The sound quality isn’t the best, but if you’re a fan of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood’s version of “Summer Wine,” this clip is pretty wonderful. I’ve watched it about a dozen times over the last month, and I do not grow tired of Hazlewood’s bassetty gaze at the camera nor his delivery of the last line of the first lyric as “whoa-whoa, summer wine.” (On the album Nancy & Lee, this line is more like, “Oh-oh-oh, summer wine.” Who knew he was holding back?) Anyway, despite the title, a good (and cautionary!) song for that hectic yet languorous spring feeling.
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
