Riders Radio Theater is a studio 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, released in 1988. It is available as a single CD.

This contains 18 digitally recorded selections, mock "Public Service Announcements", traffic reports, and commercials.

Riders Radio Theater

The show was performed live before an audience at a Cincinnati theater in the 1990s. Some of these half-hour radio shows can be heard on Tuesdays at 11am (EST) on the radio station WMKV 89.3 FM, out of the Cincinnati, Ohio area. The shows include cowboy music (including polkas), musical skits, well-known country and cowboy music guests, and episodes of the "Ongoing Saga of the Cowboy Way". The show teaches "The Cowboy Way" to those uninitiated in this "life style". There is also yodeling.

The main characters are Ranger Doug ("The Idol of American Youth") (who sounds similar to The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....

), Woody Paul ("King of the Cowboy Fiddlers"), Too Slim ("a Righteous Tater"/"The Man of a Thousand Hats"), and Joey ("the Cowpolka King"). The skits also featured Ranger Doug's horse, The Amazing Turbo, the Wonder Horse.

Track listing

1. "The Scene"
2. "Riders Radio Theme"
3. "Chant of the Wanderer"
4. "Udder Butter on a Rope"
5. "Trail Traffic Report"
6. "Sagebrush Sports Report"
7. "Cattle Call"
8. "Bio Feedbag"
9. "Trail Traffic Update"
10. "Call of the Wild"
11. "Triple X Stock Report"
12. "Sundown Blues"
13. "Riders Radio Theme (Reprise)"
14. "Pops"
15. "Saddle Whiz"
16. "Meltdown on the Mesa"
17. "So Long Saddle Pals"
18. "The Long Shot "

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
• Joey Miskulin
  Joey Miskulin
  Joseph M. Miskulin is a hall of fame accordionist and producer of Grammy Award-winning music albums. In a music career spanning more than four decades, Joey Miskulin has collaborated with a range of artists including Paul McCartney, John Denver, Ricky Skaggs, Andy Williams, Ricky Van Shelton,...
  
  (a.k.a. Joey The Cowpolka King) - accordion

Steve Arwood (a.k.a. Texas Bix Bender) - narrator

External links

• Riders in the Sky Official Website
• Listen Live link