Riding All Day/The Life of a Cowboy [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] [Import]

Rex Allen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jasmine Music
• ASIN: B00004TSB0
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,058 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Partners Of The Saddle

2. She Buckaroo Feat. Bonnie Allen

3. Headin' For The Open Range

4. My Miss By The Swiss Chalet

5. My Cross Eyed Girl

6. Riding All Day

7. I Want To Be A Cowboy's Dream Girl Feat. Bonnie Allen

8. Mountain Home

9. The Girl I Left Behind Me

10. Home On The Range

11. The Covered Wagon

12. Chiquita

13. The Life Of A Cowboy

14. Going Back To My Texas Home

15. Bad Brahma Bull

16. Night Time In The West Feat. Bonnie Allen

17. Hold On Little Doggie

18. Ridin' Down The Canyon

19. When The Campfire Is Low On The Prairie Feat. Bonnie Allen

20. Yodelin' Crazy

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

However adventurous and exciting the Hollywood movies made it look, the life of a 19th Century cowboy was something altogether more mundane - it was sheer hard work, usually seven days a week herding cattle in the vast expanses of land which comprised the southern hinterland of the United States, and driving them to the nearest shipping points for the big towns. The industry spread across the Great Plains from Texas to Canada and westward to the Rocky Mountains, but the introduction of barbed wire to fence in ranches rapidly encroached on the open ranges. By 1895 railway expansion had made cattle-driving uneconomical, leaving cowboys the option of working on the ranches or disappearing into myth. Assisted on some tracks by wife Bonnie, this compilation conjures up a mixed but cosy vision of the West - from the warmth of comradeship ("Partners Of The Saddle") and humour ("My Cross-Eyed Gal") to the wistful ("Mountain Home") and sentimental ("Night Time In The West"). Culled from rare recordings, we hope the listener will forgive the minor imperfections in this pleasing slice of American musical history. See also: JASCD673 - The Versatile... JASMCD3591 - Cowboy Under The Western Sky

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yodelin' Crazy, February 25, 2006

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Marie C. Shelton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Riding All Day/The Life of a Cowboy [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

I have been a fan of Rex Allen for years. I purchased the CD because it had Yodelin' Crazy which I didn't have on any other CDs. This CD also has some yodeling in other songs as well. I like it but no one does it anymore. His wife, Bonnie sings on several songs, she has a pleasant voice and their duets were enjoyable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ridin all day rex allen, October 1, 2007

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P. Grant (uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Riding All Day/The Life of a Cowboy [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

26 songs by this great artist. hope jasmine release more of rex in the future. one of the great cowboy singers