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Cowboy in Sweden in Bloomington, MN
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At the turn of the '60s,
Lee Hazlewood
decided to leave America for Sweden. He had already spent time in the country, appearing as an actor in two television productions, so his decision wasn't completely out of the blue -- especially since he had become close with the Swedish artist/filmmaker
Torbjoern Axelman
. The year that he arrived in Sweden, he starred in
Axelman
's television production
Cowboy in Sweden
and cut an album of the same name. Judging by the album alone, the film must have been exceedingly surreal, since the record exists in its own space and time. At its core, it's a collection of
country
and
cowboy
tunes, much like the work he did with
Nancy Sinatra
, but the production is cinematic and
psychedelic
, creating a druggy, discombobulated sound like no other. This is mind-altering music -- the combination of
song structures,
Hazlewood
's deep baritone, the sweet voices of
Nina Lizell
Suzi Jane Hokom
, rolling acoustic guitars, ominous strings, harpsichords and flutes, eerie pianos, and endless echo is stranger than outright
avant-garde
music, since the familiar is undone by unexpected arrangements. Though the songs are all well-written,
is ultimately about the sound and mood it evokes -- and it's quite singular in that regard. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Lee Hazlewood
decided to leave America for Sweden. He had already spent time in the country, appearing as an actor in two television productions, so his decision wasn't completely out of the blue -- especially since he had become close with the Swedish artist/filmmaker
Torbjoern Axelman
. The year that he arrived in Sweden, he starred in
Axelman
's television production
Cowboy in Sweden
and cut an album of the same name. Judging by the album alone, the film must have been exceedingly surreal, since the record exists in its own space and time. At its core, it's a collection of
country
and
cowboy
tunes, much like the work he did with
Nancy Sinatra
, but the production is cinematic and
psychedelic
, creating a druggy, discombobulated sound like no other. This is mind-altering music -- the combination of
song structures,
Hazlewood
's deep baritone, the sweet voices of
Nina Lizell
Suzi Jane Hokom
, rolling acoustic guitars, ominous strings, harpsichords and flutes, eerie pianos, and endless echo is stranger than outright
avant-garde
music, since the familiar is undone by unexpected arrangements. Though the songs are all well-written,
is ultimately about the sound and mood it evokes -- and it's quite singular in that regard. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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