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June 7, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Lefty Frizzell Morello Three Fer

Cherry Red's Morello imprint is opening up the honky-tonks.  The label has remembered late country legend Lefty Frizzell with an expanded three-for-one release drawn from Frizzell's mid-sixties recordings for Columbia Records (where his recording career began in 1950).  Saginaw, Michigan/The Sad Side of Love/Puttin' On + 16 Bonus Tracks offers a total of 51 tracks including three complete albums and a selection of singles spanning 1964-1971. William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (1928-1975) was

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Lefty Frizzell

May 21, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Micky Dolenz Dolenz Sings Nesmith

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Micky Dolenz, Dolenz Sings Nesmith (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount) Micky Dolenz tackles more than a dozen compositions by his friend and longtime bandmate Michael Nesmith on this exciting new album available on CD and LP.  Micky is in top vocal form bringing his own energetic stamp to Nesmith's beguiling tunes.  Tracks include "Different Drum," "Circle Sky," "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care),"

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Chrissie Hynde, Doug Carn, Emmit Rhodes, Jean Carne, John Hiatt, Jon Allen, Lefty Frizzell, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Sara Bareilles, The Palace Guard, Violent Femmes

December 5, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Lefty Frizzell An Article from Life

The music of William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (1928-1975), one of the most influential honky-tonk singers of all time, has long been a cornerstone of the Bear Family catalogue.  The German reissue specialists first compiled the Frizzell oeuvre in 1984 as a 14-LP box set, updating that in 1992 on 12 CDs.  Now, more than 25 years later, the Bears have returned to the country-and-western troubadour's career for the most definitive chronicle ever.  An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings has

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Lefty Frizzell

August 6, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Lefty Frizzell An Article from Life

The venerable Bear Family label is no stranger to the music of William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (1928-1975), one of the most influential honky-tonk singers of all time.  The German reissue specialists first compiled the Lefty oeuvre in 1984 as a 14-LP box set, updating that in 1992 on 12 CDs.  Now, more than 25 years later, the Bears are returning to the Texas-born troubadour's career for the most comprehensive chronicle ever.  An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings is due in the U.S. on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Lefty Frizzell

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