The Cowboys From Sweden - Live all vinyl DJ set from Beech Street Parlor (2013)

 

Flashback to 2013 (or possibly before)...  In the darkened corner of a dimly lit bar, behind a pair of turntables and a mixer surrounded by crates of vinyl sit myself and my buddy Robbie.  All evening we share drinks, funny conversations and musical trivia as we proceed to select and play songs into the wee hours of the night. Each of us assigned to one turntable, taking turns trying to compliment each other's selections, or one up each other (depending on how late it was getting and how many drinks we had) in a duel that lasts for hours.  Many live sets were performed at Beech Street Parlor together over the years.  Sadly the bar is now closed down.  Thankfully some of our live sets were broadcasted on the radio and some were recorded and archived.  Here is a good three hours of one of the many live sets we performed there.  I hope you enjoy it and let the music take you back to simpler times.

And keep a lookout for a new Cowboys mix in July!

Download the live set HERE

Thanks for lending me your ears all these years.  Wishing you all the best.

NEW LINK (2025) - I Don't Want Any Flowers - Compiled & mixed by The Cowboys From Sweden (2021)

Finally, after many years in the works, I'm very pleased to present the latest mix tape by The Cowboys From Sweden. It almost feels silly now to admit that I started working on this mix many years ago (probably around 2013 or so), and for various reasons, I kept letting it sit, not allowing myself to finish it.  Why would anybody work on a mixtape for nearly ten years? Years ago I had the realization that making mixtapes was my only true form of keeping a diary.  I've never been one to document my life in any meaningful way.  So in a sense, my mixes have become autobiographical in an abstract kind of way, using other's art to paint a mood or atmosphere of my general experience at any given time in my life (which is really what music is so good at doing after all).  All that said, the past 7 or 8 years have brought a lot of change in my life, bad and good, which is another reason this mix went on and on.  The message kept changing.  I Don't Want Any Flowers (the title taken from a Luboš Fišer track from his 1972 soundtrack "Morgiana & The Cremator") in the end became about reflecting on life and its many complexities. Living, dreaming, loving, losing, joy, regret, longing, acceptance, contentment, friendships, solitude, nostalgia, reflection, frustration, etc... It's meant to be a deep introspective listen, a dream-like trip through self reflection. Or you can just enjoy these pretty songs and ignore the hidden messages.  Either way, I hope you enjoy it.

Headphones recommended. A long walk is also recommended.  Thanks to everybody who's been listening all these years, I appreciate you and your kind comments.

- Eric (The Cowboys From Sweden)

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NEW LINK (2025) - Evens And Odds: Volume 1 (2021)

Eric Lee (The Cowboys from Sweden) is joined by special Swedish guest musician/artist Dan Gräns (Corridor People, Impo & The Tents, Toads of the Short Forest) for a rowdy mix of vintage psych, beat, garage fuzz tunes. Eric is Odds (odd numbered tracks) Dan is Evens (even numbered tracks). Join us as we play musical leapfrog through the smokey haze of the 1960s and 70s.

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NEW LINK (2025) Time for a single....

Here's a 45 single from 1967 by Dutch garage band Q 65. Raw and heavy psychedelic garage rock ripped at 320 Kbps from vinyl. Includes cover scan. Enjoy this quick one!

Side A: World of Birds
Side B: It Came To Me

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