Artist Info: The Shacklefords

The Shacklefords were a short-lived folk-pop act led by two of the more interesting figures in the L.A. music scene of the 1960s: Lee Hazlewood (the idiosyncratic singer, songwriter, and producer best known for his collaborations with Nancy Sinatra) and Marty Cooper (who was a songwriter and producer who worked with the likes of Bobby Day, Brian Hyland, Tommy Roe, Bobby Bare, the Marathons, and Chubby Checker).

The Shacklefords' story begins in the mid-'40s [read more...]