Cowboy Tracks

Cowboy Tracks

By Nancy Flagg
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Cowboy Tracks episodes

  • Cowboy Tracks, Feb. 1, 2023: Elko Cowboy Gathering 2023

    This episode of Cowboy Tracks previews some of the artists performing this week at the annual National Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering in Elko, Nev.

    Here's the playlist:

    Song -- Title -- Artist -- Album

    Milk Cow Blues (instrumental) -- Jimmy Day & Herb Remington, A Day With Remington

    Come Ride With Me -- Dave Stamey, Come Ride With Me

    Mountain Water -- Carin Mari, Rambling Daughter

    Good Times Still to Come -- Matt Robertson, The Voice

    Once Upon the West (poem) -- Doris Daley, Once Upon the West

    Big Nevada -- The Munsick Boys, The Munsick Boys

    Sunset Trail -- Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong, Oh, Sweet Mama!

    The Last of My Kind -- Ismay, single

    Canyons (poem) -- Floyd Beard, Horse Tales and Cow Trails

    Wild New Mexico Cowgirl -- Juni Fisher, Gone for Colorado

    The Pot Wrassler -- Andy Hedges, Cowboy Recitations

    In the Open Wide -- Trinity Seely, Camp to Camp

    Canadian Line --Sam Platts & the Plainsmen, West Side

    How High the Moon --The Quebe Sisters, Every Which-A-Way

    Bucking Horse Moon -- Wyiie & the Wild West, Bucking Horse Moon

    Rodeo Blues -- Hot Club of Cowtown, Wild Kingdom

    Thank Heavens for Dale Evans -- Kristyn Harris, Down the Trail

    East of Miller Hill (instrumental) -- Sourdough Slim, Old Time Cowboy Songs

    58 min
  • Cowboy Tracks for 1:00pm on Jan 25th, 2023

    This episode of Cowboy Tracks is titled "The Wonder of it All", the name of an Ian Tyson song. The show is a tribute to Ian Tyson and includes his songs as well as songs by many current western artists. The playlist is:

    Song Title Artist Album

    Ridin' the Wind (instr) A Little Farther West Mountain Storm

    Four Strong Winds Ian Tyson I Outgrew the Wagon

    I'll Fly Away & Mountains to Climb Carin Mari Queen of the Mountains

    In Tall Buildings Wylie & the Wild West Bunchgrass

    Navajo Rug Ian Tyson All the Good 'uns

    Long Gone Out West Blues Patty Clayton The Real West

    Desert Sands Andy Hedges with Brigid Reedy Roll On

    Girl Meets West Mary Kaye Take Me Back to Texas

    The Gift Ian Tyson All the Good 'uns

    Let My Pony Run The Due West Trio with Rena Randall Ten Winters and Ten Springs

    I'm An Old Cowhand The Swing Commanders In Transit

    The Land of Shining Mountains Ian Tyson Songs From the Gravel Road

    Colorado Skies Janeve Rose Mitchell Off the Grid

    Velvet Western Sky John Lowell This Long Stretch of Gravel

    The Wonder of it All Ian Tyson All the Good 'uns

    Relaxin' (instr) The Brazos Valley Boys Swingin' Our Way

    58 min
  • Cowboy Tracks, Dec. 14, 2022: Christmas in the Western style

    Cowboy Tracks brings you a new episode today of Christmas music done WESTERN style! Enjoy this "Ranch Christmas" show, and happy holidays!

    Song -- Title -- Artist -- Album

    • Santa Claus is Coming to Town (instr), Craig Duncan, Bluegrass Christmas
    • Santa's Yodeling Song, The Light Crust Doughboys and Kristyn Harris, Cool Yule Christmas
    • Do You Hear What I Hear, Barry Ward, Home for Christmas
    • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Almeda Bradshaw, single
    • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Barry Ward, Home for Christmas
    • Christmas Time, Mary Kaye Holt, single
    • A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Capitol Singles, 1951-1952
    • Sleigh Ride (instr,) The Trail Band, Peace on Earth, A Christmas Collection
    • When Winter Comes to Tahoe, David John and the Comstock Cowboys, Christmas in the Sierra
    • Holiday Roundup, Buffalo Bill Boycott, single

      • Saddle Up Your Pinto, Mary Kaye Holt, A Cowboy Christmas
      • Cowboy Christmas, Carol Markstrom, Desert Rose
      • Christmas for Cowboys, Wylie Gustafson, Christmas for Cowboys
      • Prairie Christmas, Emily Dunbar, Catch It When You Can
      • Christmas in Cowtown, Asleep at the Wheel, Lone Star Christmas Night
      • White Christmas, Kristyn Harris,  single
      • Here Comes Santa Claus (instr), Rich O'Brien, Christmas Trail
      • Silver Bells (instr), Tigar Bell, Christmas Fiddle
      • Santa Claus is Coming to Town (instr), Tigar Bell, Christmas Fiddle
        • 58 min
      • Cowboy Tracks for 1:00pm on Dec 7th, 2022

        This episode of Cowboy Tracks offers songs and poems from winners of the International Western Music annual awards. (Photo: IWMA Entertainer of the Year: Krisyn Harris)

        Song Title Artist Album

        Place to Land Kristyn Harris Place to Land

        Where the Storms Go to Die Randy Huston Times Like These

        Keep 'em Moving Slow Pt 1 Tom Swearingen Language of the Land

        Swing Me Back to Texas Jim Winters Yearnin'

        El Caballo Del Fuego The Cowboy Way Doin' What We Do

        This Girl is A Cowboy Miska Paget The Best Horses in Heaven They Have No Tail

        Welcome to Wickenburg Dan McCorison, written with Les Buffham Me and Les

        Dust Off Your Saddle Randy Huston Times Like These

        No Better Life (poetry) Valerie Beard No Better Life

        Angus McKenzie John Lowell I Am Going to the West

        Old Soul Kristyn Harris Place to Land

        Forty Acres and a Mule Doug Figgs Yellow Horse

        Yodeling Blues Down in the Valley Phoebe White Unexpected

        Route 66 The Cowboy Way Doin' What We Do

        Great Basin Waltz Miss Devon & the Outlaw Plains, Trains and AlsoBobWills

        Queen of the West (instr) Old Arizona Brass Band Music From the Western Frontier, Vol. 2

        58 min

      About Cowboy Tracks

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      Join Nancy around the campfire to hear authentic Western roots music and cowboy poetry. Something deep in your soul will resonate to stories from the early wranglers, Mexican vaqueros, Old West adventurers, Silver Screen buckaroos, Western Swing bands, contemporary real cowboys, and all who appreciate wide open spaces, freedom, and the western lifestyle.