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The Western Collection: 25 Cowboy Classics (CD)

By: Gene Autry (Artist)

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Gene Autry Artist Snapshot:

Along with Roy Rogers, Gene Autry defined a screen archetype of the 1930s and '40s: the singing cowboy. A gifted singer and songwriter, Autry began his career as a Jimmie Rodgers imitator before developing his own distinctive style. Among his many, many hits are "Back in the Saddle Again," "Yellow Rose of Texas," and "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine." As a star of recordings, TV, and film, Autry had a pervasive influence, essentially creating the template for the "western" half of country & western music.

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DISC 1 for The Western Collection: 25 Cowboy Classics (CD) Album By Gene Autry (Artist)
1   Tumbling Tumbleweeds
2   Call Of The Canyon
3   Red River Valley
4   Purple Sage In The Twilight
5   Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle
6   Twilight On The Trail
7   There's A Rainbow On The Rio Colorado
8   Oklahoma Hills
9   Sioux City Sue
10   South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)
11   Last Roundup, The
12   Rounded Up In Glory
13   Ridin' Down The Canyon
14   Singing Hills, The
15   Ole Faithful
16   Blue Shadows On The Trail
17   Ghost Riders In The Sky
18   Mule Train
19   Sing Me A Song Of The Saddle
20   Old Chisholm Trail, The
21   There's A Gold Mine In The Sky
22   Home On The Range - (with The Cass County Boys)
23   Back In The Saddle Again
24   Rim Of The Canyon
25   Hills Of Wyoming, The
 

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Title Note

Personnel includes: Gene Autry, The Cass County Boys.

Compilation producers: Cary E. Mansfield, Karla Buhlman, Johnny Western.

Recorded between August 14, 1939 and December 12, 1954. Includes liner notes by Johnny Western and O.J. Sikes.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

This is part of Varese Sarabande Records "Varese Vintage" series.

Gene Autry was the original singing cowboy, and his voice is still echoes in the warm tone of today's "new traditionalist" balladeers. This disc documents 25 of the tunes that the Western film star recorded over the span of 15 years (1939-1954). A distinction must be made here between country and Western music. These are clearly Western tunes, travelogues of sorts that tell tales of life out on the trails, among the tumbleweed, riding through the hills and valleys or prairie flatlands. This is outdoor music, made up of campfire melodies and cowboy refrains.

Classics "Home on the Range" and "Back in the Saddle Again" are found here, and these tunes wonderfully evoke the image of the vast open landscapes, along with "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)." In addition, the lesser-known Autry ballads "Rim of the Canyon" and "Purple Sage in the Twilight" make this compilation even more interesting. The haunting "Ghost Riders in the Sky" is also presented here. This song has been dusted off many times throughout the decades, (including a 1998 VH1 Storytellers performance by Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash), revealing the time-tested quality of these tunes.

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