Life's Like Poetry [Box]

Performer: Lefty Frizzell
Artist: Wayne Raney; June Stearns; Johnny Bond; Shirley Caddell; Floyd Cramer
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Personnel includes: Lefty Frizzell (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Wayne Raney (vocals, harmonica); Johnny Bond, Shirley Caddell, June Stearns (vocals); Johnny Gimble (guitar, fiddle); Norman Stevens, Jimmy Rollins, Buddy Griffin, Joe Knight, R.L. Crawford, Joe Callahan (guitar); Harold Chalker (steel guitar, dobro); Jimmie Curtis, Jimmy Kelly, C.B. White, George McCoy (steel guitar); Pee Wee Stewart (fiddle, bass); Eddie Caldwell, Jerry Rowley (fiddle); Madge Sutee, Evelyn Rowley, Harold Carmack, Floyd Cramer (piano); Bobby Williamson, Eddie Duncan, Bill Callahan, Pee Wee Reid, Artie Glenn (bass); Vernon Crank, Jimmy Dennis (drums). Producers include: Don Law, Frank Jones, Don Davis, Larry Butler, Glenn Sutton. Reissue producer: Richard Weize. Includes liner notes by Charles Wolfe and Tom McEntee. TRACK LIST CONTINUED: --> DISC 9: Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy What Am I Gonna Do Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) You Babe This Just Ain't A Good Day For Leavin' Down By The Railroad Track Let Me Give Her The Flowers If I Had Half The Sense (A Fool Was Born With) Somebody's Words Lucky Arms True Love Needs To Be In Touch My House Is Your Honky Tonk I Buy The Wine If She Just Helps Me To Get Over You Falling Railroad Lady I Can't Get Over You To Save My Life I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got A Heartache To Hide) That's The Way Love Goes She Found The Key I Wonder Who's Building The Bridge My Wishing Room I'm Gonna Hang Out My Mind Today Sittin' And Thinkin' I Love You A Thousand Ways I'm Not That Good At Goodbye Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again Life's Like Poetry --> DISC 10: Darling I'm Missing You I'll Never Cry Over You My Confession I Hope You're Not Lonely When I'm Gone My Baby And My Wife It's All Over Now Worried Mind Maiden's Prayer I'm Wasting My Life Away You Nearly Lose Your Mind If You've Got The Money Love Lost Blues Just Can't Live That Fast Anymore (1) Just Can't Live That Fast Anymore (2) Honey Baby Please Be Mine, Dear Blue Eyes I'm Yours If You Want Me I'll Be A Bachelor Yesterday's Mail --> DISC 11: If You've Got The Money Look What Thoughts Will Do Shine, Shave And Shower I Want To Be With You Always My Baby's Just Like Money If You've Got The Money If You've Got The Money Why Should I Be Lonely Ida Red Boogie I Love You A Thousand Ways Always Late If You've Got The Money Cigarettes And Coffee Blues Long Black Veil, The Freddie Hart: Chain Gang Desert Blues Theme & If You've Got The Money I Want To Be With You Always My Bucket's Got A Whole In It Always Late Make The One For The Road A Cup Of Coffee Mom And Dad's Waltz Cigarettes And Coffee Blues Darling Let's Turn Back The Years Things Woodchopper's Ball - (instrumental) I Want To Be With You Always Stay All Night - (extract) Somebody's Pushing Long Black Veil, The David Frizzell: Mona Lisa I Want To Be With You Always Stay All Night - (extract) If You've Got The Money Sunday Down In Tennessee King Without A Queen, A - (& Interview) Mom And Dad's Waltz Travelin' Blues If You've Got The Money --> DISC 12: I'll Make It Up To You It's Hard To Please You Too Much Love My Abandoned Heart Wait Till I'm Asleep Not This Time - (Lefty & Abe) Not This Time - (Lefty) Why Didn't You Tell Me Our Love Was Wrong Forever And Always Why Didn't You Tell Me Our Love Was Wrong Please Don't Stay Away So Long (1) Please Don't Stay Away So Long (2) You Have Never Been Known To Be Wrong Reason Why My Heart's In Misery, The Blue Yodel #6 Just Little Things Like That I Love You So Fool's Advice, A When Me And My Baby Go Steppin' Out (1) When Me And My Baby Go Steppin' Out (2) Lullaby Yodel Brakeman's Blues William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell, born in the East Texas oil town of Corsicana in 1928, started his career on local radio in the '40s. He eventually graduated to such legendary country music showcases as the Louisiana Hayride and the Grand Ol' Opry before signing with Columbia Records in 1950. Frizzell immediately achieved national fame through hits like the slyly, rowdy honky-tonk anthem "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" and the gentle weeper "I Love You a Thousand Ways," a song supposedly written to his wife while in jail following a drunken brawl. Unlike most traditional country trailblazers, Frizzell's career stayed on course for over a quarter of a century, until his death in 1975. The magnificent, handsomely packaged box set LIFE'S LIKE POETRY gathers nearly all of Frizzell's essential singles and serves as a perfect introduction to and overview of one of country music's finest singers.

Influenced equally by Jimmie Rodgers and by the cowboy jazz of Texas-based western swing, Texan country legend Lefty Frizzell was among the first to apply jazzy vocal phrasing to the honky-tonk country template. Equally seminal as a songwriter, he turned out gems like "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)" and "Look What Thoughts Will Do," which would become staples of the standard country repertoire. In the first half of the 1950s, he was a virtual hit machine. Though his star faded slightly in the subsequent decades, he continued performing and recording (often still hitting the charts) into the '70s. He passed away in 1975, but his enormous influence can be felt in everyone from Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard to Dwight Yoakam.

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