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Lee Underwood

Lee Underwood

The '60s Guitar Stylist Supreme on New Age Spacemusic, Tim Buckley, and a 1,000 page manuscript

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Aug 19, 2024
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For most of his life, Lee Underwood has lived in the small print. He was a longtime editor for Down Beat Magazine in the 1970s, but before that, he was an integral part of the late Tim Buckley’s music. His guitar stylings served as the perfect foil for the powerful, protean voice of Buckley. Hearing Underwood’s lines shadow Buckley’s soaring voice is on…

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