They were an inspiration, but I didn’t actually use them. But Light in the Attic sent me an archive of never-before-seen photos of Lee, which is really cool to see. JR: I usually get really hard in the zone where I’m just researching images and nonstop listening to the music. We’re also going to be putting out another T-shirt more towards the summer on a Country Funk project we did.ĮLLE: Is it difficult to settle on an image that will serve as the inspiration for your illustration? This is cool because Lee Hazlewood’s widow gave us the thumbs up.
I like working with them because they put out a lot of music that I believe in, and it’s also official-it’s kind of nice getting approval directly from the artist or family. We’re like sister and brother companies, in a way. Jess Rotter: This is my fourth collaboration with Light in the Attic, and it’s cool for me because they’re a reissue label, so it’s kind of a perfect fit.
” We spoke with Rotter to find out just what it was about Hazlewood that makes him T-shirt worthy-and how to style an outfit around it.ĮLLE: How did this collaboration come about? The song “My Autumn’s Done Come,” that’s not on the record but that was just on repeat the whole time when I was working on. She should know-for the past few months she’s been “in a big Lee Hazlewood zone-the transition from winter to spring, drinking a lot of wine and listening to Lee Hazlewood. “Lee Hazlewood is a huge legend and songwriter and I think that this is definitely going to get a response,” opines Rotter. To celebrate Record Store Day (tomorrow) Brooklyn-based artist Jess Rotter drew up a Lee Hazlewood top that’s being released in tandem with the album The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes, & Backsides. The band T-shirt is nothing short of iconic-as evidenced by the vintage tees going for hundreds of dollars on eBay-but Rotter & Friends’ ongoing collaboration with the record label Light in the Attic gives the closet mainstay its very own soundtrack.
0 kommentar(er)
