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St. Thomas offers preview of Lee Hazlewood tribute 18 April 2002
For a first taste, you can download a free, full-length MP3 of St. Thomas’ interpretation of Hazlewood’s The Railroad, available until the end of April, from City Slang’s MP3 Club. Check our link. 72 year old Barton Lee Hazlewood (he turns 73 in July)—whose 1967 duet with Nancy Sinatra, Some Velvet Morning, still gets airtime in clubs and on college radio—has seen his songs covered by Petula Clark, Einsturzende Neubauten, Lisa Germano, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Dusty Springfield, and many others. On hearing the new St. Thomas cover, Hazlewood was all smiles. He said, “If I heard that on the air I wouldn’t believe I wrote it. No, I know I wrote it, but I like that... Mine is straight ahead, but that’s a strange little song to choose to do... The feel’s better than the song. And the artist is better than the original artist! It didn’t depress me, I just wish I had that feel on mine!” The forthcoming tribute collection reveals many Hazlewood fans—Calexico, Evan Dando, Lambchop, Kid Loco, St. Etienne, and more. The tracklist is 1. Lambchop - I’m Glad I Never St. Thomas began a European/UK tour on Tuesday promoting his second album, I’m Coming Home, released this past winter for Europe and out 7 May in North America. He’s opening for Nashville’s Lambchop, who released their new album Is A Woman in February. See below for the dates. Hazlewood, meanwhile, is about to follow up his oddly titled 1998 album Farmisht, Flatulence, Origami, ARF!!! And Me—which appeared on Sonic Youth’s Smells Like Records—with a new set on City Slang due 3 June and titled For Every Solution There Is A Problem. Hazlewood is in Europe now publicizing that record as well as a new book. The remaining St. Thomas + Lambchop dates are April 16 - Mainz, D (Frankfurter Hof) 17 - Heidelberg, D (Karlstorbahnhof - t.b.c.) 18 - München, D (Amerika-Haus) 19 - Wien, A (Szene) 20 - Schorndorf, D (Manufaktur) 21 - Dresden, D (Parkhotel Weisser Hirsch) 23 - Berlin, D (Passionskirche) 24 - Arhus, DK (Vox Hall) 25 - Oslo, N (Rockefeller) 26 - Bergen, N (Logen) 28 - Stockholm, S (Södrateatern) 29 - Hamburg, D (Fabrik) 30 - Amsterdam, NL (Paradiso) May 01 - Portsmouth, UK (Wedgwood Halls) 02 - Gloucester, UK (Guildhall) 03 - Coventry, UK (Warwick Arts Centre) 04 - Manchester, UK (Bridgewater Hall) 06 - Milton Keynes, UK (Stables Theatre) 07 - London, UK (Royal Albert Hall) 08 - Brighton, UK (Theatre Royal) 09 - Cambridge, UK (Corn Exchange) 10 - York, UK (Opera House) 11 - Glasgow, UK (Old Fruitmarket) 12 - Leicester, UK (De Montfort Hall) 14 - Newcastle, UK (Opera House) 15 - Belfast, UK (Empire Music Hall) 16 - Dublin, UK (Olympia Theatre) | St. Thomas on Racing Junior records | | City Slang | | City Slang MP3 Club | | Lee Hazlewood | | Lee Hazlewood on SLR | | top of page | |
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