Hit version by Lefty Frizzell (C&W #6 1951). Also recorded by Curly Fox & Texas Ruby (1946), Merle Haggard (1969), Tuba Skinny (2022). From the wiki: “‘Travelin’ Blues’ was written by Jimmie Rodgers and Shelly Lee Alley, and first performed by Rodgers, often referred to as the...
Dylan takes inspiration from classic country singers like Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell, in a tale of a drifting heart on the road through the Sixties and Seventies. Dylan kept revising the song heavily through the years; on his 1984 Real Live, he plays with the chords and lyrics to ...
Hit version by Lefty Frizzell (C&W #6 1951). Also recorded by Curly Fox & Texas Ruby (1946), Merle Haggard (1969), Tuba Skinny (2022). From the wiki: “‘Travelin’ Blues’ was written by Jimmie Rodgers and Shelly Lee Alley, and first performed by Rodgers, often referred to as the...
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The Randy Travis song that started it all only made it to No. 6 on the charts. But, that doesn’t matter. This song is at the top of the list because in a time period where crossover sounds were ruling the charts, this throwback to aLefty Frizzellsound was all the rage in the wi...
From Lefty Frizzell to Carrie Underwood, country stars have always written about murder. Murder ballads about men who do away with their female love interests are abundant, but there's also a whole lot of great songs about the women who kill -- or have others kill for them. Here are the...
Detroit.' In fact, Detroit has been mentioned in hit songs multiple times over the years. From Kiss's 'Detroit Rock City,' to Eminem's '8 Mile.' Saginaw and Kalamazoo have also gotten their share of musical mentions over the years. Like Lefty Frizzell's cleverly-titled tune 'Saginaw, ...
Long Black Veil (Lefty Frizzell/Johnny Cash/Joan Baez)*s BAR Longer (Dan Fogelberg)s BAR The Longest Time (Billy Joel)s BAR Long, Long Ago *s BAR Long Long Time (Linda Ronstadt)s BAR Long May You Run (Neil Young)*s BAR The Long Run (Eagles)*s BAR-added 11/4/24 Long Tall Sal...
Powered byPlay the Full Song Haggard started out imitating “Lefty” Frizzell and Jimmie Rodgers. But he found his own voice telling his own story; “Mama Tried” began by invoking his own fatherless childhood, eternally loving mother, and the actual time he’d done in jail (though his ...
Recorded during the dawn of the highly stylized Nashville Sound era, "Long Black Veil" was a musical departure for honky-tonk singer Lefty Frizzell. Amid a weeping slide guitar and soft, shuffling rhythms, Frizzell tells the tale of a man falsely accused of murder: Our hero can't provide ...