It's the Cowboy Way: The Amazing True Adventures of Riders in the Sky

Cusic, Don

ISBN 10: 0813122848 / ISBN 13: 9780813122847

Published by Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kentucky, 2003

About this Item

6.5 X 9.25 inches. 306 pages. Two tone cloth hardcover. Unmarked, as new. DJ near fine. . Distinctively signed by all four singers in felt tip pen on the end page next to their photos. First edition with full number line. [housed in shelf F-up].

Seller Inventory # 1004136

Bibliographic Details

• Title: It's the Cowboy Way: The Amazing True Adventures of Riders in the Sky
• Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813122848
• ISBN 13: 9780813122847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

Something happened when Ranger Doug, Too Slim, Woody Paul, and later Joey "The Cowpolka King" took the stage in the white cowboy hats and dazzling western regalia. Riders In The Sky revived the old Western songs that had been so popular in their childhood by following in the bootsteps of songwriting legends such as Gene Autry and Bob Nolan of The Sons of the Pioneers. At a time when the "outlaw" movement saw artists such as Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson topping country charts with gritty songs about drinking and depression, Riders In The Sky hit just the right chord with maturing baby boomers.
It's the Cowboy Way! is the story of the Riders' journey from obscurity to - well - less obscurity. It's a behind-the-scenes glimpse at a group of serious musicians with not-so-serious outlooks on life, four men who set out not just to revive a lost musical tradition but to nurture America's love of good-hearted, heroic cowboys.

About the Author

Don Cusic is a professor of music business at Belmont University.