Remember "Riding down the Canyon", there were a lot of good old cowboy songs we played in those days.

I think I even played them on a 6 string supro once upon a time. I liked it. They were good steel guitar instrumentals...al

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[This message was edited by Al Marcus on 27 October 2003 at 11:15 AM.]

You can get some of the old Chris LeDoux stuff on CD, had some great old cowboy tunes.

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.]

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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"There is no spoon"
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Jody. Another old one "DUST" Dust Dust Dust on the trail Dust in my eye. Dust Dust Dust in the sky Dust Everywhere.

Bob Nolan was a genius with lyrics..e mail me
youse guys.

Roy,,you are old but nice. You too Al.

[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 27 October 2003 at 05:24 PM.]

Man you guys are really OLD

Additionally, some of the best "cowboy & Rodeo songs by a contemporary artist" that I have heard, are on this album: (for example,take a listen to Punkin Red, and Tophand)

Harvey Derrick

[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 28 October 2003 at 07:10 AM.]

CHORUS
Keep a-movin' Dan don't ya listen to him Dan
He's a devil not a man and he spreads the burning sand with water
Dan can you see that big green tree
Where the water's running free
And it's waiting there for you and me?

2. The nights are cool and I'm a fool
Each star's a pool of water, cool water
But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn
And carry on to water, cool, clear, water

3. The shadows sway and seem to say
Tonight we pray for water, cool, water
And way up there He'll hear our prayer
And show us where there's water,
cool,clear, water

4. Dan's feet are sore he's yearning for
Just one thing more than water,
cool, water
Like me I guess he'd like to rest
Where there's no quest for water,
cool, clear, water
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This makes a nice steel guitar instrumental.

[This message was edited by Roy Ayres on 28 October 2003 at 07:24 AM.]

"Ghost riders in the sky"

Em G
An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day
Em
Upon a ridge he rested as he went upon his way
Em (C/E) (A/E) (C/E)
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
C (Am) Em
coming through the ragged sky, and up a cloudy draw

Em G
Their brands were still on fire and their hot breath he could feel
Em
Their horns were black and shiny and their hooves were made of steel
Em (C/E) (A/E) (C/E)
A bolt of fear went through him as they rumbled through the sky
C (Am) Em
Then he saw the riders coming hard, and he heard their mournful cry

CHORUS

G Em (D)
Yippe-ai-ay, yippee-ai-oh
C (Am) Em
Ghost riders in the sky

Em G
As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
Em
If you want to save your soul from hell, a riding on this range
Em (C/E) (A/E) (C/E)
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
C (Am) Em
Trying to catch the devil's herd, across these endless skies

I want to see you ride a horse

Most of the time it was Joaquin doing what he did best and blended right in with the voices of Tim Spencer Bob Nolan etc..Noel was
also a favorite of Bob Nolans and those two dominated the steel guitar chair on many of the early recordings.

There was one steel player prior to Joaquin and Noel and I beleive his name was "pokey" something..maybe a nick name but I recall Leo
Fender mentioning him to me.

As Ray said and I agree..I could not imagine a chicken picker or a whining steel guitar backing up such soulful and beautiful singing
It is is difficult for me to imagine.

Joaquin and Boggs blended in as best as anyone I could think of.

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I wonder how the Sons of the Pioneers (the originals!)managed to make such a strong and lasting impact on so many of us when they failed to have an E9th pedal masher or six string, string stretchen', chickin' picken maverik on a blond Fender g'tar in their group? Uhmmmmmmm.

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Back in 1933 when they started The Pioneer Trio(they changed it to "The Sons of the Pioneers" in '34) I don't think they had any Fender guitars or any E9th pedal steels.
It would have been a little though trying to work those pedals and carry an amp on the back of a horse.

[This message was edited by Alvin Blaine on 29 October 2003 at 02:13 AM.]