Cattle Call: Early Cowboy Music and Its Roots

Cattle Call: Early Cowboy Music and Its Roots

ASIN: B0000002TG

Track Listings

1. When the Work's All Done This Fall - Carl T. Sprague

2. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen - The Sons of the Pioneers

3. When the Cactus Is in Bloom - Jimmie Rodgers

4. Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter

5. Cattle Call - Tex Owens

6. My Love Is a Rider (Bucking Bronco) - The Girls of the Golden West

7. Blue Yodel Blues - Ray Whitley

8. Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie

9. Cucaracha/La Adelita - Trio Los Panchos

10. I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana

11. Little Joe, the Wrangler - Jules Verne Allen

12. Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard

13. Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail

14. Way Out There - The Sons of the Pioneers

Tracks:

When The Works All Done This Fall - Carl T. Sprague
I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen - The Sons Of The Pioneers
When The Cactus Is In Bloom - Jimmie Rodgers
Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter
Cattle Call - Tex Owens
My Love Is A Rider (Bucking Bronco) - The Girls Of The Golden West
Blue Yodel Blues - Ray Whitley
Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie - Carson Robison's Buckaroos
La Cucaracha/La Adelita - Trio Los Panchos
I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana
Little Joe The Wrangler - Jules Verne Allen
Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard
Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail - Powder River Jack/Kitty Lee
Way Out There - The Sons Of The Pioneers

Customer Reviews:

A good collection for the hard-core fan.......2000-02-18

This is an interesting and generally enjoyable disc that includes considerable music recorded before the best known Singing Cowboys came onto the scene. However, be prepared to find out why the later stars were more popular: they were better singers. I suspect that only cowboy music die-hards, and especially those who can tolerate the sonic quality of recordings from the first half of last century, will listen to this disc very often. My major complaint is the producer's decision to represent the great Tex Ritter with a recording of "Rye Whiskey." I doubt if many listener's will enjoy this song, which starts out semi-cute but literally stumbles to a halt amidst hiccups and belches. Maybe I'm influenced to some extent by modern thinking; being fall-down drunk is not as funny as it once was. Too bad that a song such as "Get along Little Dogies", which ol' Tex performed so well, was not selected instead. My advice is to keep the remote control handy. The companion disc of early cowboy music in this series, titled "Don't Fence Me In", is generally more agreeable and includes Gene Autry and Roy Rogers as well as a better song by Tex ("Jingle, Jangle, Jingle"). Oh yes, the Sons of the Pioneers recording of "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" (from a John Wayne cavalry movie) is awesome.

An excellent an accessible collection of early cowboy music........1998-07-24

The CD contains a wonderful and diverse collection of songs that provide a great launching point for the novice, and a wonderful "best of" for the more serious listener. I was particularly impressed by how accessible the songs were and by the well written and extensive liner notes that provide an informative backdrop to the artists and their music.

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