Don’t forget John Anderson. He sounds so much like lefty. Go back and listen to John perform Long black veil with Merle haggard as a ghost vocalist as they called it when recorded. That version of lefty’s song is solid country gold friends.🎶
@James greene I've listened to thousands of hours of C&W music since the late 70's. My very favorite singer is Lefty. George, Merle, Ray Price and Keith are next in line. I have every song Lefty ever recorded; several hundred and several demos. He was simply unbelievable.
Nothing like the old Opry & Louisiana Hayride days. Its not hard to model after these instrumental & vocal arrangements. There's just one problem: R E A L talent is required! 😪
@trevsmusicchannel8958: Among the backup Singers you will find a young Conway Twitty lookalike named Lin Brown who was part of Sonny James's backup Singers for awhile. And I am resolutely convinvced that the Legendary Guitarist James Burton appears on here as well. He backed Rick Nelson and Elvis Presley.🤔😉🎤🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🎻🥁B.W.
What you and many others know has been replaced by counterfeit country. The artists dressed respectable and creative. Todays singers come out wearing their cleanest dirty shirt and stand there with there pants covering their footwear. It will change in time to the traditional way as we knew it
My family were very early settlers along Saginaw Bay , Bay Port, Sebewaing, Caseville and Fair Haven Township .Many of them were involved in fishing near Bayport Mr. Frizzell did a great job capturing their spirit.
100% including randy travis who sings leftys songs so good and Merle Haggard, johnny cash. I'm listening ri george and Merle Haggard now and every day. RIP king legends
I remember so well sitting in my daddy's lap as he sat on the recliner humming to this song while sipping a beer..... He passed away a long while ago, and hearing this song both makes me remember those wonderful memories, and it also causes my heart to ache as well.... Love ya, dad !!!
Cambrola Some people would beg to differ with you. Left died early in life due to a massive addiction to alcohol. He was also one mean, evil, dangerous animal when he was drunk.
I was was but a boy living just North of Detroit when Lefty released this song. Everybody loved it! He was a great story teller in song. Willie Nelson said Lefty influenced him to write in a similar style.
I agree with the Power Lefty Frizzell had on the music of the country artists Merle Haggard etc, and we pray RIP. they gave us so much of brilliant work that will last for years in USA history. Brilliant artists, writers and bands
for a year or so my family lived next door to an older couple. he had been wounded on omaha beach and wore a leg brace. he had a great collection of country records acquired from the end of the war on to the early 1960s. somewhat scratchy 78s and i'm telling you, the scratches gave the songs character. he had alllllllllllllll those folks, from the war on, and i listened to every one of them. this one's for you mr. martin. rip luther e. martin, jr.
This song is four generations old. My maternal grandpa loved this song. My Dad wisely said he also liked this song. He told me the story of how he came to appreciate this sort of country music. I love story songs, regardless of era or genre, and have fond memories of my Grandpa humming along to this song or my Dad reminiscing about courting my Mom and listening to this song via a record. Grandpa liked to talk about how smart the man in the song was. Thanks to satellite radio, my son knows this song.
This is one of my favorite songs to bad they don't play them anymore sure do miss the good old days when you go to a bar and have a great time listening to music like this
Lois,you can thank the panty waist pop country people for that! The don't write a song unless every other word is repeated half a dozen times! Really no talent is the problem!
I love old, classic country songs that tell a story. Lefty's voice captivates me. I have been listening to his other songs.he surely influenced many of the great country singers. George Strait and Alan Jackson sang it right when they sang Murder on Music Row.
I have no idea what reminded me of this song just now, as the last time I heard it was when I was playing one of my LPs with a compilation of country music - about 40 years ago. Haven't a clue why it dropped into my head, but I so enjoyed listening to it again, and the fact her daddy was clawing the ground for gold when there was none, just goes to show that the love of money isn't as powerful as the love of another person.
Lefty is one of the four pillars of what country music is supposed to be. I truly believe that the greats all encompassed the values of Hank Sr, Lefty, Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff (whom are the direct successors of Jimmie Rodgers). The best are the ones who mastered the Acuff Voice Projection, The Tubb Drawl, The Williams Yodel, and the Frizzell Vibrato. Everyone from Haggard, Jones, Pride, Rodriguez, Cash, Waylon and Willie to Strait, Jackson Travis and Whitley all encompassed these techniques to pay tribute to their predecessors as well as establish their own sound. Nashville is great at making a building look good from the outside, but has forgotten that without a solid foundation and strong supporting walls, that sucker is gonna crumble to the ground with no contractor and crew to build it back up, let alone fix it.
Pretty much agree with you . Each of those legendary pioneers had their uniquely idiosyncratic vocal style . As to who I think had the best singing voice , both genders , I reckon Faron Young , and Patsy Cline .
Remember in late 60s and 70s singing along with my dad to this song and many others on road trips. Lefty,Hank, and so many other great artists back then.
The greatest set of understated, smarty-pants rhymes in any song, anywhere. How many phrases can YOU come up with to rhyme with "Saginaw, Michigan"? Are they any more clever than the ones Lefty uses? And despite all that cleverness, you are never once taken out of the heartfelt narrative of this classic "story-song". That is some first-class tune-smithing right there folks and an example of one helluva song.
My nephew was born in Saginaw, Michigan. Not too long after that my brother, wife & kids moved to Alaska for work. That made me think of this song. I'm a proud Michigander.
Reading a book about Townes Van Zandt and it brought me here. Lefty Frizzell, along with Hank Williams, were two big influences in Townes life. It’s cool to see Lefty in the music of Townes
I was watching a Phli Ochs dvd "There but for Fortune" that brought me here. Another great songwriter with an exceptional voice who also left us much too early.
I'm a local Cash tribute artist, and Cash loved Lefty's music so much that he covered Long Black Veil after Lefty died, as a way to honor him. Lefty and Johnny's versions of that are my all-time favorites.
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Man could Lefty sing. I could listen to him for hours
This is country music todays country not even in the same ball park!
Times change
I can't stand country pop. Love classic country.
@@terriecotham1567 Not for the better.
Lefty Frizzell - Saginaw Michigan 0748am 9.7.24 "ashamed to show his face...." was his wife that ugly or infamous or was she the local bike?
There wouldn’t be a Merle or George without Lefty. The influence he made on country music should never be forgotten.
Don’t forget John Anderson.
He sounds so much like lefty.
Go back and listen to John perform Long black veil with Merle haggard as a ghost vocalist as they called it when recorded. That version of lefty’s song is solid country gold friends.🎶
Amen too that brother! Lefty is my favorite C&W singer of all time by a country mile! It's a shame he doesn't get the credit he deserves.
@James greene I've listened to thousands of hours of C&W music since the late 70's. My very favorite singer is Lefty. George, Merle, Ray Price and Keith are next in line. I have every song Lefty ever recorded; several hundred and several demos. He was simply unbelievable.
there wouldnt be anything with rock either, the Everly brothers took a lot from this guy.
@@mychaelpierce8049 what about Don Williams & Charley Pride?
This is the way country music should be with a respected group backing. I love it.
Nothing like the old Opry & Louisiana Hayride days. Its not hard to model after these instrumental & vocal arrangements. There's just one problem: R E A L talent is required! 😪
@trevsmusicchannel8958: Among the backup Singers you will find a young Conway Twitty lookalike named Lin Brown who was part of Sonny James's backup Singers for awhile. And I am resolutely convinvced that the Legendary Guitarist James Burton appears on here as well. He backed Rick Nelson and Elvis Presley.🤔😉🎤🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🎻🥁B.W.
Discovering Lefty later in life, but better late than never.
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I think you appreciate there music even better. I look up his history and life, wanted to know more about him.
Fun song to play
Don't sweat it. I'm two years behind you.
Never to old to discover great timeless music!! Lol
Lefty Frizell was the original Texas Honky Tonk Hero and everyone else came after him!
I like how they dressed up for their fans. They didn’t look like they were homeless.
Lefty Frizzell - Saginaw Michigan 0745am 9.7.24 dont be fooled by appearances or cheap matalan suits....
Back when country music was country music. Thank you Lefty.
And women stayed in their place
So true. The current so-called country music just leaves me cold. Loved it when country music had a story to tell.
And Thank You Mr. Choates for beautiful song writing.
So sad that Country Music has almost disappeared, so simplistic and beautiful. The voices do it all on their own, subtle background vocals.
What you and many others know has been replaced by counterfeit country. The artists dressed respectable and creative. Todays singers come out wearing their cleanest dirty shirt and stand there with there pants covering their footwear. It will change in time to the traditional way as we knew it
Plenty of good country music it's just not on country radio.
@@observant98 "the cleanest dirty shirt" was a wonderful reference to Johny Cash and Sunday Morning Coming Down. Bravo.
So true
I too was born in Saginaw, Michigan. That was in 1954. Saginaw is still my home.
My family were very early settlers along Saginaw Bay , Bay Port, Sebewaing, Caseville and Fair Haven Township .Many of them were involved in fishing near Bayport Mr. Frizzell did a great job capturing their spirit.
Must be the most beautiful place.
Word
Is your father-in-law still in Alaska???
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These old legends like LEFTY prove that country music doesn't exist this day.
One of the three of country music's greatest: Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams Sr. and George Jones.
100% including randy travis who sings leftys songs so good and Merle Haggard, johnny cash. I'm listening ri george and Merle Haggard now and every day. RIP king legends
Merle Haggard is easily in the top 3
@@DZ-lv8ux of course Merle Haggard and johnny cash I will correct it, love merle haggard songs and love all there sence of humour.
Truths
I would have at least 8 in MY top three.
Nobody ever had a better voice for country music then or now
I remember so well sitting in my daddy's lap as he sat on the recliner humming to this song while sipping a beer..... He passed away a long while ago, and hearing this song both makes me remember those wonderful memories, and it also causes my heart to ache as well.... Love ya, dad !!!
I'm 62 and I love Country music because of my dad. The amount of times listening to Country music reminds me of him and the tears flow. Can't help it.
Lefty is an Icon.... Sadly he left this world too soon. Great music.
Cambrola Some people would beg to differ with you. Left died early in life due to a massive addiction to alcohol. He was also one mean, evil, dangerous animal when he was drunk.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 most were. Overrated because they could hold a tune. Big deal
@@davidgarris2513 Well, I don't know about "most". But with Lefty I think you mean "overlooked".
Drugs or some STD?
My parents listened to country and western music every day when I was growing up. These old tunes bring back the memories and usually a tear.
Me too. I listen and think of mom and dad. God I miss them both dearly. I know you do too miss your mommy and daddy.
Love it.! Lyrics are fantastic and Lefty's voice is too.
There are so many Lefty Frizzell 🎵 songs it's hard to turn the music off. God bless Lefty and his contribution. Robert Knight 👌
The best version of this song ever by Lefty.
Absolutely
Lefty, you may be gone, but your not forgotten. We all miss you. Keep singing where ever you are.
One of the best singers ever!
Could be!
NOW 85 I TOOK A STRONG LIKING TO THIS OLDIE....LOVE SO MUCH COUNTRY MUSIC...
Excellent song by Lefty, he had many great songs.
I was was but a boy living just North of Detroit when Lefty released this song. Everybody loved it! He was a great story teller in song. Willie Nelson said Lefty influenced him to write in a similar style.
I agree with the Power Lefty Frizzell had on the music of the country artists Merle Haggard etc, and we pray RIP. they gave us so much of brilliant work that will last for years in USA history. Brilliant artists, writers and bands
I was born there in the 60's, and even then his music was still popular.
PURE GOLD‼️😀 I had never heard that version before - and now I’m playing it repeatedly to make up for lost time. 😉
Keep in mind that Merle Haggard May he RIP.. was a great artist you might want to learn about.
@Mizz Mead keep in mind that Merle probably wouldn't be the star he was without Lefty Frizzell.
Me too.
for a year or so my family lived next door to an older couple. he had been wounded on omaha beach and wore a leg brace.
he had a great collection of country records acquired from the end of the war on to the early 1960s.
somewhat scratchy 78s and i'm telling you, the scratches gave the songs character.
he had alllllllllllllll those folks, from the war on, and i listened to every one of them.
this one's for you mr. martin. rip luther e. martin, jr.
One of the best country songs ever written…they could have made a movie about this song 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I wish someone would make a movie about this song!
I love Saginaw talks about hard-working people the kind of people I love
Absolutely so good. I am happy that I grew up listening to the great singers of this era. Thanks Mom and Dad.
I loved hearing Lefty singing this song. 😁
Great voice, don’t forget him!
It`s so great hearing Lefty, nobody is better we have and had wonderful artists/ singers but no one better.
This song is four generations old. My maternal grandpa loved this song. My Dad wisely said he also liked this song. He told me the story of how he came to appreciate this sort of country music. I love story songs, regardless of era or genre, and have fond memories of my Grandpa humming along to this song or my Dad reminiscing about courting my Mom and listening to this song via a record. Grandpa liked to talk about how smart the man in the song was. Thanks to satellite radio, my son knows this song.
One of the all time Great Country Songs,just sayin'
This is my favorite Lefty song!
That stunt wouldn't work today. The FIL would have to see it on the news first!
One of the all time great Country story songs
One of the best Country artist in the business.
My favorite singer of all time. Forever & Always
This is one of my favorite songs to bad they don't play them anymore sure do miss the good old days when you go to a bar and have a great time listening to music like this
Yes but we can watch them anytime we want to on RUclips.
Head phones on pure bliss
If it's on the jukebox.... its playing,... just saying
You can hear music like this on, 94.1 duke FM out of Lansing Michigan. I listen to it all of the time. One of the few good things about the internet.
Lois,you can thank the panty waist pop country people for that! The don't write a song unless every other word is repeated half a dozen times! Really no talent is the problem!
For my Daddy, I miss you so much! I love you! I'm so lost without you 💔 Rest easy, my Daddy ❤
i love that country-music..best greets from 🇩🇪
Greetings!
Great song and great performance by Lefty.
I love old, classic country songs that tell a story. Lefty's voice captivates me. I have been listening to his other songs.he surely influenced many of the great country singers. George Strait and Alan Jackson sang it right when they sang Murder on Music Row.
One of my favorite sing alongs by Lefty. Sadly there are no artists like this today.
I have no idea what reminded me of this song just now, as the last time I heard it was when I was playing one of my LPs with a compilation of country music - about 40 years ago. Haven't a clue why it dropped into my head, but I so enjoyed listening to it again, and the fact her daddy was clawing the ground for gold when there was none, just goes to show that the love of money isn't as powerful as the love of another person.
Lefty was a favorite of mine back in those bygone days that I remember with fond memories.
I remember this song. A blast from the past. This was a big hit for Lefty, years ago. It’s a good one.
Lefty is one of the four pillars of what country music is supposed to be. I truly believe that the greats all encompassed the values of Hank Sr, Lefty, Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff (whom are the direct successors of Jimmie Rodgers). The best are the ones who mastered the Acuff Voice Projection, The Tubb Drawl, The Williams Yodel, and the Frizzell Vibrato. Everyone from Haggard, Jones, Pride, Rodriguez, Cash, Waylon and Willie to Strait, Jackson Travis and Whitley all encompassed these techniques to pay tribute to their predecessors as well as establish their own sound.
Nashville is great at making a building look good from the outside, but has forgotten that without a solid foundation and strong supporting walls, that sucker is gonna crumble to the ground with no contractor and crew to build it back up, let alone fix it.
Pretty much agree with you . Each of those legendary pioneers had their uniquely idiosyncratic vocal style . As to who I think had the best singing voice , both genders , I reckon Faron Young , and Patsy Cline .
One of the Best Lefty
Wonderful. God Bless you, Lefty. I keep coming back to this emotional ballad.
sung with a wink by one of country's best crooners.
Truly an influence to The Hag, respect to both!
George Jones also said Lefty was a big influence on him too.
Forever one of my favorites!
What a voice!
Warms my heart. The best western opera ever!
Hello how are you doing today..?😊
Staying in Saginaw and my dad told me to listen to this song 😄❤
My dad played guitar for him back in the 70s.
You kick ass Lefty!
I remember this song..I liked and learned.....Back in Chicago...
Love his music 🎵 ❤
One of my all time favorites
Love This Song ..Inspired me to learn More Classic Country Music.
I lived in Saginaw, Michigan for 5 years - that was 40 years ago but I still have some good memories of it.
There's a lot of Lefty in Merle , George & Marty . All greats !
An excellent song made even better by the acoustic runs and fills of the late Grady Martin.
Remember in late 60s and 70s singing along with my dad to this song and many others on road trips. Lefty,Hank, and so many other great artists back then.
one of my favorites!!
from Flint Michigan here. love this song.
Want to buy some land in Alaska, cheap?
@@realestateexchang100 Ha Ha. is it that bad in Alaska?
I'm sorry to read that..
John Jarou ~ 🙏🏼their state bird is the mosquito...🦟
If I am not mistaken that is about 30 plus miles away and about a 36 minute drive.
Beautiful song.
Great Cover , Fantastic
Enjoyed. Thanks WTCS
Have a great Sunday
Morning
Hey how are you doing..?
Love this song so very much
Pure perfection
Absolutely.
cannot find suitable words to define this talent
The way country music should be sung.Was one of the best.
When I was a kid, we had a television set that looks just like this one.
So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song. How are you?
Awesome song
I was looking for that song for years
The greatest set of understated, smarty-pants rhymes in any song, anywhere. How many phrases can YOU come up with to rhyme with "Saginaw, Michigan"? Are they any more clever than the ones Lefty uses? And despite all that cleverness, you are never once taken out of the heartfelt narrative of this classic "story-song". That is some first-class tune-smithing right there folks and an example of one helluva song.
It was written by Don Wayne and Bill Anderson
@@phil2518 Thanks Phil!
My nephew was born in Saginaw, Michigan. Not too long after that my brother, wife & kids moved to Alaska
for work. That made me think of this song. I'm a proud Michigander.
A TERRIFIC COUNTRY SINGER!! One of the BEST!
Love this song
Always play it when driving
I love Lefty's voice Velvet Smooth
WOW!! Awesome sing Here ,,Always Loved Lefty's Songs ~~TOM~~😊
I love this song ,Lefty really had a fantastic voice, pure country.
This song is awesome!
A legend!
Theyre still playing these oldies on the Radio here in East Texas .... KMOO, yes KMOO
Reading a book about Townes Van Zandt and it brought me here. Lefty Frizzell, along with Hank Williams, were two big influences in Townes life. It’s cool to see Lefty in the music of Townes
Townes Van Zant was a big influence to Steve Earle
@@CEOkiller yeah, he's got a whole album of Townes covers
I was watching a Phli Ochs dvd "There but for Fortune" that brought me here. Another great songwriter with an exceptional voice who also left us much too early.
Love ❤️ this one.
Hello how are you doing today…?
True legend
Hello how are you doing today..?😊
Country artist of the year-2020. Why not
accurate
A young guy named Mo Pitney does a good job on this song.
Spectacular...!
Classic country is all I listen to when i'm driving.
This should be Michigan's official state song.
Had never heard of this song before i moved to Saginaw. Now i hear it all the time!
another hit penned by Whisperin' Bill Anderson !!
Have you ever heard Bill’s story about this song?
ruclips.net/video/xAF4A-2cLSw/видео.html
Bill wrote the lyrics and Don Wayne wrote the music.
@@jerrybrownell3633 Bill wrote the second half of the song because Don had writer's block. Bill tells the story, see the link to the video.
@@mw7584 - Thanks for that. I usually just rely on the record label to let me know who a songs composers are.
@@jerrybrownell3633 Sure I just happened to watch the video of Bill explaining how the song came about.
An ABSOLUTE classis.
He was every bit as talented and as great as Jones, Cash, Haggard and Williams.
I'm a local Cash tribute artist, and Cash loved Lefty's music so much that he covered Long Black Veil after Lefty died, as a way to honor him. Lefty and Johnny's versions of that are my all-time favorites.
Lefty Bing Great Memories Of My Papaw He Use Sing This When I Was Young He In Heaven With Lefty
Lovely song
One of the best
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