Produced by Frizzell and released on his own Nashville America Records label, FRIZZELL & FRIENDS features guest performances by Merle Haggard, Crystal Gayle, Johnny Lee, Gene Watson, Joe Stampley, Jeannie Seely, T. Graham Brown, Lacy J. Dalton, Bobby Bare, Helen Cornelius, Jimmy Fortune (of the Statler Brothers), John Cowan (New Grass Revival), Johnny Rodriguez, Amy Clawson and brother Allen Frizzell featuring Tess Frizzell.

The new collection contains Frizzell’s male/female duets with Crystal Gayle, Helen Cornelius, Jeannie Seely, Lacy J. Dalton and Amy Clawson. Frizzell pairs with Crystal Gayle on her favorite pick which was a song David penned titled “Wedding Dress For Sale.” Frizzell joins Jeannie Seely on a long-time favorite Jimmie Davis song of hers titled “Nobody’s Darlin’ But Mine.” He teams up with Lacy J. Dalton on a Kevin Welch tune titled “Something ‘Bout You.” David asked Helen Cornelius to join him on a song he wrote titled “Could It Be We Fell In Love Tonight.” Rounding out the male/female duets, David joins the supremely talented Amy Clawson on his self-penned “Why Wasn’t It Me.”

The new CD collection also contains Frizzell’s duet with Johnny Rodriguez on a Roger Alan Wade song, “Warm Spanish Wine,” a duet with Merle Haggard on Lefty’s “If You Got The Money, I’ve Got The Time,” a duet with Gene Watson on Marijohn Wilkin and Danny Dill’s “Long Black Veil,” a pairing with Joe Stampley on a song written by Tom Botkin and Kevin Denney titled “Music (Where Did It Come From?),” a lively duet with T. Graham Brown on Alex Harvey and Stephen Schuffert’s “Got To Get To Louisiana,” and a pairing with Bobby Bare, “Cowboy Hat” (written by Rick Scott, Charlie Moore and Chris Cummings), a duet with Johnny Lee on a David Frizzell penned song “You Can’t Love Her,” a family pairing with brother Allen Frizzell featuring his niece Tess Frizzell on “Three Minutes” (written by David Frizzell), a pairing with Statler’s Jimmy Fortune on a song David Frizzell wrote titled “Ordinary Joe,” and a duet with John Cowan on a song title “Reckless Wind,” which was written by Dennis Knutson, Roger Alan Wade and DeWayne Blackwell.

The stellar vocal event includes vocal pairings with each of these country greats along with an unprecedented vocal collaboration on the lead single, “This Is Our Time,” which was written by David Frizzell, Tom Botkin and Kevin Denney. This single release coincided with the release of the music video for “This Is Our Time,” edited by Nashville’s Coleman Teleproductions, which features priceless, home-shot footage of these stellar country greats recording in the studio, talking, laughing and sharing stories.

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In spite of the difficulty of working in Lefty’s shadow, David gradually created his own artistic identity. He recorded and charted the first country version of “L.A. International Airport” — months before Susan Raye made it a hit-and followed it with a Top 40 rendition of “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” the B. J. Thomas pop favorite. Frizzell then parlayed his recording successes into headlining country shows in Las Vegas. This bold move opened the Vegas gates for many other country acts.

Eastwood loved it and insisted on adding “You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma” to the soundtrack of his forthcoming film, Any Which Way You Can. This vote of confidence soon earned Frizzell & West a record contract with Warner Bros. Then things really started to happen. A small radio station in Tulare, California was the first to play it, when it was still an album track. Other stations quickly followed, prompting Warner Bros. to release it as a single. In short order, the song that nobody wanted became a smash hit.

Frizzell & West went on to become one of the hottest and most-awarded acts in the business. They recorded five albums together, won the Country Music Association’s Vocal Duo of the Year award for 1981 and 1982, won the Academy of Country Music award for Vocal Duet of the Year for 1981 and 1982 as well as the ACM Song of the Year award in 1981 and sold out arenas worldwide. Frizzell and West garnered Music City News Awards for Duet of the Year in 1982 and 1983 as well as Music City News’ Song of the Year award in 1982.

During his duet years with West, Frizzell continued his solo career. He scored a huge chart-topping hit with “I’m Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home.” The record, which has since become a standard, was recently featured on CMT’s 40 Greatest Drinking Songs in Country Music, making #17 in the countdown. Also, making #6 in CMT’s countdown of the 100 Greatest Duets is “You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma.”

Besides his CMA awards, Frizzell has won numerous performing and recording trophies from the Academy of Country Music, Billboard and Music City News. In addition, he has been nominated for three Grammys, both as part of Frizzell & West duet and as a solo act.

Apart from taping a live concert RFD TV special and touring to support his New CD  FRIZZELL & FRIENDS – “This Is Our Time”, Frizzell is also working on a television tribute to Lefty Frizzell and a series of children’s records and books, projects like the New CD “Counting On Love To Save Me” that promise to keep this prolific artist, producer and songwriter busier than ever.

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