When he released his 1963 debut, Lee Hazelwood was a 34 year old journeyman producer and songwriter, not the minimalist country-pop visionary he was revered as by the time of his death in 2007.
Trouble Is A Lonesome Town, originally intended as a weekly TV series, is a concept album about the inhabitants of the eponymous settlement, complete with endearingly clunky narrated sections, and sounds like Johnny Cash channeling Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon.
Hazelwood himself emerges from the Mojave heat haze already fully formed.
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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John Robins, Comedian
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork