The title of Ace’s new entry in its Songwriter Series – Shazam! – doesn’t refer to Captain Marvel’s magic word or Gomer Pyle’s favorite expression. Rather, the new compilation CD is titled after Duane Eddy’s (naturally) twangy western gallop “Shazam!” penned by Eddy and maverick producer Lee Hazlewood and released in 1960. (Okay, Duane and Lee likely did take its name from C.C. Beck and Bill Parker’s popular comic book superhero!) Shazam! and Other Instrumentals Written by Lee Hazlewood is far from the first Ace release celebrating the Hazlewood oeuvre; the label has…
Some Velvet Morning: Ace Salutes Lee Hazlewood on “Shazam!”
April 8, 2016
by Joe Marchese
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