Last updated: Sunday, March 07, 2010
VARIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Saddle Up! Tucson Symphony Orchestra Special - March 26-28, 2010
Tucson Music Hall
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 2:00 PM
George Hanson, conductor
The Bill Ganz Western Band, guest artists
Celebrate the music of our southwest heritage. A tribute to the golden age of
the singing cowboy – symphony style. Hear legendary “Cool Water”, “Tumbling
Tumbleweeds”, “Ghost Riders in the Sky” - all songs penned by famous Southern
Arizona natives Rex Allen, Bob Nolan and Stan Jones, plus the sounds of the
great American west and great symphonic favorites. Invite your friends and
family for a unique opportunity to explore our western heritage and culture
To purchase single tickets or subscriptions call the TSO Box Office (520)
882-8585
• Books
• Live Shows Honoring the Sons of the Pioneers
• Bobby Copeland's Western Film Trivia Page
Three rare Columbia / Charles Starrett films featuring the Sons of the Pioneers are now available for sale at www.sinistercinema.com: The Colorado Trail, West of the Santa Fe and Spoilers of the Range.
Bill Jacobson passed away this week after a brief illness. Bill was a
founding member of the Western Music Association. At the initial meeting
in
Until Bill had to have brain surgery and his illness took its toll, leading to his retirement from involvement in Western music activities, he was instrumental in spreading the word about Western music, both classic and contemporary. With their journal, Song of the West, Bill and Mary set the standard and led the way for the WMA to launch publications that gradually took on a professional look that has helped promote the image of the WMA. He was talented and very knowledgeable, but more importantly, he was a good guy.
His memorial service is Thursday February 4th at 12:30 PM at the Allnutt Funeral Home in Fort Collins, CO.
Lindalee Green
To contact Mary Rogers:
Email: crestlinecolorado@comcast.net
Address: 136 Pearl Street, Fort Collins, CO 80521
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Bob Nolan's grandson, Calin Coburn, realizes that the sheet music for many of Bob Nolan's songs is unavailable now or difficult to find. If you cannot find the song you need in the usual venues, Calin will scan and print a copy for you from his own collection for $18.00 (including shipping and handling) per song in continental North America. Please email Calin at calin1@cox.net for more information. List of Sheet Music Available |
| For the very best of old and new Western music, complete with fascinating background information and stories, visit OJ Sikes' internet radio station. Ask him questions. Comment on his programs. Suggest your favorite songs. OJ loves to hear from you. Hours and hours of music. We guarantee that you will learn a lot about those old entertainers and their songs.
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Lonesome Ron may now be seen on the internet. No
YouTube videos yet so this will have to do. If you have good internet access you
can see “House of Dakota Rose" in its entirety. The original episode had the
stage show in the background while the plot evolved. They created a segment with
just the stage show so you can view the song without interruptions. When I'm
trying to book myself I send these links out to give people a chance to hear how
I sound.
• House of Dakota Rose
• Oh Susanna
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Lonesome Ron's Website:
Podcasts in honor of Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer:
A musical tribute to Bob Nolan in the German language by Anne & Peter Greb
Go to
www.vogelsbergradio.de and the title
is "Big wide wonderful World of Country Music Vol. 1 - 3 "Poet of the West"
. Look under the category "Musik spezial".
A musical tribute to Tim Spencer by Anne & Peter Greb
Go to www.vogelsbergradio.de It's titled "Big wide wonderful World of Country Music Juli 2008 - Room full of Roses and Timber Trail". It's a 50-minute show in German language with a short biography of Tim and many of of his songs sung by Tim himself, the Sons of the Pioneers and others.
You can listen online or download these programs to your computer. Go to "MP3 hier downloaden", right click and "save target as...."
KPOV Calling All Cowboys Radio
Host: Chuckaroo
The Buckaroo
aka Charley Engel
106.7 KPOV FM
Bend, Oregon
Streaming 24/7/365
http://www.kpov.org/index.php?option=com_shows&task=view&id=57
KMSU - Mankato MN "Jazz with Miss Lona"
Larry Hopper, music historian from New Jersey, was interviewed by Miss Lona and Ron Affolter in a salute to Bob Nolan. This is a Minnesota State University program that plays a variety of music with hostess, Miss Lona. Ron Affolter appears in the show or 3 times a year and, if there's an important tribute to be done, he presents his ideas to Miss Lona.
• Live link to the station which plays whatever is being currently aired every Monday 7:00 - 9:00 CST.
WQKR Musical Memories and Magical Moments (host Dutch Maris)
Spirit of the West with host, Hugh McLennan.
Radio / internet broadcasts from his September 9 and October 14, 2006, Bob Nolan tribute programs.
• Excerpts from Hugh's programs
¯ SHOWS HONORING THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS
¯ VARIOUS NEW RECORDINGS
"What a collection. The book is marvelous - a lot of nice pictures mainly taken from the movies and Ranger Doug has written short notes to every song. Very interesting. The sound quality of the recordings is excellent. I never thought I would ever get these early recordings of the SOP in such a fine quality." (Anne Greb, German)
"You can't imagine how beautiful is the tracks." (Roberto Costa, Brazil)
The Silver Screen Cowboy Project
Produced by Marvin O'Dell. 24 original songs about the silver screen cowboys, this 2-CD set features modern western singers like Dave Stamey, Dan Roberts, Les Gilliam, Tom Hiatt, Curly Musgraves, Kip Calahan, Jim Jones, Journey West, etc.
RICH FLANDERS
Included in this collection of 16 favorites are "Blue Shadows on the Trail," "The Timber Trail," "Blue Prairie," "Ghost Riders in the Sky," "Ridin' Down the Canyon," "Cool Water," "River of No Return," "Song of the Trail," and "Man Walks Among Us."
Rich Flanders, 374 County Highway 48, Thompson Ridge, NY 10985; www.richflanders.com or www.cdbaby.com/cd/richflanders CD, 16 tracks, $16 plus postage.
SHUG FISHER & HIS RANCHMEN Cowboy Jubilee -- CD D 035
The songs of this CD were recorded as transcriptions for Capitol Records at the same time when Shug was a member of the SOP between 1949 and 1952. Available from the British Archive of Country Music
http://bacm.users.btopenworld.com/CD-details1.html
Tracks: Out On The Open Range/ Cowboy’s Dream/ Little Joe The Wrangler/ Texas Plains/ When The Bloom Is On The Sage/ Bury Me Out On The Prairie/ Ridin’ Down To Santa Fe/ Cowboy Jubilee/ Whoopee Ti Yi Yo Git Along Little Dogies/ Cool Water/ Belle Of Cheyenne/ Fiddler Joe/ We’ll Rest At The End Of The Trail/ The Convict And The Rose/ Sweet Evalina/ Forgive And Forget/ Spanish Cavalier/ Only A Message From Home Sweet Home/ Beautiful Texas/ Lonesome Train Blues/ Moonlight On The Prairie/ Wonder Valley/ Little Cabin In The Cascade Mountains/ Gooseberry Pie
The box set of Tiffany Transcriptions sells on www.bobwills.com
Jennifer Lind, a new voice on the western music scene and her superb recording of new songs. For a full track list and clips from each song, visit her website. The lyrics of one of these songs, "A Raindrop", is one Bob Nolan would have approved. The CD is filled with songs of several genres but "Old Cowboy" and "Cowboy Poetry" are completely western.
Hi everyone -
Just a note to let you know that a new song, Tribute to the Hudson River, by
Judy Kellersberger, is now up at http://cdbaby.com/cd/richflanders2
. You can hear a sample snippet by clicking on the link there.
I was honored to have been asked by Judy to record her beautiful song about the
great river, and to have the wonderful piano accompaniment of Steve Saari. This
being the 400th anniversary of the "discovery" of the river by Henry Hudson in
1609, the song is getting airplay on various stations here in the Hudson Valley,
and we hope it'll soon reach far beyond the valley as well. I hope that you'll
enjoy it!
My best wishes,
Rich
www.richflanders.com
Will Rogers Cowboy Award
P.S. We've just about completed work on a new album - More about it soon!
Curly Musgrave Tribute
Curly Musgrave passed away on December 13 2009 with his family around him.
Kathi's address is:
Box 451, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352.
The
Celebration of Curly’s life was held on Saturday, January 9th, 2010.
From left: Andy Nelson, Gary Robertson, Mike Fleming, Diane Tribitt, Jon Messenger, next 3 are the Tumbling Tumbleweeds, behind flowers the Sons Of The San Joaquin, Joyce Woodson, Junie Fisher, Belinda Gail, unknown, R. W. Hampton, Patty Clayton, Dave Bourne, Patty Bourne, Dave Stamey, Rusty Richards
(photo courtesy of Dave & Patty Bourne)
There's a tribute page for Curly Musgrave at http://www.cowboypoetry.com/musgrave.htm
Coming Soon: The Heart of a Cowboy by John H. Conley. Available at Amazon.com