Leanin' on the Old Top Rail - Eddy Arnold, Denny, Charles
Ole Faithful - Eddy Arnold, Carr, Michael [Song
A Cowboy's Dreams - Eddy Arnold, Traditional
The Wayward Wind - Eddy Arnold, Lebowsky, Stanley
Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Eddy Arnold, Nolan, Bob [1]
Cowpoke - Eddy Arnold, Jones, Stan [Countr
Where the Mountains Meet the Sky - Eddy Arnold, Kaye, Sammy
Sierra Sue - Eddy Arnold, Carey, Joseph Buell
Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie - Eddy Arnold, Traditional
Jim, I Wore a Tie Today - Eddy Arnold, Walker, Cindy
Tom Dooley - Eddy Arnold, Lomax, Alan
Nellie Sits A-Waitin' - Eddy Arnold, Crutchfield, Jerry
Tennessee Stud - Eddy Arnold, Driftwood, Jimmie
The Battle of Little Big Horn - Eddy Arnold, Chase, Nancy
Wreck of the Old '97 - Eddy Arnold, Lewey, F.J.
The Red Headed Stranger - Eddy Arnold, Lindeman, Edith
Johnny Reb, That's Me - Eddy Arnold, Graham, Bill [1]
Riders in the Sky - Eddy Arnold, Jones, Stan [Countr
Boot Hill - Eddy Arnold, Crumbaker, Marge
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Eddy Arnold, Blackburn, Tom
Partners - Eddy Arnold, Dill, Danny
Jesse James - Eddy Arnold, Traditional
In 1959, RCA Nashville producer-guitarist Chet Atkins brought Jimmie Driftwood's Tennessee Stud to Eddy Arnold and gave 'The Tennessee Plowboy' his first major hit in three years. That success, scored in the wake of the Ki... more »ngston Trio's Tom Dooley, prompted the Atkins-Arnold team to prepare an album of folk-based saga songs, 'Thereby Hangs A Tale.' In 1963, a second 'folk' album, this with an exclusively Western theme, reprised Arnold's 1955 hit, Cattle Call. This 25-song collection brings together all the 1959-1963 'folk & Western' recordings of country's Crosby, souvenirs of a time when saga songs became hit records.« less
In 1959, RCA Nashville producer-guitarist Chet Atkins brought Jimmie Driftwood's Tennessee Stud to Eddy Arnold and gave 'The Tennessee Plowboy' his first major hit in three years. That success, scored in the wake of the Kingston Trio's Tom Dooley, prompted the Atkins-Arnold team to prepare an album of folk-based saga songs, 'Thereby Hangs A Tale.' In 1963, a second 'folk' album, this with an exclusively Western theme, reprised Arnold's 1955 hit, Cattle Call. This 25-song collection brings together all the 1959-1963 'folk & Western' recordings of country's Crosby, souvenirs of a time when saga songs became hit records.
"Love it! in this day of changing music there is nothing better than revisiting the classic cowboy tunes. Great sing-a-long."
A man for all seasons
Robert B. Tatro | Missouri | 02/13/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A man that kept the WESTERN in Country and Western and helped retain the traditional WESTERN music and added a few songs that blended right in with WESTERN music! A GREAT classic in its own right! Don't miss this CD!!!!!!"