“David Axelrod is an odd character in popular music. There's really no bin to file him in, though he's had his paws in just about everything that's happened in popular music since his career began way back in the 1950s. In certain respects, he fits rather nicely next to other idiosyncratic figures of his heyday-- guys like Van Dyke Parks and Lee Hazlewood who kept up appearances by writing pop song”
