STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - BURL IVES - SONGS OF THE WEST

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Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember  Hunt City, Illinois native,  musician, actor, and author, Burl Ives (Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives), on this, the 28th anniversary of his passing. he was born June 14, 1909 to parents Levi "Frank" Ives, a farmer and contractor and Cordelia "Dellie" Ives. He passed away on this day in 1995, age 85, from oral cancer. During the course of his 7 decade career, he excelled in films like East of Eden, A Face In Crowd, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He also turned his attention toward television and can be seen in Roots, Little House on the Prairie , Playhouse 90: The Miracle Worker, and of course we heard him as the voice of Sam The Snowman in the 1964 NBC animated Christmas special, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. On the musical side of the spectrum, Ives he started in folk and pop standards and eventually gravitated towards C&W. Our selection today fits that standard. Songs of the West, a 12 track cowboy concept album, was released in 1961 on the Decca label and produced by Owen Bradley. 

1. Home on the Range

Brewster Higley, Daniel Kelley

2:26

2. When the Bloom Is on the Sage

Nat Vincent, Fred Howard Wright

2:10

3. Cool Water

Bob Nolan

3:54

4. Empty Saddles

Billy Hill

2:39

5. Mexicali Rose

Helen Stone, Jack Tenney

2:25

6. The Oregon Trail

Peter de Rose, Billy Hill

2:31

Side 2

1. The Last Round-Up

Billy Hill

4:02

2. O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Traditional 2:19

3. Cowboy's Dream

Traditional 2:58

4. Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Bob Nolan

2:14

5. My Adobe Hacienda

Louise Massey, Lee Penny

2:27

6. Jingle Jangle Jingle

J.J. Lilley, Frank Loesser

2:13

Burl Ives
vocals

Grady Martin
guitar

Harold Bradley
guitar, banjo

Joe Zinkan
bass

Buddy Harman
drums

Owen Bradley
piano, producer

Rufus Long
flute, clarinet

The Anita Kerr Singers
backing vocals