''Public Cowboy #1'' is a studio recording released on CD by the
Western band
Riders in the Sky on October 22, 1996.
Critical reception
According to
AllMusic's Bruce Eder, the Riders in the Sky created this album in the wake of performing a Gene Autry medley on television with Autry himself in the audience.
[
In another review, James H. Nottage wrote:
]
Track listing
# " Back in the Saddle Again" (Gene Autry
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning s ...
, Ray Whitley) – 3:58
# "Sioux City Sue "Sioux City Sue" is a 1945 song and a 1946 movie. Lyricist Ray Freedman and composer Dick Thomas wrote the song. Thomas recorded the song in February 1945 for National Records and it was a number one Country charts hit for him. The song was Thom ...
" (Ray Freedman, Dick Thomas) – 2:39
# " Mexicali Rose" (Helen Stone, Jack Tenney) – 2:48
# " You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis
James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was an American politician, singer and songwriter of both sacred and popular songs. Davis was elected for two nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the ...
, Charles Mitchell) – 3:24
# " Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (Scott Wiseman) – 3:39
# "Can't Shake the Sands of Texas from My Shoes" (Autry, Johnston, Pitts) – 2:55
# "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Autry, Jimmy Long) – 3:50
# "Be Honest with Me" (Autry, Fred Rose) – 2:20
# "Blue Canadian Rockies" (Autry, Cindy Walker) – 2:45
# "Lonely River" (Autry, Fred Rose, Ray Whitley) – 3:02
# " South of the Border" (Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy) – 3:13
# "Ridin' Down the Canyon" (Autry, Smiley Burnette) – 4:16
Personnel
* Douglas B. Green
Douglas Bruce Green (born March 20, 1946), better known by his stage name Ranger Doug, is an American musician, arranger, award-winning Western music songwriter, and Grand Ole Opry member best known for his work with Western music and the grou ...
(a.k.a. Ranger Doug) – vocals, guitar
* Paul Chrisman (a.k.a. Woody Paul) – vocals, fiddle
* Fred LaBour (a.k.a. Too Slim) – vocals, bass
References
External links
Riders in the Sky
(official website)
1996 albums
Riders in the Sky (band) albums
Rounder Records albums
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