On Monday 14 July 2025, Gene Watson recalled taking part in a 2008 recording of a television show, ‘Frizzell & Friends’.
‘I found these old photos to share with you from 2008, when we taped a TV show, ‘Frizzell & Friends’ for David Frizzell.
There was a whole slew of us on his recording, and I sang ‘Long Black Veil’, which was written by Marijohn Wilkin (Wednesday 14 July 1920 – Saturday 28 October 2006) and Danny Dill (Friday 19 September 1924 – Thursday 23 October 2008), as a duet with David.
See if you can recognize some in these photos’
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In 1959, Lefty Frizzell (Saturday 31 March 1928 – Saturday 19 July 1975) recorded ‘Long Black Veil’, which was written by Marijohn Wilkin (Wednesday 14 July 1920 – Saturday 28 October 2006) and Danny Dill (Friday 19 September 1924 – Thursday 23 October 2008); the track, which reached No.6 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1959, was subsequently included on ‘Lefty Frizzell’s Greatest Hits’ (Columbia Records, 1966).
Gene Watson recorded ‘Long Black Veil’, which was written by Marijohn Wilkin (Wednesday 14 July 1920 – Saturday 28 October 2006) and Danny Dill (Friday 19 September 1924 – Thursday 23 October 2008), and included the track on ‘My Heroes Have Always Been Country‘ (Fourteen Carat Music, 2014).
Johnny Lee recorded ‘Long Black Veil’, which was written by Marijohn Wilkin (Wednesday 14 July 1920 – Saturday 28 October 2006) and Danny Dill (Friday 19 September 1924 – Thursday 23 October 2008), and included the track on ‘H-e-e-ere’s Johnny’ (GRT Records, 1977).
David Frizzell recorded ‘Long Black Veil’, which was written by Marijohn Wilkin (Wednesday 14 July 1920 – Saturday 28 October 2006) and Danny Dill (Friday 19 September 1924 – Thursday 23 October 2008), and included the track on ‘David Frizzell Sings Lefty’s Greatest Hits’ (Playback Records, 1986).
Gene Watson recorded Lefty Frizzell’s ‘She Found The Key’, which was co-written with by Sanger D. ‘Whitey’ Shafer (Wednesday 24 October 1934 – Saturday 12 January 2019), and included the track on ‘Back In The Fire‘ (Warner Bros. Records, 1988).
The original version of ‘She Found The Key’, which was written by Lefty Frizzell (Saturday 31 March 1928 – Saturday 19 July 1975) and Sanger D. ‘Whitey’ Shafer (Wednesday 24 October 1934 – Saturday 12 January 2019), was recorded by Lefty Frizzell, who included it on ‘The Classic Style of Lefty Frizzell’ (ABC Records, 1975); the track was subsequently included on Lefty Frizzell’s ‘The ABC Collection’ (ABC Records, 1977).
