Choral Choir (TB) - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1008436

By Lefty Frizzell. By Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin. Arranged by Joshua Shank. Contemporary. Octavo. 10 pages. B&F Music #5954051. Published by B&F Music (A0.1008436).

The Long Black Veil is a country ballad written in 1959 by songwriters Danny Dill (1924-2008) and The Den Mother of Music Row, Marijohn Wilkin (1920-2006).  It’s been covered by a plethora of artists from Johnny Cash to Mick Jagger (accompanied by The Chieftains), but arguably the most well-known version was recorded by country music legend Lefty Frizzell.  It was selected by the Library of Congress in 2019 for preservation in the National Recording Registry for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance.  Frizzell’s version moves at the shuffling clip-clop of a horse’s hooves-as is the style of his genre-but I wanted to turn it into something that soars a bit more; something that frames the faceless, mourning woman standing in a bracing wind.

Choral Choir (TB) - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1008434

By Lefty Frizzell. By Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin. Arranged by Joshua Shank. Contemporary. Octavo. 10 pages. B&F Music #5952959. Published by B&F Music (A0.1008434).

TB and Piano arrangement of a ballad told from the point of view of a man falsely accused of murder. He refuses to provide an alibi since, on the night of the murder, he was in the arms of his best friend's wife. The chorus describes the woman's visits to his grave after his death at the hands of the court.