Episode 2581: 26-28 The Cowboy Way

This time around we'll feature music in the Cowboy Way – sent out especially to Rick and Becky, our close kin in Cody, Wyoming. We've got classic songs from Lead Belly, Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee, Jack Guthrie, and others; more contemporary offerings include music from Dom Flemons, Jim Kweskin and (of course!) Riders in the Sky. Brew up some cowboy coffee and sit back under the open sky … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysWayne Erbsen / “Texas Quickstep” / Cowboy Songs of the Wild Frontier / Native GroundDom Flemons / “Home on the Range” / Presents Black Cowboys / Smithsonian FolkwaysLead Belly / “Western Cowboy” / Deep River of Song: Black Texicans / RounderJim Kweskin / “The Tenderfoot (Cowboy)” / Unjugged / HornbeamCrockett Family / “Buffalo Gals Medley” / When I Was A Cowboy Vol.2 / YazooPowder River Jack & Kitty Lee / “Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail / When I Was A Cowboy Vol.1 / YazooGlenn Ohrlin / “The High-Tone Dance” / The Cowboy Tour / RounderWaddie Mitchell / “The Old Nighthawk” / Live / ShanachieWayne Erbsen / “Sally Goodin” / Cowboy Songs of the Wild Frontier / Native GroundDom Flemons / “Little Joe the Wrangler” / Presents Black Cowboys / Smithsonian FolkwaysGirls of the Golden West / “Round-Up Time in Texas” / Flowers in the Wildwood / TrikontJack Guthrie / “Oklahoma Hills” / Swinging Hollywood Hillbillies-Hillbilly Cowboys / ProperPatsy Montana / “I Want to be a Cowboy Sweetheart” / Columbia Country Classics Vol.1 / ColumbiaRay Bierl / “Blue Mountain” / Cowboy Dancing / Greasy StringKathy Johnson / “Happy Trails” / Way Out West / Singing Bridge Riders in the Sky / “Rawhide” / Always Drink Upstream from the Herd / RounderPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways