Best of the West Rides Again
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Best of the West Rides Again is a compilation recording by the Western
Western music (North America)
Western music originated as a form of American folk music. Originally composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada. Directly related musically to old English, Scottish, and Irish folk ballads, Western music celebrates the life of...

 band Riders in the Sky in 1990.

This is the second compilation taken from the Rounder
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...

 albums presented by Riders in the Sky.

Track listing

  1. "Three on the Trail" – 1:57
  2. "Back in the Saddle Again
    Back in the Saddle Again
    "Back in the Saddle Again" was the signature song of American cowboy entertainer Gene Autry. It was co-written by Autry with Ray Whitley and first released in 1939...

    " (Gene Autry
    Gene Autry
    Orvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...

    , Ray Whitley
    Ray Whitley
    Raymond Otis Whitley , also known as Ray Whitley, was a Country and Western singer, radio and Hollywood movie star.-Singing and live performance:...

    ) – 2:14
  3. "Cool Water
    Cool Water
    "Cool Water" is a song written in 1936 by Bob Nolan. It is about a man and his mule, Dan, and a mirage in the desert.-Original version:The best-selling recorded version was done by Vaughn Monroe and The Sons of the Pioneers in 1948. The recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number...

    " (Bob Nolan
    Bob Nolan
    Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...

    ) – 3:23
  4. "Desperado Trail" – 2:54
  5. "At the End of the Rainbow Trail" (Douglas Green) – 2:09
  6. "Down the Trail to San Antone" (Spriggins) – 1:54
  7. "Blue Shadows on the Trail" (Daniel, Lange) – 3:40
  8. "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" (Lilley, Frank Loesser
    Frank Loesser
    Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for...

    ) – 2:35
  9. "Pecos Bill" (Daniel, Lange, Nolan, Smith) – 2:22
  10. "Streets of Laredo (The Cowboy's Lament)" (Traditional) – 3:07
  11. "West Texas Cowboy" – 3:01
  12. "Cowpoke" (Jones) – 1:38
  13. "Old El Paso" (Green) – 2:13
  14. "Skyball Paint" – 1:29
  15. "Compadres in the Old Sierra Madre" – 3:09
  16. "Bound to Hit the Trail" – 2:16
  17. "Ojo Caliente" – 3:09
  18. "The Yodel Blues" (Dolan, Mercer) – 2:28
  19. "Pretty Prairie Princess" (Paul) – 2:22
  20. "Chasin' the Sun" (Green) – 2:01
  21. "When the Bloom Is on the Sage" (Vincent, Wright) – 3:35
  22. "Singing a Song to the Sky" (Green) – 2:27
  23. "On the Rhythm Range" – 2:22
  24. "Red River Valley" (Traditional) – 4:03
  25. "When Payday Rolls Around" (Nolan) – 1:47

Personnel

  • Douglas B. Green
    Douglas B. Green
    Douglas B. Green , better known by his stage name Ranger Doug, is an American musician, arranger and award-winning Western music songwriter, best known for his work with the Western music and comedy group Riders in the Sky in which he plays guitar and sings lead and baritone vocals. He is also an...

     (a.k.a. Ranger Doug) – guitar, vocals
  • Paul Chrisman
    Paul Chrisman
    Paul Chrisman , better known by his stage name Woody Paul, is an American singer, fiddler, and composer, best known for his work with the Western swing musical and comedy group Riders in the Sky. With the Riders, he is billed as "Woody Paul — King of the Cowboy Fiddlers".Chrisman began playing...

     (a.k.a. Woody Paul) – fiddle, vocals
  • Fred LaBour
    Fred LaBour
    Frederick LaBour , better known by his stage name Too Slim, is a Grammy award winning American musician, best known for his work with the Western swing musical and comedy group Riders in the Sky....

    (a.k.a. Too Slim) – bass, vocals

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