Under Western Skies

by Hank Snow

Overview

The Godfather of Country Music in Canada, Hank Snow was known early in his career as "the Yodeling Ranger," and he specialized in not only yodels, à la Jimmie Rodgers, but in songs about traveling, including his self-penned signature song "I'm Movin' On," and like Rodgers, he loved trains and train songs, as well as songs about cowboys and the West, which this fun Bear Family set collects here, making for a kind of Snow-led and sung tour of Texas towns and other iconic and familiar place names of the American West, including tracks recorded from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/12/2008
Label:	Bear Family Germany
UPC:	4000127164285
catalogNumber:	2716428
Rank:	139262

Tracks

1. The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe
2. The Man Behind the Gun
3. (Town Of) Laredo
4. The Queen of Draw Poker Town
5. El Paso
6. 'Cross the Brazos at Waco
7. Patanio, The Pride of the Plains
8. Cowhand's Last Ride
9. Ridin' Home
10. Heart Break Trail
11. Cool Water
12. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
13. Texas Plains
14. Chant of the Wanderer
15. On the Rhythm Range
16. Following the Sun All Day
17. The Wayward Wind
18. Patanio, The Pride of the Plains
19. Prisoned Cowboy
20. The Texas Cowboy
21. Riding Along, Singing a Song
22. Blue Ranger
23. My Sweet Texas Bluebonnet Queen
24. Out on the Open Range
25. Yodeling Ranger
26. Yodeling Cowboy
27. San Antonio Rose
28. I'm Coming Home/Song of the Saddle
29. That Pioneer Mother of Mine
30. Texas Plains
31. Chant of the Wanderer
32. Chant Of The Wanderer

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Hank Snow   Primary Artist
Chet Atkins   Guitar
Hank Garland   Guitar
Buddy Spicher   Fiddle
Jordanaires   Choir, Chorus
Anita Kerr   Choir, Chorus
Grady Martin   Guitar
Anita Carter   Choir, Chorus
Martin Katahn   Viola
Mother Maybelle Carter   Choir, Chorus
Anita Kerr Singers   Choir, Chorus
Brenton Banks   Violin
Harold Bradley   Guitar
June Carter Cash   Choir, Chorus
Ray Edenton   Rhythm Guitar
Solie Fott   Violin
Ralph Gallant   Drums
Melvin Gentry   Steel Guitar
Charles Randolph Grean   Bass
Buddy Harman   Drums
Hoyt Hawkins   Choir, Chorus
Lillian Hunt   Violin
Millie Kirkham   Choir, Chorus
Ernest Ernie Newton   Bass
Louis Dean Nunley   Choir, Chorus
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Piano
Jerry Shook   Rhythm Guitar
Robert Chubby Wise   Fiddle
Joe Zinkan   Bass
Dorothy Ann Dillard   Choir, Chorus
Howard Carpenter   Violin
Farris Coursey   Drums
Hugh Gordon Stoker   Choir, Chorus
Henry Newton "Tommy" Vaden   Fiddle
Helen Carter   Choir, Chorus
Jerry Reed Hubbard   Guitar
Ray C. Walker   Choir, Chorus
Joseph Hale III Talbot   Acoustic Guitar,Steel Guitar
Jerry G. Kennedy   Guitar
William Guilford Wright   Choir, Chorus
Clarence E. Snow   Guitar,Leader,Vocals
Marvin H. Hughes   Organ,Piano,Vibes
Chernet   Guitar
Neal Matthews   Choir, Chorus
Harvey Wolfe   Cello
Joseph W. Tanner   Guitar
William Paul Ackerman   Drums
Eugene "Johnny" Beaudoin   Steel Guitar
Teddy Miller   Bass
Richard Farrell Morris   Marimbas

Technical Credits

Chet Atkins   Producer
Marty Robbins   Composer
Denver Darling   Composer
Stuart Hamblen   Composer
Gene Austin   Composer
Felton Jarvis   Producer
Herb Newman   Composer
Steve Sholes   Producer
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys   Composer
Vaughn Horton   Composer
Tim Spencer   Composer
Clarence E. Snow   Composer
Dave Samuelson   Liner Notes
Elsie McWilliams   Composer
Harry McAuliffe   Composer
Don McKinnon   Composer
Jack Rollins   Composer
Raymond Hall   Composer
Erich Hülsenbeck   Photo Scanning
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Walter W. Fuchs   Reissue Producer
Bobby Gregory   Composer