Slow day at the Trib. The Big Frog’s working on some stuff, I had a busy day at work and running afterwards, and Steven D did is part earlier today. It looks like I’m a little late on my contribution (hey other Tribbers, chime in?), so here’s a song about being late. It’s one of my favorites, by one of my favorite country singers, Lefty Frizzell.
Ol’ Lefty is in many ways forgotten. he was a contemporary of hank Williams, and I have no doubt if he’d died young like Hank, his legacy wouldn’t be ruined by the crappy-ass Countrypolitan sound he was forced to adopt to fit in. His early stuff, like all of Hank’s catalog -so spare, so pure, so damn honest and personal- is wonderful. He directly influenced Merle Haggard -after you listen to the video below, check out Goodbye Lefty and note Hag’s delivery- and wrote some of my very favorite country love songs (betcha didn’t know I’m a total sucker for that kinda thing).
Consider this an open thread. What’s on your mind? What songs do YOU love? Dive right in, I have one or two other videos in comments.
