Weighing in at an extraordinary 361 tracks, this 20-CD retrospective contains all of Frizzell’s LP, single and unissued session recordings, including newly discovered material, and a 264-page hardback biography. U.S. street date is October 19th. Bear Family Records has long showed its love for Lefty Frizzell. The award-winning reissue label compiled its first Frizzell compilation … Continue reading
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New Americana: The Nouveaux Honkies — ‘Loud In Here’
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David Davis & The Warrior River Boys — ‘Didn’t He Ramble: Songs of Charlie Poole’
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