Silver Screen Country

Silver Screen Country

From those blue shadows on the trail that were only imagined in black and white to the notion of good guys with tall white hats chasing down the bad guys across the expanse of the Alabama Hills where Hollywood carved out a little piece of the West…we’re going to go riding down some musical canyons with some of the great musical cowboys of the silver screen. Fewer of us are around that once followed the serial antics of Gene and Smiley or Roy and Dale on Saturday morning reruns of flickering cowboy ‘mysteries’ where music played a big part of the story. After all, a clean shaven singing cowboy with a scarf, white hat and a twinkle in his eye was much more appealing than what the reality was…I think that’s a safe assumption. Tune in for music from Gene Autry, The Sons of the Pioneers, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter and over a dozen others as Dave Stroud spins the shellacs from the 30s, 40s and 50s…and we might even track down later covers that tip the cap here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Artistry In Western Swing Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
3The Sons Of The Pioneers Red River Valley Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
4Roy Rogers The Yellow Rose Of Texas My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
5Roy Rogers Roll On Texas Moon My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
6Frankie Laine Rawhide My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
7Gene Autry Dust Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1] Amazon
8Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys What It Means To Be Blue Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2 Amazon
9Marty Robbins Ballad Of The Alamo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
10Johnny Cash The Rebel Johnny Yuma My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
11Rex Allen Ridin' Down the Canyon V-3 Riding All Day Amazon
12Dick Reinhart Hot Rod Baby Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
13Dickson Hall Cowboy My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
14Johnny Western Ballad Of Paladin My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
15Dean Martin Rio Bravo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
16Lorne Greene Bonanza My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
17Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
18Gene Autry Back In The Saddle Again Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon
19Cliff Edwards Ragtime Cowboy Joe grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
20Bob Wills Dusty Skies Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
21Pee Wee King Texas Toni Lee Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin' Amazon
22Johnny Bond Ridin' Down To Santa Fe Southern Belle [Disc 2] Amazon
23Tex Ritter High Noon My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
24James Stewart The Legend Of Shenandoah My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
25Rick Nelson My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin) Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
26Marty Robbins The Hanging Tree My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
27Gene Autry Ridin' Down The Canyon Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
28The Sons Of The Pioneers Tumbling Tumbleweeds My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 2] – Cool Water) Amazon
29Frankie Laine Gunfight At O.K. Corral My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
30Rex Allen Cowboy's Heaven Sings Melodies of the Plains Amazon
31Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
32Sons of the Pioneers Blue Shadows On the Trail Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites Amazon
33Marty Robbins Song Of The Bandit The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982 Amazon
34Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers Going Back To My Texas Home Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1 Amazon
35Dick Curless I Ride an Old Paint A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969) Amazon
36Sara Watkins Blue Shadows On the Trail (feat. Nickel Creek) Under the Pepper Tree Amazon
37Colter Wall I Ride an Old Paint: Leavin' Cheyenne Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs Amazon