Lefty Frizell

Just because they are from Texas, doesn't mean that they cannot be claimed by Oklahoma. This is the case with Lefty Frizzell. Fact, there is always someone hanging around the Country Music Survey that sounds like Lefty. Try Trace Adkins and John Anderson, and others who I will add later on.

Lefty was an alcoholic who had a bad case of high blood pressure. The two don't match. Lefty died at the young age of 48. He hit the music scene in 1951 and was a fixture in country music through the '70s. Lefty wrote most of his own material, with the last few songs ringing hits like, "I Don't Hang Around Mirrors." In the early 50s, Frizzell was the first of the Opry and Country Music stars to start wearing rhinestones to their performances.

What did Frizzell have to do with Oklahoma music? Lefty was a back-to-the-basics guy who rejected the Mike Curb "Wall Of Sound," that dominates the music industry, today. A tenor in country music, he influenced C M stars like Vince Gill and Rascal Flats, ... as well as other. Texas music bled over into the Oklahoma Sound easily and quickly.

I was in Gracemont, OK a while back, where I noticed a sign on the back of a vehicle. There, as big as life, was a sign that said "Aaron Tippen." I had to ask about him and the sign. Yep!! Kinfolk. Dare you to listen to Lefty Frizzell and then put on a Tippen CD. The sound is the same.

If you are going to get his music, the CD "Top 16" of Lefty Frezzell cannot be beat. Also, more of a study is available on the Internet. If you like Jimmy Rodgers, then you gotta buy Lefty Frezzell!