Return to the days of the hard-riding, pistol-packing, guitar-strumming and ever-crooning cowboy in ihis superb program of selections from classic singing-cowboy films - starring the great Western stars Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Dale Kvans. Sons of the Pioneers, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter, and Kddie Dean.
A wealth of great musical film clips feature numbers from such classic films as Roy Rogers's "King of the Cowboys" and "The Cowboy and the Senorita"; Gene Autry's "Riders of the Whistling Pines"; Tex Riltcr's "Hiltin the Trail"; and so many others.
Songs range from old favorites (Autry's "Red River Valley," Ritter's "Blood on the Saddle" and "Ridin' Old Paint"), to hot Western swing (Sons of the Pioneers' "Ride 'I-m Cowboy"), to flat-out comedy (Rogers's Trigger Ain't Got a Purty l;igurc"), to sheer romance (Kvans and Rogers' "Lights of Did Santa He"). Soto, group, and duet performances keep the proceedings varied and exciting -- and moments of dialogue, worked into the performances, make the selections lively.
Nostalgia buffs, country-western music fans, and Western-movie aficionados alike arc sure to be charmed by this rich collection of great vocal music from an important period in American film as will anyone who likes good singing and playing from the great stars of our musical past.
A wealth of great musical film clips feature numbers from such classic films as Roy Rogers's "King of the Cowboys" and "The Cowboy and the Senorita"; Gene Autry's "Riders of the Whistling Pines"; Tex Riltcr's "Hiltin the Trail"; and so many others.
Songs range from old favorites (Autry's "Red River Valley," Ritter's "Blood on the Saddle" and "Ridin' Old Paint"), to hot Western swing (Sons of the Pioneers' "Ride 'I-m Cowboy"), to flat-out comedy (Rogers's Trigger Ain't Got a Purty l;igurc"), to sheer romance (Kvans and Rogers' "Lights of Did Santa He"). Soto, group, and duet performances keep the proceedings varied and exciting -- and moments of dialogue, worked into the performances, make the selections lively.
Nostalgia buffs, country-western music fans, and Western-movie aficionados alike arc sure to be charmed by this rich collection of great vocal music from an important period in American film as will anyone who likes good singing and playing from the great stars of our musical past.
