Thursday, May 9, 2019

Surfing with Lee

Here I was sitting in the casino at my psychic's timeshare, when who should walk in but my old friend, a bail bondsman who I haven't heard from since our days in business services and asset management. He'd been in rehab, finished his degree and tells me that he's looking to get involved in medical coding services, or maybe insurance.
He handed me an LP, an archival release of a surf instrumental album Lee Hazelwood made but never released. It's an odd one but I kind of dig it. Is that an early drum machine?

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

SMOKIN': The Best of Brick Smokestack


This 1973 best-of was the final official release from The 'Stack. It also proved to be their best-selling and highest-charting. You may not have had it, but your friend's older brother did. 'Stack it!