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, a 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. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	09/12/2008
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127164285
Rank:	251635

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

Technical Credits

Christian Zwarg   Mastering
Raymond Hall   Composer
Walter W. Fuchs   Reissue Producer
Bobby Gregory   Composer
Steve Sholes   Producer
Richard Weize   Discography
Marty Robbins   Composer
Bob Wills   Composer
Chet Atkins   Producer
Jack Rollins   Composer
Felton Jarvis   Producer
Gene Austin   Composer
Denver Darling   Composer
Vaughn Horton   Composer
Stuart Hamblen   Composer
Dave Samuelson   Liner Notes
Herb Newman   Composer
Elsie McWilliams   Composer
Tim Spencer   Composer
Clarence E. Snow   Leader,Composer
Harry McAuliffe   Composer
Don McKinnon   Composer
Erich Huelsenbeck   Photo Scanning
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
R.A. Andreas   Photography