First tour of duty in Viet-Nam was at the end of December 1966. I remember someone boarding the plane carrying a black guitar case with Lefty Frizzell's name printed on the case with white letters. The plane was totally loaded so one could not move around on the plane during the long flight. Often wondered who this young man was and if he made it back.
Here is a wonderful quote about Country Music's greatest original singer: "Not enough folks know the name Lefty Frizzell. Not enough people know Lefty Frizzell’s music. If you stop and listen, you can still hear his influence everywhere. Every time a singer goes soft and low instead of long and hard, that’s Lefty. Every extended vowel in a tender ballad, that’s Lefty. Every slippery vocal trill, that’s Lefty. His legacy is everywhere, even if his name is not." (quote from Andy Miller [The Bluegrass Situation blog])
Back during the resurgence of traditional sounding country music in the 80s, so many new performers would claim Hank Sr. as their biggest influence, while trying their best to sound like Lefty.
This is what drew us to country music and kept us there after it changed. Lefty Frizzell still hasn't gotten the credit he deserves, opening the door to our heart, soul and mind.
who cares if he"s drunk or not ,what"s better than getting drunk and listening to our old country favorites, lefty ,billy, marty,george,buck,johnny cash&paycheck,,,carl, patsy jean connie, tammy,,hank,,dusty owens(one of the best) webb,,conway,,kitty,,&the talent from texas,,,heather,,leona,,jody,,&amber just to name a few,,,,,love em" all
you got that right, best concert i ever went to was in an old bowling alley converted to dance hall, jerry lee lewis showed up over and hour late so drunk he needed help to get on stage, played till almost dawn, they locked the doors at 2am so he could keep playing. burned in my memory, Randys Rodeo in san antonio texas
Mike Theman what kind of idiot's would leave a thumbs down to one of the most beautiful songs ever written? I can't understand why anyone would come on here and do that , if you don't like something stay the hell away from it, that's what I do.
Lefty was a great talent who left us way too soon. His voice was one of a kind and probably never to be heard of again. Thank you for posting this video.
Lefty was simply the BEST! I only wish he had taken better care of himself, and maybe I would have had the chance to see him in person. My 85 year old cousin actually met him in 1952.
My dad showed me this song back when I was in my adolescent years. I remember him giving me a little music history lesson one night (father-son bonding moment), and he told me about Lefty Frizzell and showed me this exact video (this and Saginaw, Michigan). My father had a strong sense of remoteness, aloofness and detachment to his character, but the passion in his voice and face when teaching me about the musicians from back in his day, and how they inspired him to play guitar like how they did back in his youth, really showed one of those rare moments of seeing the lively and jovial side to him, which for me was a real gem. That and the fact that my father kind of looked like Lefty Frizzell made watching this video seem like he was singing to me as father to son. Sounds cheesy and dramatic, but it's how it came across at the time. May Gary Lynn Johnson (1948-2019) rest in peace. A kind and gentle man, and one whom I have memories of with this being one of them. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
The best country song in the last 20 yrs ? MURDER ON MUSIC ROW!!! Nashville is a sell out ... Long live the memory of Lefty and real country music...WC
@46r11 you r right,they can't even tune their own guitars and yet become millionairs compared to the old real country stars,hmmm strange world I guess.I get sick n tired listening to so called country stations,it has nothing to do with country music so I just switched to bluegrass music stations where everything is still pure and not infiltrated "as yet",thanks for posting Lefty's music,Eric.
i haven't read all the comments but so far i don't see anyone commenting about the origin of the song, while he was serving time in jail he wrote this for his wife and if my memory is right it was his first big hit. the jail time was for a little time spent with a groupie that was a little too young. story is his guilt is in this song to his wife.
One of the greats of country music.Oh they dont make them like that anymore. Like patsy'marty'jim and hank etc taking from this world far to early but maybe there having one great big jamboree up there.
I had not heard this in decades. One fine song. It is terrible that there was murder on record row. I listen to Bluegrass now. Even on the satellite radio, it is hard to find good country like this.
I hear Patsy and Lefty as two sides of the same coin--otherworldly yet intensely intimate voices that are never far from heartbreak. I bet their singing makes the angels weep with joy.
Lefty was one of the most unique and profound country music icons ever. Case in point? This very clip posted here. Lefty wins you and me over in seconds!
My favorite Country singer ? Well I got so many: Jimmie Rodgers Hank Williams, Gene Autry, Marty Robbins. But If I was cornered: Good Ole Lefty would win out.
The reason for the excellent production of this video is because the Incomparable Marty Robbins was the executive producMr on the novie," Road to Nashville". Loved it!
I completely understand, I am 29 and I have been laughed at all my life for loving real music, Country today isn't country. I know that Clinton Gregory has a new CD out and it wonderful it's country but it isn't getting played because it's just too real. Country isn't Country today it's pop and it's junk. Lefty, Patsy, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Mel Street-I could go on and on but I agree with you-I don't have many friends because of my choice of music, people don't understand my soul...
Could you imagine if someone walked into nashville and sang a song like this.......... Its really sad what country music has come to, This is the real stuff here...thanks for posting this!!
@@ritakopetzky4362 I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Where are you from if you don't mind me asking? I'm from Apeldoorn, Netherlands
@@derekkess566 you know everything moves with the times so also the melody. From now on I Will answer in Dutch if you don’t mind. Beautifull area is Apeldoorn. Carpe Diem
My all time favorite Lefty song! I don't know if it's true, but supposedly Lefty was in jail when he wrote this song. He wrote it to his wife and was promising to straighten up.
The unforgettable and inimitable Lefty Frizzell. His phrasing was unique and he had the greatest charisma. A real one off and now a legend- But- thanks to RUclips and the ability to share to Facebook he is not a forgotten legend. Long Live Lefty! many thanks for the posting .. sharing to FB!
I haven't heard all the songs Lefty Frizzell sang but i do remember some like this one "A Thousand Ways" so i made a Long list of them and will hear and thumbs Up to them all. Thanks to "Barbillafonic" for puttin out all these Great Lefty songs.
The guy standing with Connie Smith is Doodles Weaver. H e was a comedian and part of Spike Jones band. He also appeared on TV and in the movies....very funny man!
What a great, great country legend. When I was a kid, my dad took me to see Lefty. I was as impressed then as I still am now by his music. Nothing like that CRAP they have the gall to call "country" nowadays. I'm also a performer and do lots of classic country covers (including Lefty's songs). Most people have no idea what we're playing and we usually get snickered at by the 20 somethings and 30 somethings. We're unfazed by that and will never ever play any of the garbage on "country" radio now
i'm sure people said the same thing about this 60 years ago. this 'the music of today is nothing like it used be' comment is ubiquitous on all these classic country posts. without change the great art of country music would stagnate - i say hurray to neo-traditionalism of a Randy Travis, with his Lefty Frizzell chops & killer hooks but also welcome the humour & intelligence that contemporary artists like Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert [Pistol Annies] bring to the genre.
you are a fucking idiot, music years ago was music period, you played and instrument, you heard that sound, you sang a note, you heard that sound, today they make the sounds that sell the "music" as they call it. you really can't be so fucking stupid to believe the crap you just posted. do you not realize how music has evolved over the years, the technology that cleans up the screw ups and the untalented so called singers, have you ever heard of some of the groups that had nothing to do what so ever with their recordings, like the Monkees, im so pissed at your fucking stupidity right now i can't even think of the other groups, but most fans of real music know who they are. musicians of the old days were recorded in basic recording equipment, they played and sang and it was recorded, sure it evolved slowly and somewhere along the line the actual sound was altered, filtered, rearranged , and mixed to make what someone thought was a sound that would sell. why don't you watch a documentary of the guy that went around with his crappy little recording equipment and made history by recording jimmy rodgers, the carter family, and so many others that actually got the old hill billy country music sound started. you must not be very old because 60yrs ago was 1958 and rockabilly and country were doing great, without todays technology. and randy travis is not a member of today bullshit country with half naked sluts on stage and tobacco running like liquid shit from the corner of their mouth. there are actually singers of the last 20 or 30 years that feel the same way lots of us feel. there are artists that refuse to be a part of the crap that is going on, you can't see them on the faggot talk shows on tv, you actually have to be a fan and search them out. check out Austin clubs, even Houston clubs, im sure there are even some up in yankee country. but don't come on a site where real music is played and spew you ignorant bullshit like this, braid paisley, geez really. how old are you anyway.
This is one of the prettiest songs ever written in my opinion and nobody else on earth could sing it like the one who wrote it Mr. Lefty Frizzell, sure do miss you lefty.
I think they are part of the Stoneman family that included Donna Stoneman --who is the woman in the video. The guy is one of the Stoneman brothers---Pop and Hattie Stoneman had 23 children---about a dozen survived to adulthood.
lefty is the song you need when you need a push in the right way whether it is respecting your parents or showing you how to tell her she is the one thanks lefty
I hear ya brother...I sing music from another era as well (tons of what they call "classic country" now, but really is just/real "country"...today, its rock, pure and simple) and sometimes get the same reaction. You just keep on keepin on, and you'll get the good that comes from being true and honest. Keep the music alive, my friend..Lefty woulda been proud (or IS :)
Lefty was hands down one of the greatest & most influential country singers of all time! His influence on George Jones, Merle Haggard & Keith Whitley to name a few, was huge!
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First tour of duty in Viet-Nam was at the end of December 1966. I remember someone boarding the plane carrying a black guitar case with Lefty Frizzell's name printed on the case with white letters. The plane was totally loaded so one could not move around on the plane during the long flight. Often wondered who this young man was and if he made it back.
Here is a wonderful quote about Country Music's greatest original singer: "Not enough folks know the name Lefty Frizzell. Not enough people know Lefty Frizzell’s music. If you stop and listen, you can still hear his influence everywhere. Every time a singer goes soft and low instead of long and hard, that’s Lefty. Every extended vowel in a tender ballad, that’s Lefty. Every slippery vocal trill, that’s Lefty. His legacy is everywhere, even if his name is not." (quote from Andy Miller [The Bluegrass Situation blog])
USRoute66Kingman great great blessing him !!!
Back during the resurgence of traditional sounding country music in the 80s, so many new performers would claim Hank Sr. as their biggest influence, while trying their best to sound like Lefty.
😮😊😊😊😊😅😊😊00
9oo
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"More and more I found myself trying to sound like him, sometimes without even realizing it." ~Merle Haggard~
George Jones learnt a few vocal tricks from Lefty too
@@grahamclews1571 I agree. Lefty influenced so many. A virtual Who's Who!
Two great performers lefty and Merle r I p guys thanks for the memories
This is what drew us to country music and kept us there after it changed. Lefty Frizzell still hasn't gotten the credit he deserves, opening the door to our heart, soul and mind.
THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC. THERES NOTHING THATS CALLED COUNTRY MUSIC OF TODAY. LISTEN TO LEFTY FRIZZELL.
who cares if he"s drunk or not ,what"s better than getting drunk and listening to our old country favorites, lefty ,billy, marty,george,buck,johnny cash&paycheck,,,carl, patsy jean connie, tammy,,hank,,dusty owens(one of the best) webb,,conway,,kitty,,&the talent from texas,,,heather,,leona,,jody,,&amber just to name a few,,,,,love em" all
you got that right, best concert i ever went to was in an old bowling alley converted to dance hall, jerry lee lewis showed up over and hour late so drunk he needed help to get on stage, played till almost dawn, they locked the doors at 2am so he could keep playing. burned in my memory, Randys Rodeo in san antonio texas
And so do I !!!
I'd almost be more upset if he weren't.
The 10 that left a thumbs down....Forgive them,they nonot what they do.
Mike Theman what kind of idiot's would leave a thumbs down to one of the most beautiful songs ever written? I can't understand why anyone would come on here and do that , if you don't like something stay the hell away from it, that's what I do.
They don't like anybody.
@@solinadave5769 Spot on.
My pleasure ,to have had a beer with Lefty. Many years ago
What was he like as a person? I believe he may have the greatest voice in country music history. Him or George very close.
Lefty was a great talent who left us way too soon. His voice was one of a kind and probably never to be heard of again. Thank you for posting this video.
Lefty was simply the BEST! I only wish he had taken better care of himself, and maybe I would have had the chance to see him in person. My 85 year old cousin actually met him in 1952.
Amen to that!
21 years old and still listening lefty in 2019
Welcome to the classic country music enjoy yourself
My dad showed me this song back when I was in my adolescent years. I remember him giving me a little music history lesson one night (father-son bonding moment), and he told me about Lefty Frizzell and showed me this exact video (this and Saginaw, Michigan). My father had a strong sense of remoteness, aloofness and detachment to his character, but the passion in his voice and face when teaching me about the musicians from back in his day, and how they inspired him to play guitar like how they did back in his youth, really showed one of those rare moments of seeing the lively and jovial side to him, which for me was a real gem. That and the fact that my father kind of looked like Lefty Frizzell made watching this video seem like he was singing to me as father to son. Sounds cheesy and dramatic, but it's how it came across at the time. May Gary Lynn Johnson (1948-2019) rest in peace. A kind and gentle man, and one whom I have memories of with this being one of them. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
This is from the movie Road to Nashville. Definitely recommend to anyone who likes Waylon or Faron or Webb or Porter.
Dcumentary,...not a movie.
@@hermanator74301 fuck you
Loved this man's singing! Such feeling.
Lefty the best. Also: If you got the money I've got the time.
my brother loved him soooo much, my brother passed away last Novemeber and it's his bday today 5/5/1955..
Man I don't call myself old yet But grew up this this music as well as 50 and 60's Man I just love listening to this oldie but goodie country music
The best country song in the last 20 yrs ? MURDER ON MUSIC ROW!!! Nashville is a sell out ... Long live the memory of Lefty and real country music...WC
I used to listen to lefty my dads records and I loved them then and now. great ole sounds.
@46r11 you r right,they can't even tune their own guitars and yet become millionairs compared to the old real country stars,hmmm strange world I guess.I get sick n tired listening to so called country stations,it has nothing to do with country music so I just switched to bluegrass music stations where everything is still pure and not infiltrated "as yet",thanks for posting Lefty's music,Eric.
Lefty Frizell, an American Icon! What a voice,what phrasing and he sings with such feeling.. Nobody compares.
i haven't read all the comments but so far i don't see anyone commenting about the origin of the song, while he was serving time in jail he wrote this for his wife and if my memory is right it was his first big hit. the jail time was for a little time spent with a groupie that was a little too young. story is his guilt is in this song to his wife.
Yep, youre right.
Man what a young connie smith. Is that stringbean along side her?
LEFTY 4 EVER
one of the voices that was stilled too soon
One of the greats of country music.Oh they dont make them like that anymore.
Like patsy'marty'jim and hank etc taking from this world far to early but maybe there having one great big jamboree up there.
Say it loud and clear brother. 100% agree
barbillafonic ,
Thanks for posting this. I won't ever forget what real country is.
Leftty was pure country wasn't he? Just doesn't get much better.
I am 16 years and I love this kind of country music
I had not heard this in decades. One fine song. It is terrible that there was murder on record row. I listen to Bluegrass now. Even on the satellite radio, it is hard to find good country like this.
Simply the best.
The best country singer.
WOW!!!!Why cant todays country sound like this????
Oh, and that is a young Connie Smith in the wings.
Lefty how could you get any better that's the foundation of country music like to hear him sing always late and lf you got the money I got the time 😁
I hear Patsy and Lefty as two sides of the same coin--otherworldly yet intensely intimate voices that are never far from heartbreak. I bet their singing makes the angels weep with joy.
En av mina största countryartister, sån underbar röst är det inte många som har 💖💖
Yeah I grew up with this music.
Lefty was one of the most unique and profound country music icons ever. Case in point? This very clip posted here. Lefty wins you and me over in seconds!
That's Connie Smith and Feetlebaum. The movie is from "Road to Nashville" 1967.
I struggle to think of a country singer with as much heart as Lefty.
happy birthday ,,lefty, wherever you are , i love you my friend , you are one of the best , you are what country music is all about,,,,,,R.I.P.
lefty had one the greatest voices in country music i love mom and dad waltz
Leftys ability was no joke!! Great stuff and the real deal forever
Happy birthday, Lefty!
Thank you I will never forget!
Superfine AUTHENTIC country music!
Lefly was one of the all time greats of country music
His shirt and jacket are so cool too. Really, it would be super retro now. Love it.
Lefty is "AWESOME", it is really hard to hear a quality voice anymore. So smooth and makes you feel good.
I agree. My uncle was as natural as they come. I really wish he would have lived longer so I could have gotten to know him better.
very very awesome music my friend,I like this video
I love you a thousand ways is the prettiest song I've ever heard
My favorite Country singer ?
Well I got so many: Jimmie Rodgers
Hank Williams, Gene Autry, Marty
Robbins. But If I was cornered:
Good Ole Lefty would win out.
Amen too that!
I love you! I'm AMAZED at how much Lefty delivers with so little instrumental support. He's the total cat's meow!
😺😸😻😿
beautiful tune, lyrics and voice. Nuff said.
The reason for the excellent production of this video is because the Incomparable Marty Robbins was the executive producMr on the novie," Road to Nashville". Loved it!
I love the way he slows the tempo of the music down and sings it more like a beautiful slow ballad.
Like this a lot
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing.
I completely understand, I am 29 and I have been laughed at all my life for loving real music, Country today isn't country. I know that Clinton Gregory has a new CD out and it wonderful it's country but it isn't getting played because it's just too real. Country isn't Country today it's pop and it's junk. Lefty, Patsy, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Mel Street-I could go on and on but I agree with you-I don't have many friends because of my choice of music, people don't understand my soul...
It don't get any better than this!!!!!!
Could you imagine if someone walked into nashville and sang a song like this.......... Its really sad what country music has come to, This is the real stuff here...thanks for posting this!!
Love this song...thank you...
it's addictive listening to these song, Unfortunately, artist today have no inspiration and no talent for music. Is this your favorite song?
@@derekkess566 I like to listen to this music👍
@@ritakopetzky4362 I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Where are you from if you don't mind me asking? I'm from Apeldoorn, Netherlands
@@derekkess566 you know everything moves with the times so also the melody. From now on I Will answer in Dutch if you don’t mind. Beautifull area is Apeldoorn. Carpe Diem
lefty sure brings back memorys of a young
teenager great music
WOW This is what true country sounds like I could listen tothis all day.
Great stuff right there. Thank you barbillafonic
Sending this out to you know who, hang in there baby..
My all time favorite Lefty song! I don't know if it's true, but supposedly Lefty was in jail when he wrote this song. He wrote it to his wife and was promising to straighten up.
yes he wrote this to his wife while he was in jail, he was 19yrs old.
Simple and Powerful.. We need more Lefty's
The unforgettable and inimitable Lefty Frizzell. His phrasing was unique and he had the greatest charisma. A real one off and now a legend- But- thanks to RUclips and the ability to share to Facebook he is not a forgotten legend. Long Live Lefty! many thanks for the posting .. sharing to FB!
On the subject of "new" country music, my friend Snookie says he goes "up to Hank and Lefty and that's about it." For the most part, I have to agree.
I haven't heard all the songs Lefty Frizzell sang but i do remember some like this one "A Thousand Ways" so i made a Long list of them and will hear and thumbs Up to them all. Thanks to "Barbillafonic" for puttin out all these Great Lefty songs.
another great singer sadly no longer with us RIP lefty frizzell,,,,,
Wonderful!!!!! Wasn't that my sweetheart standing there...Connie Smith?
This song touches my heart ❤️
He was CASH in his Time.!! Very GOOD!
Great! Makes me remenicing to my childhood, when my late dad turns the long play records.
The guy standing with Connie Smith is Doodles Weaver. H e was a comedian and part of Spike Jones band. He also appeared on TV and in the movies....very funny man!
I thought that was Doodles Weaver
Just love that voice...
Never be another lefty....Just ask Haggard!
Greatest country singer there ever was. Or will be.
What a great, great country legend. When I was a kid, my dad took me to see Lefty. I was as impressed then as I still am now by his music. Nothing like that CRAP they have the gall to call "country" nowadays. I'm also a performer and do lots of classic country covers (including Lefty's songs). Most people have no idea what we're playing and we usually get snickered at by the 20 somethings and 30 somethings. We're unfazed by that and will never ever play any of the garbage on "country" radio now
Truly great.
i'm sure people said the same thing about this 60 years ago. this 'the music of today is nothing like it used be' comment is ubiquitous on all these classic country posts. without change the great art of country music would stagnate - i say hurray to neo-traditionalism of a Randy Travis, with his Lefty Frizzell chops & killer hooks but also welcome the humour & intelligence that contemporary artists like Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert [Pistol Annies] bring to the genre.
you are a fucking idiot, music years ago was music period, you played and instrument, you heard that sound, you sang a note, you heard that sound, today they make the sounds that sell the "music" as they call it. you really can't be so fucking stupid to believe the crap you just posted. do you not realize how music has evolved over the years, the technology that cleans up the screw ups and the untalented so called singers, have you ever heard of some of the groups that had nothing to do what so ever with their recordings, like the Monkees, im so pissed at your fucking stupidity right now i can't even think of the other groups, but most fans of real music know who they are. musicians of the old days were recorded in basic recording equipment, they played and sang and it was recorded, sure it evolved slowly and somewhere along the line the actual sound was altered, filtered, rearranged , and mixed to make what someone thought was a sound that would sell. why don't you watch a documentary of the guy that went around with his crappy little recording equipment and made history by recording jimmy rodgers, the carter family, and so many others that actually got the old hill billy country music sound started. you must not be very old because 60yrs ago was 1958 and rockabilly and country were doing great, without todays technology. and randy travis is not a member of today bullshit country with half naked sluts on stage and tobacco running like liquid shit from the corner of their mouth. there are actually singers of the last 20 or 30 years that feel the same way lots of us feel. there are artists that refuse to be a part of the crap that is going on, you can't see them on the faggot talk shows on tv, you actually have to be a fan and search them out. check out Austin clubs, even Houston clubs, im sure there are even some up in yankee country. but don't come on a site where real music is played and spew you ignorant bullshit like this, braid paisley, geez really. how old are you anyway.
Some say Hank,But I say Lefty
@steinsteel Your so right, the junk they plat today id just that JUNK. Some of the so called country singers today can't even tune their own guitars
Merle Haggard is a big fan of Lefty,Jimmy Rodgersand Bob Wills :)
This is one of the prettiest songs ever written in my opinion and nobody else on earth could sing it like the one who wrote it Mr. Lefty Frizzell, sure do miss you lefty.
@RobCoates1... Totally agree with you...I also love to play these classics songs...
Quality songwriting -- five times the artist of any of today country charters.
Now I see where Keith Whitley got his special voice from. Love it.
I think they are part of the Stoneman family that included Donna Stoneman --who is the woman in the video. The guy is one of the Stoneman brothers---Pop and Hattie Stoneman had 23 children---about a dozen survived to adulthood.
My favourite of the fabulous Lefty.RIP
lefty is the song you need when you need a push in the right way whether it is respecting your parents or showing you how to tell her she is the one thanks lefty
beautiful stuff
Lefty should be in the Hall or Fame. Why is there a problem? Gaylon Fox Farmington NM
GOOD OLE LEFTY !
This is beautiful
I hear ya brother...I sing music from another era as well (tons of what they call "classic country" now, but really is just/real "country"...today, its rock, pure and simple) and sometimes get the same reaction. You just keep on keepin on, and you'll get the good that comes from being true and honest. Keep the music alive, my friend..Lefty woulda been proud (or IS :)
Lefty was hands down one of the greatest & most influential country singers of all time! His influence on George Jones, Merle Haggard & Keith Whitley to name a few, was huge!