Man could Lefty sing. I could listen to him for hours

There wouldn’t be a Merle or George without Lefty. The influence he made on country music should never be forgotten.

@Gratefulman1965

2 жыл бұрын

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.🎶

@mychaelpierce8049

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@mychaelpierce8049

2 жыл бұрын

@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.

@salgarcia8581

2 жыл бұрын

there wouldnt be anything with rock either, the Everly brothers took a lot from this guy.

@cbwatters

2 жыл бұрын

@@mychaelpierce8049 what about Don Williams & Charley Pride?

This is country music todays country not even in the same ball park!

@terriecotham1567

3 ай бұрын

Times change

@Earthy-Artist

2 ай бұрын

I can't stand country pop. Love classic country.

@sprsmoke

Ай бұрын

@@terriecotham1567 Not for the better.

@JJONNYREPP

18 күн бұрын

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?

This is the way country music should be with a respected group backing. I love it.

@magnificentmuttley154

10 ай бұрын

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! 😪

@madbrowniac7871

4 ай бұрын

@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.

Nobody ever had a better voice for country music then or now

I like how they dressed up for their fans. They didn’t look like they were homeless.

@JJONNYREPP

18 күн бұрын

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.

@davidgarris2513

Жыл бұрын

And women stayed in their place

@eugeniaaycock7896

Жыл бұрын

So true. The current so-called country music just leaves me cold. Loved it when country music had a story to tell.

@hermanmunster714

5 ай бұрын

And Thank You Mr. Choates for beautiful song writing.

Discovering Lefty later in life, but better late than never.

@mrmokhtari5586

3 жыл бұрын

⚘💓🌲🌺🙏🌺🌲💓⚘

@josesuarez417

3 жыл бұрын

I think you appreciate there music even better. I look up his history and life, wanted to know more about him.

@tysonclark5974

2 жыл бұрын

Fun song to play

@nocturnalmadness9517

2 жыл бұрын

Don't sweat it. I'm two years behind you.

@jerryadams4316

2 жыл бұрын

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 love that country-music..best greets from 🇩🇪

@walterdiesch

2 күн бұрын

Greetings!

I too was born in Saginaw, Michigan. That was in 1954. Saginaw is still my home.

@johnhartman8086

5 ай бұрын

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.

@danielcase1046

Ай бұрын

Must be the most beautiful place.

@loganpurchase7721

6 күн бұрын

Word

@chastityelizabeth

5 күн бұрын

Is your father-in-law still in Alaska??? 😂

So sad that Country Music has almost disappeared, so simplistic and beautiful. The voices do it all on their own, subtle background vocals.

@observant98

5 ай бұрын

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

@theingobeck4772

2 ай бұрын

Plenty of good country music it's just not on country radio.

@StrangeScaryNewEngland

Ай бұрын

@@observant98 "the cleanest dirty shirt" was a wonderful reference to Johny Cash and Sunday Morning Coming Down. Bravo.

@jeaninebrayley3052

Ай бұрын

So true

One of the three of country music's greatest: Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams Sr. and George Jones.

@jimbrent6037

4 жыл бұрын

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

@DZ-lv8ux

4 жыл бұрын

Merle Haggard is easily in the top 3

@jimbrent6037

4 жыл бұрын

@@DZ-lv8ux of course Merle Haggard and johnny cash I will correct it, love merle haggard songs and love all there sence of humour.

@jdizzle9011

4 жыл бұрын

Truths

@genemars5158

4 жыл бұрын

I would have at least 8 in MY top three.

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.

@randallelliott7875

Жыл бұрын

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.

Lefty is an Icon.... Sadly he left this world too soon. Great music.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602

Жыл бұрын

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.

@davidgarris2513

Жыл бұрын

@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 most were. Overrated because they could hold a tune. Big deal

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602

Жыл бұрын

@@davidgarris2513 Well, I don't know about "most". But with Lefty I think you mean "overlooked".

@KD-nk3ht

Жыл бұрын

Drugs or some STD?

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.

For my Daddy, I miss you so much! I love you! I'm so lost without you 💔 Rest easy, my Daddy ❤

Lefty, you may be gone, but your not forgotten. We all miss you. Keep singing where ever you are.

NOW 85 I TOOK A STRONG LIKING TO THIS OLDIE....LOVE SO MUCH COUNTRY MUSIC...

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 !!!

@rickylequesne3745

8 ай бұрын

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.

Love it.! Lyrics are fantastic and Lefty's voice is too.

@robertknight1597

Жыл бұрын

There are so many Lefty Frizzell 🎵 songs it's hard to turn the music off. God bless Lefty and his contribution. Robert Knight 👌

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

The best version of this song ever by Lefty.

@bazthehandyman

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Absolutely so good. I am happy that I grew up listening to the great singers of this era. Thanks Mom and Dad.

Excellent song by Lefty, he had many great songs.

It`s so great hearing Lefty, nobody is better we have and had wonderful artists/ singers but no one better.

I was born there in the 60's, and even then his music was still popular.

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 is my favorite Lefty song! That stunt wouldn't work today. The FIL would have to see it on the news first!

These old legends like LEFTY prove that country music doesn't exist this day.

One of the best singers ever!

@mr.blackhawk142

2 жыл бұрын

Could be!

I loved hearing Lefty singing this song. 😁

I love Saginaw talks about hard-working people the kind of people I love

Great voice, don’t forget him!

One of the best country songs ever written…they could have made a movie about this song 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@joygatewood8028

4 ай бұрын

I wish someone would make a movie about this song!

PURE GOLD‼️😀 I had never heard that version before - and now I’m playing it repeatedly to make up for lost time. 😉

@mizzmead8077

3 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that Merle Haggard May he RIP.. was a great artist you might want to learn about.

@SC-ls3iv

Жыл бұрын

@Mizz Mead keep in mind that Merle probably wouldn't be the star he was without Lefty Frizzell.

@bazthehandyman

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

One of the all time great Country story songs

One of the all time Great Country Songs,just sayin'

I remember this song. A blast from the past. This was a big hit for Lefty, years ago. It’s a good one.

Lefty was a favorite of mine back in those bygone days that I remember with fond memories.

Great song and great performance by Lefty.

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

@garyholmes7446

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but we can watch them anytime we want to on KZread. Head phones on pure bliss

@evilminion4989

2 жыл бұрын

If it's on the jukebox.... its playing,... just saying

@JasonSmith-gz6ve

Жыл бұрын

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.

@thomastolbert6184

Жыл бұрын

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!

Staying in Saginaw and my dad told me to listen to this song 😄❤

My favorite singer of all time. Forever & Always

Forever one of my favorites!

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.

Wonderful. God Bless you, Lefty. I keep coming back to this emotional ballad.

One of the best Country artist in the business.

Love his music 🎵 ❤

One of my all time favorites

sung with a wink by one of country's best crooners.

My dad played guitar for him back in the 70s.

There's a lot of Lefty in Merle , George & Marty . All greats !

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.

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.

What a voice!

One of the Best Lefty

I remember this song..I liked and learned.....Back in Chicago...

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.

@colinpurssey9875

Жыл бұрын

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 .

I lived in Saginaw, Michigan for 5 years - that was 40 years ago but I still have some good memories of it.

You kick ass Lefty!

Truly an influence to The Hag, respect to both!

@WildPhotoShooter

Жыл бұрын

George Jones also said Lefty was a big influence on him too.

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.

Warms my heart. The best western opera ever!

@honestarthur000

Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today..?😊

Love This Song ..Inspired me to learn More Classic Country Music.

Haven't heard this song in years.

one of my favorites!!

cannot find suitable words to define this talent

An excellent song made even better by the acoustic runs and fills of the late Grady Martin.

He was every bit as talented and as great as Jones, Cash, Haggard and Williams.

@StrangeScaryNewEngland

Ай бұрын

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.

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.

Great Cover , Fantastic Enjoyed. Thanks WTCS Have a great Sunday Morning

@honestarthur000

Жыл бұрын

Hey how are you doing..?

This song is awesome!

Classic country is all I listen to when i'm driving.

Theyre still playing these oldies on the Radio here in East Texas .... KMOO, yes KMOO

I was looking for that song for years

Had never heard of this song before i moved to Saginaw. Now i hear it all the time!

Beautiful song.

Love this song so very much

I was born in Saginaw, Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay My dad was a poor, hard working Saginaw fisherman Too many times he came home with too little pay I loved a girl (I loved a girl) In Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan) The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman And not good enough to claim his daughter's hand Now I'm up here in Alaska, looking around for gold Like a crazy fool, I'm a-digging in this frozen ground, so cold But with each new day, I pray I'll strike it rich and then I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan I wrote my love (I wrote my love) In Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan) I said, "Honey, I'm a-coming home, please wait for me And you can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history" Her dad met me (Her dad met me) In Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan) He gave me a great big party with champagne Then he said, "Son, you wise, young, ambitious man Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim?" Now he's up there in Alaska, digging in the cold, cold ground The greedy fool is looking for the gold I never found It serves him right, and no one here is missing him Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan

@BIGBLOCK5022006

11 ай бұрын

I like how he stuck it to the father-in-law after he insulted his dad. Shows that one should not run their mouth to the wrong person.

I love this song ,Lefty really had a fantastic voice, pure country.

from Flint Michigan here. love this song.

@realestateexchang100

4 жыл бұрын

Want to buy some land in Alaska, cheap?

@johnjarou2357

4 жыл бұрын

@@realestateexchang100 Ha Ha. is it that bad in Alaska?

@Bill-cv1xu

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to read that..

@rshuler6967

4 жыл бұрын

John Jarou ~ 🙏🏼their state bird is the mosquito...🦟

@waynejohanson1083

3 жыл бұрын

If I am not mistaken that is about 30 plus miles away and about a 36 minute drive.

Pure perfection

@bazthehandyman

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

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.

@phil2518

Жыл бұрын

It was written by Don Wayne and Bill Anderson

@petecampbell6117

Жыл бұрын

@@phil2518 Thanks Phil!

An ABSOLUTE classis.

Those words are clear and touching lol greedy fool just gets me RIP Lefty

❤❤ Just love this song ❤❤

A legend!

Awesome song

Spectacular...!

When I was a kid, we had a television set that looks just like this one.

@davidholton9667

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song. How are you?

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages… YOUR 2024 MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONS… THE SAGINAW… SPIRIT!!

A TERRIFIC COUNTRY SINGER!! One of the BEST!

@smiththomson95

Жыл бұрын

Love this song Always play it when driving

WOW!! Awesome sing Here ,,Always Loved Lefty's Songs ~~TOM~~😊

A young guy named Mo Pitney does a good job on this song.

One of my favorites singer in my. life. Sure moss all his. Songs.all ALWAYS fantastic singers.congrats #1 in HISTORY music industry LENGENDARY.are the best.

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

@CEOkiller

Жыл бұрын

Townes Van Zant was a big influence to Steve Earle

@MatthewCastro

Жыл бұрын

@@CEOkiller yeah, he's got a whole album of Townes covers

@barbaras2669

Жыл бұрын

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.

God, what a voice he had. Always loved this song. Just a bit of a mariachi feel to it.

True legend

@honestarthur000

Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today..?😊