Bill Boyd`s Cowboy Ramblers - Saturday Night Rag: 1934-1936

Artist:

Cowboys, Bill Boyd`s

UPC:

824046513221

Description:

Personnel: Bill Boyd (vocals, guitar); William "Curly" Perrin (vocals, guitar); Art Davis (vocals, mandolin, fiddle); Jim Boyd (vocals); Walter Kirkes (banjo); Slomie Creel, Jack Henson (piano).
Recording information: San Antonio, TX (08/07/1934-10/27/1936).
Although Texan Bill Boyd and the various incarnations of his Cowboy Ramblers undeniably played western swing, they were only a deliberate step or two removed from being an old-time string band, albeit an incredibly jazzy one. This fun set collects 16 of the band`s early sides for Bluebird Records, all recorded between 1934 and 1936, and includes a mix of delightful instrumentals along with updated and streamlined string band classics like "Mama Don`t Like No Music." Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers would go on to record for RCA Records, cutting well over 200 singles and appearing in a half-dozen Hollywood Westerns in the `40s, but the template for all of that was set in these early sessions for Bluebird Records. ~ Steve Leggett

Track Listing:

SATURDAY NIGHT RAG:

1. Strawberry Roan, The
2. Ramblers Rag
3. I`m Gonna Hop Off That Train
4. Windswept Desert, The (Desert Blues)
5. Mama Don`t Like No Music
6. Going Back to My Texas Home
7. Under the Double Eagle
8. I Can`t Tame Wild Women
9. Barn Dance Rag
10. Wah Hoo
11. Goofus
12. River Blues
13. Saturday Night Rag
14. Way Out There
15. You Shall Be Free Monah
16. Draggin It Around

Album Information

Release Date:

06/15/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Folk

Subgenre:

String Bands

Label:

Acrobat (USA)

Catalog Number:

ACRCD 132

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Runtime:

46 : 59

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