Cowboy Playground

Putumayo Kids Music – P318-SL

Format: CD, Album, Promo
Country: United States
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Children's
[Tracklist]
01 Saddle Bum: Wylie & the Wild West (02:52)
02 I'm an Old Cowhand: Riders in the Sky (02:39)
03 Close 'Em on Up: Kerry Grombacher (02:46)
04 Back in the Saddle Again: Sean Blackburn, Liz Masterson (02:46)
05 It's the Cowboy Life for Me: David John & The Comstock Cowboys (03:02)
06 Pecos Bill: Buck Howdy (02:39)
07 Don't Fence Me In: Johnny Bregar (03:12)
08 Home on the Range: Kathryn Claire, Victor Johnson (02:35)
09 Whoopee Ti Yi Yo: Ian Tyson (03:15)
10 May the Trail Rise Up to Greet You: Dave Stamey (03:32)
11 Take Me Back to the Range: Don Edwards, Peter Rowan (04:09)
12 Happy Trails: Cowboy Envy (01:35)
[Credits]
Producer: Dan Storper, Liner Notes: Holly George-Warren, Cover Art: Nicola Heindl, Designer: Burton Yount, Photographer: Charles Belden, Project Coordinator: Kerry Grombacher, John McQueeney, Cody Searles and Akari Uchiyama, Mastering: Lane Gibson
[Notes]
This warm and affable kids' set features contemporary renditions of cowboy songs like "I'm an Old Cowhand" (done by Riders in the Sky), "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo" (done by Ian Tyson), and "Happy Trails" (done by Cowboy Envy), making for a charming and professionally recorded facsimile of the life and the music of cowboys in the Old West. - AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

Warehouse Tracks

Western Jubilee WJRC127623

Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
01 There's a Rainbow over the Range: Sons of the San Joaquin (2:52)
02 The Old Spinning Wheel: Norman Blake, Rich O'Brien (3:24)
03 Santa Rosa: Jim Ibbotson (2:48)
04 Billy Gray: Katy Moffatt (4:21)
05 Warehouse Opus 36: John McEuen (2:44)
06 Dog: Bryan Bowers (3:00)
07 Whole Load: Waddie Mitchell (3:08)
08 Jack of Diamonds / Black Mountain Blues: Skip Gorman (3:57)
09 Cattle Call: Wylie & the Wild West (2:57)
10 Don't Tell Me: R. W. Hampton (2:44)
11 Little Jimmy in the Swamp: Norman Blake, Nancy Blake (4:28)
12 I Will Miss Ireland: Juni Fisher (5:19)
13 Leaving Stoer: Cowboy Celtic (5:41)
14 The Raven: Peter Rowan (1:59)
15 Red River Valley: Don Edwards (4:13)
[Credits]
Producer and Engineer: Butch Hause, Producer: Scott O'Malley, Photographers: David Pahl and Donald Kallaus, Designers: David Weed, Kathleen Collins and Victoria Ward
[Notes]
Representing ten years of live performances, Warehouse Tracks presents fifteen selections from the Western Jubilee Warehouse Theater in Colorado Springs. Formerly a freight house owned by the Santa Fe Railroad, it became the flagship venue of the cowboy and Western label Western Jubilee Recording Company, hosting several concerts annually and serving frequently as the label’s recording studio. Featured on this release are live recordings from several of the label’s noted artists, including Sons of the San Joaquin, Norman Blake, and Don Edwards, as well as "guests" Skip Gorman, John McEuen, and more. Warehouse Tracks showcases the immense talent that has congregated around the Warehouse Theater, celebrating the vitality of the music of the American West

Peter Rowan & Don Edwards: High Lonesome Cowboy featuring Tony Rice and Norman Blake

Western Jubilee WJRC117520

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country, Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 Take Me Back To The Range (4:12)
02 The Old Chisolm Trail (4:19)
03 Ramblin' Cowboy (4:31)
04 Reno Blues (3:26)
05 The Old Grey Mare Came Tearing Out Of The Wilderness (2:06)
06 Trail To Mexico (2:32)
07 The Night Guard (4:03)
08 Buddies In The Saddle (3:29)
09 Goodbye Old Paint (4:16)
10 Midnight On The Stormy Deep (9:04)
11 I'm Going To Leave Old Texas Now (6:00)
[Credits]
Peter Rowan (guitar/mandolin/banjo/vocals) Don Edwards (guitar/vocals) Norman Blake (guitar) Tony Rice (guitar) Nancy Blake (guitar) Billy Brigh (mandolin)
Producer: Don Edwards and Peter Rowan, Photographer: Owen Perkins and Donald Kallaus, Designer: David Weed and Jenna Shearn, Engineer: Sam McFadin, Doug Wilson, Butch Hause, Robert Vosgien and Pete Papageorges
[Notes]
High Lonesome Cowboy is a collaboration between legends of the acoustic music scene - cowboy singer Don Edwards, bluegrass pioneer Peter Rowan, roots icons Norman and Nancy Blake, and bluegrass guitar favorite Tony Rice. It was a top-selling recording when initially released by the Western Jubilee Recording Company in 2002 and was nominated for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 45th Grammy Awards. High Lonesome Cowboy showcases the heritage common to the traditional music of the Western ranges and the old-time mountain music of Appalachia. The eleven selections feature a mix of traditional songs and the works of songwriters foundational to the development of folk and country music, including Woody Guthrie, Bill Monroe, and Maybelle Carter.

Take Me Back to the Range: Selections from Western Jubilee Recording Company

Smithsonian Folkways WJRC019876

Format: CD, Album
Country: USA
Released: 2020
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Cowboy, Western
[Tracklist]
01 Take Me Back to the Range: Peter Rowan & Don Edwards (4:12)
02 The Sunny Side of Life: Norman Blake & Nancy Blake (3:19)
03 Where Horses Are Heroes: Wylie & the Wild West (3:19)
04 Typical: Waddie Mitchell (1:11)
05 Annie Laurie / Bad Half Hour: Don Edwards, Waddie Mitchell & the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (5:45)
06 Hallie Lonigan: Katy Moffatt (4:31)
07 Santa Rosa Serenade: Rich O'Brien (4:00)
08 Rooster Poem: Georgie Sicking (0:45)
09 Bonnie Dundee / Fareweel Tae Tarwathie / The Railroad Corral: David Wilkie & Cowboy Celtic (3:25)
10 Flop-Eared Mule: Norman Blake & Rich O'Brien (4:05)
11 Coyotes: Don Edwards (4:31)
12 Waddie-ism-8: Waddie Mitchell (0:18)
13 Summer Ranges: Michael Martin Murphey (3:33)
14 Two Miles to Town: Cowboy Nation (4:12)
15 Lupus #1: Tom Morrell (2:54)
16 Harsh Words: Waddie Mitchell (0:58)
17 Cloverdale Plantation March: Norman Blake (4:30)
18 From Whence Came the Cowboy: Sons of the San Joaquin (4:22)
[Credits]
Compilers: Scott O'Malley and Fred Knittel, Liner Notes: Jeff Place and Carla Borden, Cover Artwork: William Mathews and Bob Moline - Cover Artwork, Designer: Darryl Norsen, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
The Western Jubilee Recording Company is a small label with an exceptional catalog of authentic cowboy music and poetry. Founded in 1996 by Scott O’Malley, Western Jubilee has been based out of a former warehouse of the Santa Fe Railroad in Colorado Springs that doubles as an intimate concert space and recording studio. Its walls adorned with Western paraphernalia, the warehouse, much like the label itself, served as a sanctuary to the deep-rooted and ever-evolving traditions of Western music and folklife. Take Me Back to the Range: Selections from Western Jubilee Recording Company shows the label in its full breadth. From the old-time tunes and historic songs by Norman Blake and Don Edwards to Buckaroo poems from Waddie Mitchell, from Hollywood-styled "Singing Cowboy" songs from Sons of the San Joaquin to the pioneering fusion from the punk-inspired Cowboy Nation, this 18-track compilation, produced to celebrate the label’s acquisition by Smithsonian Folkways, showcases the diversity of sound and voices in cowboy music and poetry, honoring the label that has championed it.