Howdy, Little Missy

This 1958 record was recorded with a little hanky-panky in mind, judging by the cover photo.  But that don't mean it ain't fun fer the young uns.

01. When Payday Rolls Around (2:19)

02. Ridin' Down the Canyon (2:16)

03. Pistol Packin' Mama (2:12)

04. Cool Water (2:59)

05. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (3:06)

06. Deep in the Heart of Texas (1:54)

07. Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (2:32)

08. Home on the Range (2:32)

09. Beside the Rio Grande (1:49)

10. A Cowboy Has to Sing (1:49)

11. Red River Valley (1:47)

12. El Rancho Grande (2:11)

You may find it corny, but this little filly has some spirit!

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

Yup, you'll hear a few surface ticks here and there, because this is a real-gosh record.

PERMANENT LINK.

See ya on Monday, unless we bump into each other at the chuckwagon!

  

Hit That Trail!

This 2018 release contains fun performances of  Western-themed tunes.

01. The Wild and the Lonely (4:33)

02. Remember the Alamo (2:07)

03. Moving Slowly (2:35)

04. The Same Ole Range (3:27)

05. The Alpine Cowboy (2:01)

06. I'm My Own Grandpa (2:34)

07. 16 Tons (2:41)

08. A Cowboy Has to Sing (2:41)

09. The Possum Song (2:10)

10. I'm an Old Cowhand (2:43)

11. Texas Plains (2:36)

12. The Yellow Rose of Texas (2:37)

13. The Strawberry Roan (3:45)

14. Old Matt Palmers Farm (4:41)

15. Around the Old Chuckwagon (2:34)

16. The Devil Went Down to Georgia (3:28)

Track 9 is a cute rearrangement of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”  Yum!  Track 11 is a rearrangement of “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.”

The rest?  Discover for yourself.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See ya on Monday, fellow Americans!

  

Talk About a Round-Up!

This is an album of such fun!

01. Harry Jackson - Morning Grub Holler (0:18)

02. Harry Jackson - Round-up Cook (0:49)

03. Tex-I-An Boys - Chisholm Trail (3:00)

04. Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little dog (3:02)

05. Cisco Houston - Little Joe the Wrangler (2:39)

06. Harry Jackson - Little Joe the Wrangler's Sister Nell (3:28)

07. Harry K. McClintock - Utah Carl (1:31)

08. Tex-I-An Boys - Put Your Little Foot (1:26)

09. Peter LaFarge - Trail to Mexico (2:28)

10. Peter Hurd - Las Chapparreras (1:22)

11. Woody Guthrie - Buffalo Skinners (3:15)

12. Ray Reed - Zebra Dun (3:52)

13. Harry Jackson - Some Cowboy Brag Talk (1:35)

14. Roger Welsh - Horse Wrangler (3:08)

15. Harry Jackson - Strawberry Roan (4:55)

16. John A. Lomax - Texian Boys (1:53)

17. Leadbelly - Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Ya (1:33)

18. Woody Guthrie - Jesse James (Leadbelly's version) (3:00)

19. Pete Seeger - Home on the Range (1:52)

20. Rosalie Sorrels - Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight (2:13)

21. Leadbelly - Springime in the Rockies (3:04)

22. Dave Fredrickson - Lone Star Trail (2:54)

23. Peter LaFarge - Rodeo Hand (1:48)

24. Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - Philadelphia Lawyer (2:31)

25. Cisco Houston - The Dying Cowboy (3:02)

26. Hermes Nye - The Devil Made Texas (2:08)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

You can have yer "new country," give me these closer-to-real songs any day!

See you on Monday.  Happy Valentine's Day!

  

Count 'Em, Fifty!

It's a fine compilation of Western and cowboy songs.

DISC ONE:

01. Gene Autry - Back in the Saddle Again (2:49)

02. Bob Wills - Cherokee Maiden (3:02)

03. Tex Ritter - High Noon (2:49)

04. Al Dexter - Pistol Packin' Mama (2:49)

05. Frankie Laine - Mule Train (2:38)

06. Patsy Montana - I'm an Old Cowhand (2:56)

07. Marty Robbins - The Streets of Laredo (2:50)

08. Slim Whitman - Down in the Valley (2:35)

09. Gene Autry - El Rancho Grande (2:42)

10. Tex Ritter - (I've Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (1:45)

11. Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannon Ball (2:37)

12. Gene Autry - Home on the Range (2:40)

13. Red Foley - Goodnight Irene (3:04)

14. Tex Ritter - Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (3:02)

15. Bob Wills - New San Antonio Rose (2:37)

16. Gene Autry - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (2:46)

17. Patsy Montana - I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart (3:08)

18. Gene Autry - That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine (2:50)

19. The Carter Family - I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (2:53)

20. Slim Whitman - Red River Valley (3:13)

21. Red Foley - Old Shep (2:53)

22. Tex Ritter - Jealous Heart (2:56)

23. Bob Wills - Deep in the Heart of Texas (2:12)

DISC ONE LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS

PERMANENT DISC ONE LINK

DISC TWO:

01. The Sons of the Pioneers - Wagon Wheels (2:17)

02. Eddy Arnold and the Hugo Winterhalter Chorus - Cattle Call (2:44)

03. Bing Crosby - Along the Santa Fe Trail (3:08)

04. Jimmy Wakely - Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (2:47)

05. The Sons of the Pioneers - Cool Water (2:52)

06. Patsy Cline - South of The Border (Down Mexico Way) (2:25)

07. Rex Allen - The Last Round Up (2:59)

08. Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra - Don't Fence Me In (3:06)

09. The Sons of the Pioneers - Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo (2:06)

10. Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) (3:23)

11. The Sons of the Pioneers - Empty Saddles (2:53)

12. Jimmie Davis - Nobody's Darling but Mine (2:49)

13. Jim Reeves - The Shifting Whispering Sands (3:12)

14. Vaughn Monroe and the Moon Men - Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) (2:59)

15. The Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds (2:44)

16. Kittly Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (2:31)

17. Bing Crosby and the Jesters - Sioux City Sue (2:50)

18. The Sons of the Pioneers - Along the Navajo Trail (2:07)

19. Elton Britt - Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) (2:51)

20. Vernon Dalhart - The Prisoner's Song (3:17)

21. Montana Slim - When It's Springtime in the Rockies (2:45)

22. Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine (2:51)

23. The Sons of the Pioneers - Teardrops in My Heart (2:57)

24. Jim Reeves - Mexicali Rose (2:29)

25. Jimmy Wakely - Beautiful Brown Eyes (2:48)

26. The Sons of the Pioneers - Twilight on the Trail (2:28)

27. Roy Rogers - Happy Trails (2:55)

DISC TWO LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS

PERMANENT DISC TWO LINK

Cool Water, Just in Time!

This here's a 1959 album from the legendary Sons of the Pioneers.

01 - Cool Water 2:08 

02 - Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo 2:03 

03 - Wind 2:34 

04 - Cowboy's Dream 2:13 

05 - The Last Round-Up 2:49 

06 - Ridin' Home 1:59 

07 - Twilight On The Trail 2:28 

08 - Red River Valley 2:13 

09 - Wagon Wheels 2:15 

10 - Riders In The Sky 2:20 

11 - Blue Prairie 2:49 

12  - Way Out There 1:42 

13 - Empty Saddles 1:52 

14 - Teardrops In My Heart 2:21 

15 - Blue Shadows On The Trail 2:13 

16 - Ridin' Down The Canyon 2:24 

17 - Timber Trail 2:13 

18 - Tumbling Tumbleweeds 2:25

An unforgettable piece of musical American history!  And given the current heat wave in the US Midwest, perhaps your attention will be diverted for a bit!

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you Thursday for another musical angle on America!

  

Not Corny to Me

It's hard to beat Western Swing sometimes.

01. Osage Stomp (3:05)

02. Spanish Two Step (2:57)

03. A Maiden's Prayer (3:08)

04. Mexicali Rose (3:18)

05. Old Fashioned Love (3:22)

06. Sittin' on Top of the World (3:23)

07. Steel Guitar Rag (2:49)

08. Blue Yodel #1 (2:23)

09. Silver Bell (2:40)

10. That's What I Like 'bout the South (2:39)

11. I'll See You in My Dreams (2:25)

12. The Waltz You Saved Me (2:32)

13. Corrine Corrina (3:04)

14. Time Changes Everything (2:53)

15. Big Beaver (2:50)

16. Honey What You Gonna Do? (2:57)

17. I Found a Dream (2:43)

18. Take Me Back to Tulsa (2:55)

19. New San Antonio Rose (2:48)

20. I Knew the Moment I Lost You (2:58)

21. Twin Guitar Special (2:50)

22. Mississippi Delta Blues (3:00)

23. Roly Poly (2:52)

24. Brain Cloudy Blues (3:01)

It's a 1973 cassette.  These must be taken from discs, because you can hear the pops and surface noise.  Radio transcriptions?  Who knows?

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See ya Monday, buckaroos!

  

Swingin' Out This Christmas!

With this 1985 entry we swing on out of this year's SPOCKY CHRISTMAS!

01. Cotton-Eyed Jingle Bells (3:08)

02. I'll Be Home for Christmas (2:43)

03. Here Comes Santa Claus (2:31)

04. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (1:31)

05. Let It Snow (2:50)

06. Cowboy Christmas (2:56)

07. White Christmas (3:13)

08. Blue Christmas (2:58)

09. Swingin' Around the Christmas Tree (2:02)

10. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2:16)

A Western Swing Christmas 

Enjoy this taste of the west, swingin' style!  See you Monday, in the New Year!

  

Hi-Yahh, Mule!

It's a 1986 CD of Western-type music.

01 - Sounds of the West - fx

02 - William Tell Overture Finale - Rossini

03 - The Magnificent Seven - Bernstein

04 - The Furies - Waxman

05 - TV Western Themes - arr Palmer

06 - How the West Was Won - Newman

07 - Gunfight at the OK Corral - Tiomkin

08 - Pops Hoedown - Hayman

09 - Big Country - Moross

10 - High Noon - Tiomkin

11 - Coyote and Crackling Campfire - fx

12 - Western Medley - arr Palmer

13 - Silverado – Broughton

Exciting music, played about 5% too slow.  How the heck can the William Tell Overture be unexciting?  Well, it is here.  And Frankie Laine sounds as if he was told to emote.  Singing the songs “straight” would have been much more impressive.  And if they like Laine’s voice as much as I do, why didn’t they mic him well on “Gunfight at the OK Corral”?  Half of this song, you can’t hear the words!  And on the stark, beautiful “High Noon,” did they change keys so much to stay in Laine’s range?  They should’ve just pitched it lower!

It’s also a case of TOO MANY RESOURCES.  A session orchestra with one-quarter the players could have played this material with more pep.  There’s too “big” a sound.  And the penultimate track, the “Western Medley”?   Performed by some steroidal male chorus?  How monumentally unmoving!

This album is an overproduced mess, full of missed opportunities.  It leaves me baffled by its mix of tin-ear production and marvelous source music.

Round-Up

... No, this album is NOT the source of this blog's title.  See you Monday.

  

DON’T LOOK, ETHEL! LISTEN!

That’s a reference to a credit for Ethel Gabriel as one of the producers of this cash-in.  Which, by the way, was definitely worth the 79 cents I paid for it in April, 2022.  So, 

 Don't Pull the Plug!

If you did. you'd miss out on some fun and/or intentionally silly renderings of some cow-ardly music.

01. Steel Guitar Rag (2:29)

02. Born to Lose (2:46)

03. Cattle Call (2:37)

04. Careless Love (3:36)

05. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (3:00)

06. Watermelon (2:53)

07. Green, Green Grass of Home (2:41)

08. Kaw-Liga (2:30)

09. I Walk the Line (2:33)

It’s brief, but silly and almost raucous.  The last track includes a vocoder-like vocal.

Switched-on-Country 

See you on Thursday for our last fun ... something non-stop.  And that's no bull!

  

And a Glorious Time It Was

For this 1973 release, Wills supplied the vocals for a couple of tracks.

01. Playboy Theme (1:32)

02. Yearning (2:41)

03. Faded Love (3:18)

04. What Makes Bob Holler (2:34)

05. Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer) (3:07)

06. Goin' Away Party (2:43)

07. Big Ball's in Cowtown (2:43)

08. Keeper of My Heart (3:36)

09. Twin Guitar Boogie (3:19)

10. Bubbles in My Beer (2:55)

11. Blue Bonnet Lane (2:17)

12. When You Leave Amarillo (Turn Out the Lights) (2:50)

13. San Antonio Rose (3:10)

14. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do (2:51)

15. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You (2:51)

16. Miss Molly (2:20)

17. I Can't Go on This Way (2:24)

18. That's What I Like 'Bout the South (2:45)

19. Silver Lake Blues (2:49)

20. Milk Cow Blues (5:05)

21. Comin' Down From Denver (2:51)

22. Baby, That Sure Would Be Good (3:25)

23. She's Really Gone (2:45)

24. Crippled Turkey (1:57)

For the Last Time

See you on Thursday!

  

You Other 49 States Can Listen In

Just a lil ol' fiddlin!

I left it sideways to make ya work!  The tracks are:

01. Leather Britches (1:05)

02. Sally Ann (1:38)

03. Apple Blossom (1:54)

04. How Great Thou Art (2:21)

05. Claironet Polka (1:32)

06. Whistling Rufus (1:32)

07. Sally Goodin' (2:08)

08. Sally Johnson (2:06)

09. Take Me Back to Tulsa (2:05)

10. Brilliancy (1:17)

11. Faded Love (2:21)

12. Hell Among the Yearlings (1:34)

13. Bill Cheatum (1:37)

14. Waltz of Evermore (1:52)

15. Blackberry Blossom (1:35)

I know you'll like this 1982 cassette from a youngster in Sappa-LOO-puh!

See you on Monday.

  

I Left My Heart with County, Brisco (Jr)

And I was happy to do it!

I watched this fun adventure show from its beginning until untimely demise.  It premiered at 7.00 on a Friday night, and I stayed tuned afterwards for the first episode of another small show (can you name it?).

These are the all-too-brief contents:

01. Main Theme (1:03)

02. Pilot Main Title (1:00)

03. Brisco and Dixie (0:30)

04. Falling Down the Hill (0:29)

05. Happy Ending (0:51)

06. The Battle (0:54)

07. Ambush (1:04)

08. The Picnic (1:22)

09. Brisco and Dixie on the Train (0:47)

10. Brisco on the Roof (1:29)

11. Science (1:22)

12. Pilot End Credits (0:55)

13. End Credits (0:42)

Go Brisco!

There are rumors of a full-length album out there in the interwebs.  See you Monday!

  

The Great Western Movie Themes

This album proves that with enough work, even exciting music can be pabulumized into being a bore.

Somebody made a boo-boo, in that Track 14 is NOT Dmitri Tiomkin’s “The Alamo,” it’s Track 1, “True Grit,” again!

Here's the lowdown:
01. True Grit (3:10)
02. The Magnificent Seven (2:52)
03. The Green Leaves of Summer (2:17)
04. Theme from Hondo (2:49)
05. The Man with the Harmonica (2:58)
06. The Professional Gun (2:29)
07. Yankee Doodle (2:04)
08. Dynamite Ringo (2:50)
09. Return of the Seven (2:21)
10. Wandering Star (3:13)
11. Hang 'em High (2:07)
12. The Man from Laramie (2:36)
13. How the West Was Won (2:40)
14. True Grit Again - NOT "The Alamo" (3:10)
15. The Comancheros (2:22)
16. Bonanza (2:22)
17. Once Upon a Time in the West (3:18)
18. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2:58)

If you dare,

The Great Western Movie Themes

See ya Monday, podners!

  

Real Country Lovin'!

It's a 1992 cassette by a good ol' country boy with a lot of miles on him.

01. Real Country Love (2:45)
02. Do Right Daddy (3:40)
03. A Funny Thing Happened (3:30)
04. I've Got to Pull Myself Together (2:40)
05. What's the Matter with the Moon (3:26)
06. I'll Go Out of My Head (2:41)
07. Next to Mine (3:19)
08. The Valentine Song (3:05)
09. These Favors We Ask (3:49)
10. Primetime (3:45)
11. Olivia (2:44)
12. Her Last Lonely Days (4:15)

Real Country

See you on Thursday with another hot batch of love!
  

Hit Me!

And it's an all-star lineup, too!  That is, if you believe the record company.

01. My Window Faces South (2:07)
02. Route 66 (2:42)
03. San Antonio Rose (2:49)
04. Hey Good Lookin' (3:16)
05. Stand By Your Man (2:39)
06. Settin' The Woods On Fire (3:20)
07. Ramblin' Man (5:20)
08. Have You Ever Been Lonely (2:18)
09. Call Me The Breeze (4:33)
10. Breakdown On The Freeway (2:07)
11. Maiden's Prayer (3:34)
12. I'll See You In My Dreams (2:18)
13. Hawaii How Are Ya? (3:30)
14. Cherokee Maiden (2:20)
15. Across The Alley From The Alamo (2:17)
16. Faded Love (4:01)
I do think you'll probably like this visit to some great American tunes.

Hits of Western Swing

See you Monday, for who-knows-what!?!

Songs of the West, Vol 4

Don't ask me about Volumes 1-3!

01. Al Caiola - The Magnificent Seven (2:05)
02. Al Caiola & His Orchestra - Bonanza (2:17)
03. Tex Ritter - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (2:48)
04. CBS Orchestra - Gunsmoke (0:59)
05. Hugo Montenegro - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2:47)
06. ABC Orchestra - The Lone Ranger (William Tell Overture) (1:15)
07. Gene Autry - South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) (2:55)
08. Frankie Laine - Rawhide (2:08)
09. Roy Rogers with Spade Cooley & His Western Swing Band - On the Old Spanish Trail (2:43)
10. NBC Orchestra - Wagon Train (0:50)
11. Marty Robbins - Ballad of the Alamo (3:42)
12. Orchestra & Chorus Conducted by David Buttolph - Maverick (1:15)
13. Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In (2:50)
14. Johnny Cash - The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (1:53)
15. Johnny Western - The Ballad of Paladin (2:10)
16. Hugh O'Brian with Ken Darby's Orchestra & Choru - Legend of Wyatt Earp (2:42)
17. ABC Orchestra Conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert - The Rifleman (1:49)
18. Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett (2:26)
19. montage - Changing Channels (1:09)

Songs Of The West, Vol 4

I'll look for you back here on Monday for our final week of our JULY SPOCKEBRATION!
 

Hope Your Home Is Sweet, Too!

It's a 1983 cassette.

01. Wooden Nickel (2:56)

02. Evening Mail (3:13)
03. Texas Home (2:47)
04. Goin’ Back ... (2:49)
05. Little Streams of Whiskey (2:40)
06. Cowboy Song (3:25)
07. Pig Ankle Rag (3:13)
08. I'm Gettin' Ready to Go (4:02)
09. Peach Pickin' Time (2:51)
10. Glory in the Meeting House (3:07)
11. Angelina Baker (3:55)
12. High Cost of Livin' (2:45)
13. St Basil's Hymn (2:07)
14. Blue Ridge Mt Refuge (3:09)

Critten Hollow String Band - Sweet Home

See you on Monday -- we're halfway through this 2020 JULY SPOCKEBRATION!

  

Scotty Howard - Oklahoma Sweetheart

https://www.music-savers.com/hall-of-fame

... reports that Scotty Howard inducted into 2008 class of America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame.  “Scotty Howard (long time regional bluegrass music performer, promoter, preservationist from Oklahoma)”

01. Long Journey Home (3:01)
02. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:29)
03. Oklahoma Sweetheart (2:59)
04. Never Ending Love (2:43)
05. It May Be Silly, But Ain't It Fun (2:11)
06. Fallen Angel (2:43)
07. Smokey Mountain Smoke (2:34)
08. The Angel Song (4:02)
09. I Over Looked an Orchid (3:31)
10. Long Black Veil (4:02)
11. I'll Fly Away (3:22)
12. Heaven Bound Train (2:08)
13. I'm Free (2:51)

Scotty Howard - Oklahoma Sweetheart

See you on Monday, friends!
 

Allemande Left -- But Don't Step on Bernie's Toes

Exactly what is a "Glad Rag band," anyway?  Perhaps you can tell me after listening to these whoop-dingers ...

01. Daisy Mae Round (4:53)
02. Red River Valley (3:31)
03. Spanish Cavalier (4:38)
04. My Little Girl (4:42)
05. Hurry Hurry (3:41)
06. Good Old Country Music (Billy Boy) (4:29)
07. Virginia Blues (Figure 8) (4:10)
08. Wabash Theme (Square Dance Tonight!) (3:17)
09. Golden Slippers (5:01)
10. Soldiers' Joy (3:32)

 

Square Dance Tonight

See you on Monday, sashay-ers and rounders!

  

Happy Birthday to Will Rogers and the Great State of Oklahoma!

Believe it or not, I found FOUR copies of this EP for sale at the same time, at a local thrift store.  I cherry-picked the best audio and the best-preserved visuals to scan.



Among the participants in this 1957 celebration of all things Okie is (read the fine print) OKC’s own beloved John Ferguson, aka CountGregore.  (And, yes, I gave John a copy of the CD produced from these files.)



The Ballad of Oklahoma!


Well, that’s all for this month.  See you here on Monday, December 2^nd, for the beginning of a Spocky Christmas season!