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Riders in the Sky is an American Western music and comedy group which began performing in 1977. [1] The band has released more than 40 full length albums, starred in a single-season self-titled television series on CBS, wrote and starred in an NPR syndicated radio drama Riders Radio Theater, and appeared in television series and films including as featured contributors to Ken Burns' Country Music.
Overview. The song tells a folk tale of a cowboy who has a vision of red-eyed, steel-hooved cattle thundering across the sky, being chased by the spirits of damned cowboys. One warns him that if he does not change his ways, he will be doomed to join them, forever "trying to catch the Devil 's herd across these endless skies".
The Roy Clark Guitar Spectacular! Release date: 1965; Label: Capitol Records — — Roy Clark Sings Lonesome Love Ballads: Release date: 1966; Label: Capitol Records; 21 — Stringing Along with the Blues: Release date: 1966; Label: Capitol Records — — Roy Clark: Release date: 1967; Label: Hilltop Records — — Do You Believe This Roy ...
Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer, musician, and television presenter. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre.
It has been recorded by the world's most popular Western singers, including Harry McClintock, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bing Crosby, Woody Guthrie, Randy Travis, Michael Martin Murphey, Tex Ritter, Jack Elliot, Charlie Daniels, and Riders in the Sky. [2] [3] Yodeling Slim Clark recorded a yodeling version in 1957 for his album Cowboy Songs.
Weeds and Water is the fourth studio album by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1983. It is available as a single CD. The album features cowboy music standards like "Cool Water," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Streets of Laredo," along with several originals. This album was first released in the early 1980s as a direct-mail TV package.
Allmusic. [ 1] Always Drink Upstream from the Herd is a studio recording by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1995. The album's title comes from the line with which the quartet regularly closes its concerts; the advice is a warning that the herd of livestock using the same stream may also relieve themselves in said stream.
Cowboy Jubilee. Cowboy Jubilee is the second studio album by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1981, featuring a title track originally written by Ken Carson of the Sons of the Pioneers. This album features the demanding art of yodeling in harmony; the Riders create arrangements worthy of their original inspirations, Sons of the ...