Shindig! No. 17

LEE HAZLEWOOD Pioneering rockabilly producer. Phil Spector s foil. Nancy Sinatra s mentor. Reclusive raconteur. Finally recognised as a trail-blazer and true one-of-a-kind before his untimely death in 2007, LEE HAZLEWOOD s songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Duane Eddy, Vanilla Fudge, Primal Scream, Nick Cave and Frank Sinatra. Shindig! has the great pleasure of publishing one of Lee s final interviews. ROB HUGHES met this iconic American journeyman shortly before he shuffled off this mortal coil. Here s Lee by Lee. Prepare to be amazed.--------------------------GILES, GILES & FRIPP Their sole album was Deram s worst seller of 1968. They looked like Edwardian accountants. They liked jazz. Then they transmogrified into King Crimson. Yet the music of Michael and Peter Giles and Robert Fripp bore absolutely no relation to 21st Century Schizoid Man and the aural assault Fripp would become renowned for. Neither psychedelic nor comical, rock nor pop, GILES, GILES & FRIPP possessed a unique sound that effervesces English whimsy and playful eccentricity. LINDSAY BENSLEY takes tea with PETER GILES.-------------------------- MICHAEL FENNELLY MICHAEL FENNELLY is the American singer/songwriter who co-helmed mythical US pop gods The Millennium, formed proto-powerpop Elektra signings Crabby Appleton and made some fine solo records of his own to boot. In discussion with PAUL ELLIS, Michael dishes the dirt on his Millennium foil Curt Boettcher, explores the producer s labyrinthine recording techniques and how in England he recorded his finest record... with none other than Jeff Beck on guitar.-------------------------- PANDAMONIUM The 60s saw PANDAMONIUM develop from Kentish teenage rockers to streetwise mods to doomed folk-rock troubadours via one of the greatest British psychedelic singles of all time, and includes guest appearances from the likes of Shel Talmy, Mike Batt and Aleister Crowley. CHARLIE SALVIDGE traces their forgotten journey.-------------------------- BANG We re BANG, we re from Philly and we re the best f********* band in the world! AUSTIN MATTHEWS charts the rise and fall of one of America s early heavy bands.-------------------------- CAPTAIN SENSIBLE The Damned deliberately skewed our perception of them as punk by freely acknowledging a love of garage, psychedelia and even prog. Tiring of the punk label early on they recorded a series of challenging long-players like The Black Album. Leading the band through these changes was bassist/guitarist CAPTAIN SENSIBLE. Now approaching national institution status, he talks to RICH DEAKIN about The Pink Fairies, The Prisoner and starting his own political party.-------------------------- TRIZO 50 In the early 70s, at the end of an unassuming street in Norbone, Missouri, in a beauty shop of equally ordinary proportions, the sounds of garage-glam, psych, folk and power-pop could be heard from what STUART SHEA now believes to be the great lost American band. From original pressed LP runs that now fetch sums in excess of thousands, to family fall outs and fame never achieved, take a ride with TRIZO 50.-------------------------- SAMUEL PRODY Samuel Prody (a band rather than an individual) recorded their sole album of bruising psych-infused hard rock in 1971. It was subsequently released only on a German label without the group s knowledge in circumstances that are still unclear to this day. AUSTIN MATTHEWS grabbed some time with lead singer and guitarist TONY SAVVA to illuminate the band s story.-------------------------- LOUISE Nearly 43 years after their only recording session, one of the London underground s hardcore psychedelic bands finally make it onto vinyl and CD. NIGEL LEES gazes into the sunlight of freaky 1967 scenesters LOUISE.