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I have never seen that show but my grandmother loved it.
They should have had Arthur Duncan tap the horse hooves (this show probably predates Arthur).
I love that song - listened to the Sons of the Pioneers version this morning while working on my Model A.
One of my 2 or 3 favorite western tunes, my favorite musics genre.
Vaughn Monroe and The Sons of the Pioneers w/ Bob Nolan IMO had the best two recording ever of Ghost Riders in the Sky. Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins also had a good recording of it, but neither could hold a candle to Monroe & Nolan.
Sean Hannity playing standup bass @ :30, LOL.
Nice Strat!!!!!
Is that guy playing a teletype machine?
Thanks! Somebody posted a link to Duane Eddy playing it in the 50s the other day. That led me to a great cover by Vaughn Monroe and then by Judy Collins. I’d never read about the song writer Stan Jones, either.
Great song.
Love the Sons of the Pioneers version, but this one is great! Love the vocals in the background.
I parodied it as Ghost Writers in Disguise just after Johnny Cash died in 2003.
Enjoy
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
BFL
I think it’s hard to beat the Vaughn Monroe version....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyDNnQbbkSQ
The man had ‘the voice’!
Wasn’t Ghost Riders a major commercial hit, virtually a “trademark” piece for a popular band in the mid 1940s? The name “Woody something” sticks in what’s left of my memory. Woody Herman??
What a classy and elegant show
I was intrigued by the guitar in the photo - a model I hadn’t seen.
For better or worse, the video clip is b/w and taken from another show. It’s quite a good rendition on a good old Fender Stratocaster, probably through a Fender amp as well with the spooky-sounding tremolo engaged.
It’s amazing how the ear responds to tremolo...as Upper Paleolithic Hunter Gatherers we are genetically attuned to listen to and for voices, human or animal, that may represent food, threats or both. And voices are produced by air passing over vocal cords i.e. vibrations. Although a string vibrating produces this same aural response, the pulsating tremolo effect tends to heighten it - probably because it mimics the effect of wind and weather on the Hunter Gatherer’s ability to discern sounds.
It’s a relatively simple song but as always having top-notch musicians never hurts. The ladies look very inviting despite their haunting vocal parts.