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Bob Doran
From:
Ames, Iowa, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2003 9:51 pm |
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What are some great albums of old cowboy songs, or great cowboy bands, new and old.
Preferably with good PSG of course.
Thanks
Bob |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 25 Oct 2003 7:41 am
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The Sons of the Pioneers. Listened to them incessantly from about ages six to ten.
More recently Ian Tyson has produced a lot of serious cowboy music. There were always some cowboy songs sprinkled in the old Ian and Sylvia albums. In the early 80's, Ian did an album called "Old Corrals and Sagebrush" (Jeff Bradshaw on steel if I remember correctly) and a string of cd's followed. "Cowboyography" ( a masterpeice from the later 80's, with Stan Stewart on steel), "I Outgrew the Wagon" and some others. A lot of good stuff, and a lot of it seriously cowboy. |
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 25 Oct 2003 8:08 am
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For more recent (and more available) authentic cowboy music, check out Riders in the Sky . Ranger Doug and the boys are the real deal -- or as close to it as you're gonna find in a contemporary group.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 25 Oct 2003 8:23 am
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Can't leave these guys out: http://thesons.com/
My favorite CD by Sons of the San Joaquin is "Songs of the Silver Screen". Worth checking out, IMHO. Mighty fine steel work by Sonny Garrish on there.[This message was edited by Rex Thomas on 25 October 2003 at 09:30 AM.] |
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Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 25 Oct 2003 9:27 am
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Michael Martin Murphy, for sure.
Updated, yet authentic versions of Red River Valley, Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Yellow Rose of Texas, etc. Not much steel, but plenty of accordian! |
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Bob Doran
From:
Ames, Iowa, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2003 9:56 am
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OK great. Keep those band names coming!
Now i want to know what the greatest cowboy song ever written was.
This is of course opinion only.
we'll see which song wings.
My vote: Marty Robbins "Big Iron"
Bob |
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Duane Becker
From:
Elk,Wa 99009 USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2003 10:31 am
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| You should check out Wylie and the Wild West. wylieww.com Wylie records in Nashville and brings back some of the good ole cowboy songs, and not only is he a nice guy, he is a real working cowboy. I played steel on his albums. I used non-pedal Fender steels, and Sho-Bud pedal steels. Duane Becker |
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 25 Oct 2003 11:08 am
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I'll play. (Possible this thread will get moved to 'music').
Yeah, I'll vote for "Big Iron" with "El Paso" a close 2nd. Tell you what though, probably not well known, but a song called "The Bandit" off of the above mentioned SOTSJ CD is my all time favorite cowboy song. And trying to keep steel in the picture, Sonny's playing on that CD is so tasteful & enjoyable.[This message was edited by Rex Thomas on 25 October 2003 at 12:09 PM.] |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 26 Oct 2003 2:32 pm
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| I believe it was Gene Autry that did this one: "Ridin' the Range forever 'cause Some Dirty, Low Down Dog, Put Glue on my saddle" |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2003 3:16 pm
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| Anything by Roy Rogers. He wasn't 'The King of the Cowboys' for nothing! Plus, he loved steel guitar and Joaquin Murphey. He should have been allowed to live in his prime forever. |
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John Steele
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 26 Oct 2003 4:36 pm
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My favourite cowboy song was sung by Daffy Duck, and it went like this:
I can't get along little dogie,
I can't even get one that's short...
-John |
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R. L. Jones
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2003 6:26 pm
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I think the greatest Cowboy song written,, song by Thorpe , written on a trail drive fron New Mexico to Texas .
Little Joe the wrangler.. been sang by any one that sang cowboy songs
R. L. |
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 26 Oct 2003 7:43 pm
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| How 'bout "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"? |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 5:12 am
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Blake:
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" is one of my favorite old-time cowboy songs -- Sons of the Pioneers. It makes a great steel instrumental. |
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 10:45 am
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Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were singin´cowboy men
But I can ride as hard and fast and shoot as straight as them
Cause I´m a singin´cowboy with a guitar in my hand
Yeah I´m a singin´cowboy and I´m gonna sing again
("Singin´Cowboy" by Skip Battin and Kim Fowley, appears on: New Riders Of the Purple Sage, "Brujo", 1974) |
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 11:39 am
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Right, Al, I played Sons of the Pioneers stuff then on non-pedal and still play a couple on PSG. And don't forget "Cool, Clear Water" -- Bob Nolan on lead vocals.
("Keep a movin' Dan, don't you listen to him Dan, he's a devil not a man and he spreds the burning sand with water, cool, clear water. Ole Dan don't you see that big green tree? It's waitin' there for you and me with water, cool clear water.") Poor S.O.B. keeps seeing those mirages with cool clear water. Wonder if he ever really got to one? |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 11:53 am
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I don't think I spell it right but Red Steagel is now doing "cowboy" songs with several CD's out. If you go back a ways you might remember "Red Necks, White Socks & Blue Ribbon Beer". A country classic if there ever was one. He had a lot of good songs recorded.
Erv |
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 12:41 pm
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"Sons of the San Joaquin" are great, and great guys, they all live here near me in Fresno, CA.
You can get some of the old Chris LeDoux stuff on CD, had some great old cowboy tunes.
My favorites are "God Must Be a Cowboy At Heart" and "Strawberry Roan," but "Cool, Cool Water" is a great one, the Sons do a great version. |
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 12:41 pm
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Some great "cowboy" songs mentioned here....
What I don't understand is, why isn't Cowboy/Western music more popular in the Country & Western market? It's an original American music form that found it's "voice" around campfires and lineshacks on the range. No other form of American country music is that pure in it's origin.
Along with the other "Cowboy" artists previously mentioned, I'll add Tom Morrell and The Time Warp Top Hands version of "Night Rider's Lament" sung by the great Don Edwards.
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
www.kevinfowler.com [This message was edited by Glenn Suchan on 27 October 2003 at 12:44 PM.] |
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 12:44 pm
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| Good question Glenn. And another question, why is the bluegrass influence so much stronger? |
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 12:55 pm
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I recently did a radio show on our local public radio station to sub for a friend. I did an hour of cowboy songs and then an hour of old C&W. I took excerpts from some Library of Congress albums I have of real cowboy songs, cattle calls, and ballads. Check that source! If your interested in the songs themselves and how they evolved on the range these are amazing. I learned a lot by listening again to the roots of this music. The cool thing was that when Alan Lomax recorded these in the 1940's he got Texas cowboys to sing the songs they knew. These guys were in their late 60's at that time so actually either wrote or sang many of the songs that later were presented by the 'drug store' cowboys of Nashville. Like 'Streets of Laredo', it was originally a British folk song and the guy didn't die from a gunshot, he had a lingering social disease. 
The other hour I played old 'and his' music.
Bob Wills AND HIS T.P.B., Milton Brown AND HIS Musical Brownies, etc. There were tons of 'and his' bands.
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Chris Kennison
Ft. Collins, Colorado
"There is no spoon"
www.book-em-danno.com
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Bob Doran
From:
Ames, Iowa, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 2:10 pm
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Glenn
I think cowboy songs lost their popularity because the movie/TV industry has stopped making the movies.
Like everything else,they will come back.
When you think about it, the cowboy was America's major contribution to the cultures of the world along with Jazz.
I still love those old movies to this day.
Bob
PS Now that i think about it, were there ever two more memorable tunes than "Maverick" and "Have Gun Will Travel"? |
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robert hays
From:
sikeston mo. usa
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Posted 27 Oct 2003 2:47 pm
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I have two C.D's by a gentleman named Les Gilliam,that has about 30 great"cowboy songs",such as
"Strawberry roan"
"South of the border"
"When Bob Wills comes to town"
"Skyball Paint"
"Cool water"
"All around cowboy"
Just to name a few, and there is lots of GOOD steel.
you can reach him at
Rockin'S Records
P.O.box850044
Yukon,OK. 73085 |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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