lee 2 - More Songs Of Lee Hazlewood

It’s been a year now since Lee passed away and I glimpsed a number of his releases in my local JB store, so if you live here in Aus there’s no excuse – go out and buy them.
A little harder to find these days might be the compilation Total Lee which is a great release on its own with some great bands who put their spin on the Hazlewood tunes. Now here’s my take on a second collection, songs that sit well against each, some a little more obscure than others but all show an appreciation for Lee himself and on this his anniversary is there any better way to pay tribute than to listen to his songs in a different light. By the way Ed Kuepper is included simply because I think he’s fantastic with anything he does but you can be the judge in this instance. Enjoy.




Also there are plenty more covers for a 3rd and 4th compilation if there is interest.

5 comments:

bob nebe said...

Great to see ambient highway has begun, mialee.
Looking forward to seeing how you progress.I must put a link on my blog there needs to be more ambient music in the world. I wanted to let you know in case you hadn't heard,
Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerrard have released an album called Farscape,
you can read all about it here
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=354288328
and find it here
http://bolachasgratis.baywords.com/?p=588
ciao bob

bob nebe said...

Mialee this is a fantastic compilation, Ive listened to it many times.
I hope to see total lee 3, great work
ciao bob

Lope de Aguirre said...

Didn't know the first album had follow-ups! great!

sluggo said...

man...can`t tell you how excited i am to stumble onto all this Lee Hazlewood music...

this makes for a pretty damn good velvet morning !..thanks

sluggo

M1 said...

Was thrilled to find this as I love the original Total Lee compilation - sadly the links are dead. Would truly appreciate anyone knowing a link to this and the other live Lee content from this site