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.