Singin' In The Saddle
Released: 1999
Label: Import

 

While attending collage in the mid 1920s, Tex Ritter had the benefit of mentorship from three influential men who helped shape and direct his career: J. Frank Dobie, authority on Southwestern folk lore, John A. Lomax, collector of American folk ballads, and Oscar J. Fox, composer of cowboy songs. Of all the singing cowboys, Ritter is considered to be the most knowledgeable about the roots of cowboy folk songs.

 

Douglas Green, in Singing in the Saddle, has this to say about Tex Ritter:
"Tex Ritter, who would become one of the singing- cowboy titans, was a regional radio and recording star when he made his first film, Song of the Gringo, for Grand National in 1936. As with Gene Autry, Ritter on-screen was instantly appealing to the public. Although he was not a genuine cowboy, he was a Texan with a great love and knowledge of cowboy song and lore, and his rough-hewn voice had an authority and authenticity unmatched among singing cowboys. ..He was also the best brawler of the singing cowboys...With his lank hair dropping over his face as he stood over the pulverized remains of a film's villain, he was the very picture of the tough, two-fisted cowboy of the historical West that he played on film."

 

TRACK LISTING

 

1. I'm Wastin' My Tears On You
2. Blood On The Saddle
3. Sing Cowboy Sing

4. Green Grow the Lilacs
5. Keeper Of The Key
6. (I've Got Spurs That) Jingle Jangle Jingle
7. Cielito Lindo
8. Froggie Went A-Courtin'
9. The Hills Of Old Wyomin'
10. Texas Ranger Song
11. Rye Whiskey
12. The Old Chisholm Trail

13. Sam Hall

14. I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven
15. Oregon Trail
16. Singin' In The Saddle
17. Al Viva Tequila
18. When It's Lamplighting Time In The Valley
19. Conversation With A Gun
20. Cattle Call
21. A-Ridin' Old Paint
22. Goodbye My Little Cherokee
23. Have I Stayed Away
24. High Noon