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HG#21 COWBOY BALLADS, part 1


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Cowboy songs about the darkness of the American soul, as explored in cowboy and pioneer archetypes, from Lomax to Buster Scruggs (c.f., Coen Brother's Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Here's the playlist (also available on Spinitron.com):
1. Ennio Morricone “Per un pugno di dollari (Titoli)” composed by Ennio Morricone from Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (1964)
2. Marty Robbins “Streets of Laredo” from Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959)
3. Eagles “Desperado” from Billy the Kid
4. Bob Dylan “Billy 7” from Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
5. Roy Rogers “Cowboy Night Herd Song” from The Collection '38-'50 on Ideal Music
6. Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers “I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart” from Country Legend on Itwhy
7. Cat Power “Silver Stallion” from Jukebox (CD, 2008) on Matador (USA)
8. Linda Rondstadt “Old Paint” from First Ladies of Country on Sony Music CG
9. Tim Blake Nelson “Cool, Clear Water” from Across the Valley
10. Edward L. Crain “Bandit Cole Younger” from Western Cowboy Ballads & Songs (1925-1939)
11. Harry Jackson “The Round-Up Cook” from The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads and Brag Talk (1959) on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records
12. Michael Martin Murphey “Goodbye Old Paint” from Cowboy Songs on Rhino/Warner Bros. (USA)
13. Arthur Russell “Goodbye Old Paint” from Love Is Overtaking Me (2008) on Audika Records
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