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Christmas for Cowboys
Wylie's first Christmas CD, released in December
2007
This is not a tired
remake of worn out Christmas music. It's a beautiful
and moving collection with several seldom-heard
titles. Wylie's presentation makes them all sound
new.
We celebrate our greatest blessing, the birth of a Savior,
with these songs. May they be a testament to His everlasting
glory.
−Wylie
1. Go Tell it on the Mountain
2. Christmas for Cowboys
3. In the Bleak Midwinter
4. Behold that Star
5. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
6. Christmas Time's a Coming
7. Silent Night
8. The Gifts They Gave
9. O, Little Town of Bethlehem
10. Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
Musicians:
Dennis Crouch - acoustic bass
Hoot Hester - rhythm guitar, fiddle, mandolin,
harmony vocals &
whistling
John McTigue III - drums
Jeff Taylor - accordion, concertina
Mark Thornton - electric guitar
Wylie Gustafson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Recorded at Sidekick Sound Studios, Madison, Tenn.
Produced by Wylie Galt Gustafson
Engineered by Mark Thornton
Mastered by Larry Marrs, Sidekick Sound Studios
Traditional songs with arrangements by Wylie Gustafson/Two
Medicine Music/BMI. "Christmas for Cowboys"
written by Steve Weisberg, Cherry Lane Music Publishing/ASCAP; "Christmas Time’s a Coming"
written by Tex Logan, Unichappell Music/BMI; "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem"
by
A.L. Phipps, Trio Music Co. Inc, Fort Knox Music/BMI.
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Bucking Horse Moon
"Wylie has made many
contributions to cowboy music, and with this CD he's put another
good one in the barn. There is no doubt Wylie is one of the best
singers no matter the genre. What sets him apart from most of
the herd, is he's a 24-carat cowboy. He lives his songs in real life and I'd be plumb proud to trail with him."
−Eddie Kilroy
Willie's Place Program Director, XM Satellite Radio
1. Whip out a Yodel
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine/BMI)
2. Out West
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine/BMI)
3. 16 Hands
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine/BMI)
4. Bucking Horse Moon
(Tom Russell/Paul.Zarzyski, Frontera Music
& Bucking Horse Moon Music/ASCAP)
5. Rodeo to the Bone
(Paul Zazyski/Wylie Gustafson, Bucking Horse Moon Music/ASCAP; Two Medicine Music/BMI)
6. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
(Frazier/Owens, Unichappell Music Inc., Sony/ATV, Acuff Rose Music/BMI)
7. Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
(Johnny Cash, House of Cash, Inc./BMI)
8. Eltopia Yodel
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine/BMI)
9. Where Horses are Heroes
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine/BMI)
10. Jodell
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine/BMI)
11. Old Bull
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine/BMI)
12. The Carhartt Song
(DW Groethe, Rockin' D Music/BMI)
13. Uber Yodel
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine/BMI)
14. Whispering Hope
(Ian Tyson/Paul Zarzyski, Slick Fork
Music & Bucking Horse Moon Music/ASCAP)
Musicians:
Ray Doyle - harmony vocals, baritone & electric guitar
Billy Linneman - bass
John McTigue - drums
Hoot Hester
- fiddle, mandolin & rhythm guitars
Mike Fried - steel guitars, ukulele
Mark Thronton - gut string, electric
guitar
Larry Perkins - banjo
Jeff Taylor - accordion
Juni Fisher - harmony vocals
Wylie Galt Gustafson - vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitar,
& banjo
Produced by John Carter Cash
Engineered by Chuck Tuner
Second Engineer: Trey Call
Mixed by John
Carter Cash, Chuck Turner & Wylie Gustafson
Mastered by Jim DeMain at Yes Master
Recorded May 17-23, 2006, Cash
Cabin Studios,
Hendersonville, Tenn.
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LIVE! At the Tractor
What a great trip it has been!
We got things started with the first incarnation of Wylie & the Wild West at Ronnie Mack’s Barn Dance at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood back in 1989. It was the same deal back then as it is now−try to win a crowd with good music and make ‘em feel like they’ve got their money’s worth. My idea about playing live music has pretty much been the same since I started playing in high school dance bands in the mid 70's−be an
entertainer. It all started as I watched Chuck Berry on T.V. one night as he duck walked, strutted, kicked and grooved across the stage while never missing a beat. Now that was entertainment! So I picked up my Dad’s beat up old Epiphone and started strumming along to most any record in my family’s record collection. My brother started a rock n’ roll band and was on the lookout for a cheap bass player. I ordered a bass through the mail, and before I could say “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” I was in front of a crowd that wanted to see a show.
I am really proud of the band that makes up the Wild West. They are a hard-working crew that has made the sacrifices of the road time and time again. Over the past 15 years the band has performed on
four continents in thousands of gigs. We’ve never had a hit record, but that hasn’t slowed us down a bit. It’s never been about making perfect music that’s all in tune and slicked up.
It’s more about rockin’, rollin’, swingin’ and yodelin’ while trying to pluck that emotional note that you can’t get anywhere else but in front of a LIVE! audience. We have tried to keep the spirit of our performance at the Tractor Tavern real by not doctoring things up in the mix. Here it is: trail dust, hair, mystery notes and all.
Happy listening!
−Wylie
1. Whoop Up Trail
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
2. Yodeling Cowhand
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
3. Act Naturally
(Russell/Morrison, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/BMI)
4. A Good One
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
5. The Little Red Hen
(Traditional, arrangement by Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
6. When I’m Ridin’ I’m Right
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
7. The Two Things in Life
(Gary McMahan, Yodelin’ Yahoo Music/BMI)
8. Miles and Miles of Texas
(Camfield/Johnson, Universal Songs of Polygram IN/BMI)
9. Swinging on a Star
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
10. Ol Montan
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
11. Forty Miles of Bad Road
(Eddy/Casey, Unichappell Music Inc./BMI)
12. To Her
(Wylie Gustafson/W.Ogilvie, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
13. Branded
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
14. Buffalo Gals
(Traditional, arrangement by Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
15. Yodeling Fool
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
16. The Gather
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
The band:
Ray Doyle - harmony vocals, guitar, baritone guitar,
&
Vox mando-guitar
T. Scot Wilburn - steel guitar, guitar, & fiddle
David Reynolds - drums
Wylie Galt Gustafson- vocals, acoustic guitar
Produced by Wylie Galt Gustafson
Engineered by PJ Newman
Mixed by PJ
Newman & Wylie Gustafson
Special thanks to:
Dan Cowan & the Tractor Tavern crew, PJ Newman, Brian Barnett and Nimble Productions, Victoria Watt Warshaw, John Swift, Kiki and Morgan, Scott O’Malley & Associates, Chris Jenkins Guitars, Mike Conklin Guitars, Tacoma Guitars, Gore Elixir Strings, Tomkins Electric Guitars, and Carhartt.
Photo credits:
Front cover: Jerome Dorsival, Equiblues Festival, St. Agreve, France Back cover: Bob Inouye
Inside band images: Jon Hawley
Recorded live October 8, 2004, at the Tractor Tavern, Seattle, Wash.
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Cowboy Ballads & Dance Songs
1. Old Chisholm Trail
This song is from the earliest years
of the Texas-to-Kansas cattle drives. Only one cowboy singer has
learned all 145 verses, and he was shot before he finished
singing them. Wylie learned the words from his dad and added the
"Wild West" dance beat that his band is known for.
Anonymous/Public Domain/3:11
2. Ten Thousand Cattle
Owen Wister wrote this as "10,000
Cattle Straying" for a 1904 Broadway play based upon his famous Western novel, The Virginian. That book served as a template for all the Western novels that followed. Wister was a Philadelphia lawyer who came West for his health in 1885. Like his Harvard classmate and lifelong friend Theodore Roosevelt, Wister spent most of his time in the East but was an ardent advocate of Western life. Josh Kohn found this fine version of his song for Wylie.
Owen Wister/Public Domain/3:25
3.
Sierry Peaks
Originally entitled Sierry Petes, this grand tale about two inebriated cowboys tying up the
devil and branding, dehorning, and tying knots in his tail, was composed by Arizona cowboy Gail Gardner.
Gail wrote it on the Santa Fe Limited while on his way East to join the Army for World War I. Spread across the West by cowboy singers, it became a favorite. By the 1930s, song-stealing entertainment cowboys and folklorists were arguing about its origins. Gail suggested to one eminent song-collecting folklorist that he didn’t “…know which end of a horse the hay went in, or which end of a cow got up first.” Gail became
postmaster at Prescott, Arizona, and a beloved citizen of that place.
The melody used here is appropriately from
"The Wreck of The Old Ninety-Seven," still another song with origins much disputed by song stealers, lawyers, and folklorists. A more common melody is
"Polly Wolly Doodle," the tune Gail’s friend Billy Simon applied to his poem.
Wylie’s dad, Rib Gustafson, recalls an ancient wind-up gramophone that had been left in a bunkhouse when he was in his teens, working as a wrangler. On that disc was Gail’s great song, and it was the first song that Wylie learned from Rib.
Gail I. Gardner/Public Domain/4:49
4.
Cattle Call
This is another one from Dad. Tex Owens composed it in 1934 and was the first to record it. The melody combines portions of at least three older waltzes,
"The Morning Star Waltz," "The Sparrow Waltz," and "The Reaves Waltz."
This song was recorded live. We caught Wylie rehearsing with just his guitar, and it sounded so good that the gang insisted that he do without help or any secret recording weapons.
Tex Owens/©1943, ©Renewed Forster Music Publisher Inc. (ASCAP/2:58
5. Desert Blues
Wylie got this Blue Yodeler gem from Rodgers' pal Cliff Carlisle, who recorded it in 1930. Rodgers was fascinated by some of the habits and exploits of Chief Buffalo Nickel, but you’ll have to wait for the book. Wylie has not yet started to write to learn about those.
Jimmie Rodgers/Peer International Corp. (BMI)/3:11
6. My Home’s In Montana
In his fine book about cowboy songs,
The Hell-Bond Train (University of Illinois Press), cowboy singer and scholar, Glenn Ohrlin tells that the first verse of this song is from Margaret Larkin’s 1931 book,
The Singing Cowboy. It was re-written and expanded by Boston-based educational publishers, Ginn and Company to create a kids' song once printed in Montana schoolbooks. The melody is much the same as
"The Cowboy’s Lament," an earlier version of
"The Streets of Laredo." Ray Doyle is singing harmony with Wylie.
Public Domain/2:52
7.
Cannonball Yodel
Among the greatest of yodelers was Elton Britt (1912-1972).
He composed this fine song, basing the melody upon the
"Cannonball Blues/Cannonball Rag" cycle of tunes performed by the Muhlenberg County (Kentucky) thumb-picking guitarists (most notably Merle Travis), and the turn-of-the-century murder ballad,
Mister McKinley.
Elton Britt/ Billy Bell/ Lou Shelly/Mickey Stoner/R.F.D. Music Publishing Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/3:22
8. The Strawberry Roan
Surely the funniest and among the most beloved of cowboy composers was Californian Curly Fletcher, who wrote this great tale in 1915. Wylie, of course, got it from his father.
Curly Fletcher/Public Domain/4:04
9.
Good-Bye Old Paint
Texan Jess Morris was a cowboy on the famed XIT Ranch. He learned this song from black cowboy and ex-slave Charley Willis, who worked for his father after the Civil War. Charley went up the trail to Wyoming , probably in 1871, and on that drive learned
"Old Paint." Jess was age 7 when he learned the song from Willis.
Later Jess learned to play the fiddle, and John A. Lomax recorded him for the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in 1942, singing
"Old Paint" and played a droning cross-keyed accompaniment on his fiddle. It was Jess who launched the modern tune and its many variations. His recording is still available on a Library of Congress CD.
The Folklife Center also has a fine correspondence file between Jess Morris and his
then-congressman, Lyndon B. Johnson.
It is fitting that a Texas gal from a Texas cowboy
family is singing with Wylie. That's Cheryl White, a member of The Whites, and her great-great-grandma was one of the founders of the Cowboy’s Christmas Ball.
Charley Willis/Jess Morris/Public Domain/4:04
10. The High-Toned Dance
Like many other cowboy songs, this one was first a poem. It was written by Denver newspaperman James Barton Adams, and published in his 1889 book,
Breezy Western Verse. Somewhere down the trail it acquired a melody, and John A. Lomax included it as
"The Cowboy’s Dance Song," in his 1919 book,
Songs of The Cattle Trail and Cow Camp.
Great cowboy singer Glenn Ohrlin probably helped give it its current form by recording it twice. Wylie heard it first from his
dad, but knows other versions. Wylie and the boys felt that a song about a dance needed a strong dance rhythm and found one for this classic.
James Barton Adams/Public Domain/3.44
11. The Streets of Laredo
This song has origins in the misty past as a British broadside ballad. (Meaning that the words were once sold on a single printed sheet, perhaps on Grub Street in London, for a penny or half penny.) The title then was
"The Unfortunate Rake," about a young soldier dying of syphilis. That song was later reworked into another broadside ballad,
"The Bad Girl’s Lament," about a young lady who made a poor career choice.
Captain Grose thought it “old” in 1785, so it could date to as early as the first European VD pandemic in the 16th century.
Yes, we realize the melody is almost the same as
"My Home’s in Montana." But it is a truly great melody, and Wylie thought it would be good to honor the memory of those who have been shot or made poor career choices.
Anonymous/Public Domain/3:40
12.
The Musket Came Down From the Door
Wylie got this up-tempo song from Sourdough Slim, who learned it from a recording by the Hoosier Hotshots, a music, comedy, and touring band based at Chicago’s National Barn Dance in the 1940s. Written by two of the Hotshots, it celebrates revenge, long a topic of interest to a portion of the citizenry.
Bickley (Bix) Reichner/Moe Jaffe/©1944 Renewed ©Malvern Music Co./Universal-MCA Music Pub. (a division of Universal Studios Inc.) (ASCAP)/2:37
13. Goodnight, Irene
African-American composer Gussie L. Davis (1862-1889) wrote this song for Haverly’s Minstrels in 1886. Davis wrote other songs that entered the folk and traditional song repertoire:
"The Maple on the Hill," "In the Baggage Coach
ahead," and "Footprints in the Snow," among others.
Haverly, or some other minstrel troupe, apparently carried his song to the Texas-Louisiana countryside where it began circulating in oral tradition. It was improved by this process and came to the person who made it famous, Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly), via his uncle, Terrell Ledbetter.
Leadbelly had a bodacious career in crime in Texas, Louisiana, and New York, and was in prison in 1933 when first recorded by John A. and Alan Lomax. But he followed them to New York shortly afterwards, and became a favorite singer on the budding New York folksong circuit. He added verses and made improvements in this, his most successful song, throughout his public career.
That’s Ray and Cheryl in the trio with Wylie. And, of course, Wylie got the song from his
dad.
Huddie Ledbetter/John A. Lomax/TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)/2:50
−Joe Wilson
(With thanks to my song wonk friends Charlie Seemann, Captain Francis Grose, Glenn Ohrlin, Josh Kohn, Kelcey Kalumbula, Gus Meade, Dick Spottswood, and Jake D. James)
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We take heed of where Western music came from ... and do our best to rein it down an un-traveled trail. Enjoy!
−Wylie
1. Hooves of the Horses
(W. Gustafson/William Ogilvie, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
2. I Grab My Saddle Horn and Blow
(Bob Nolan, Unichappel Music/ASCAP)
3. Out Here
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
4. Equus Caballus
(Joel Neslon/W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
5. Leather Lover
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
6. A Good One
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
7. Luther Played the Boogie
(Johnny Cash, House of Cash, Inc./BMI)
8. Marie
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
9. Manalito
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
10. Everyday
(Holly/Petty, Peer Music/BMI)
11. Mmm…Montana
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
12. Saddle Broncs and Sagebrush
(Paul Zarzyski/Wylie Gustafson, Bucking Horse Moon Music
& Two Medicine Music/BMI)
13. Happy Rovin’ Cowboy
(Bob Nolan, Unichappel Music/ASCAP)
14. The Sky above, The Mud below
(Thomas G. Russell, Frontera Music/ASCAP) admin: Bug Music
15. 76 with a Miss
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
16. Rockabye Lullabye
(W. Gustafson, Two Medicine Music/BMI)
Musicians:
Ray Doyle - harmony vocals, guitar,
& baritone guitar
Duane Becker - steel guitar, dobro
Hoot Hester - fiddle, mandolin,
& rhythm guitar
Dennis Crouch - acoustic bass
John McTigue III - drums
Mark Thornton - electric guitar, gut-string guitar
Jimmy Clark - trumpet
Wylie Galt Gustafson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Produced by Wylie Galt Gustafson
Engineered by Mark Thornton
Mixed by Mark Thornton & Wylie Gustafson
Recorded December 2003, Sidekick Sound Studios, Madison, Tenn.
Special thanks to:
The Gustafson and Broeckel families, Victoria Watt Warshaw, Scott O’Malley & Associates, Chris Jenkins Guitars, Mike Conklin Guitars, Crafters of Tennessee Guitars, Tacoma Guitars, Gore Elixir Strings, Tomkins Electric Guitars, and Carhartt.
Back cover photo: Mark MacLeod
Cutting photo taken in BC: Barbara Glazer
Wylie photo with guitar: Bill Watts
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Paradise
"A walkin', talkin', singin', strummin', yodelin' ambassador of all things
Western, Wylie Gustafson never fails to convey both the exhilarating possibilities and trying obstacles of the dusty plains that he calls home. With a voice as warm as a Montana sunset, and a band equally versed in
Western swing, rockabilly, honky-tonk, and classic cowboy balladry,
Wylie & the Wild West are riding high on Paradise. A varied collection of rousing two-steps, lonesome laments, and luscious lullabies, Wylie's fifth album stands as a masterful chronicle of open spaces: from the mountains' inspiring majesty to the longing that a cowboy feels on the long rides away from home. Listening to Paradise
means hopping in the saddle for a ride with one of the giants of contemporary western music. Climb in and hold on!"
−Brad San Martin
Music writer
"Each collection of Wylie's music proves that he just keeps getting better. As it happens, he works in a little more variety, more variations in approach and arrangement. He's not just one of the best two or three yodelers breathing anymore, he's grown as a musician and a writer. As a bonus, the band proves that
Western swing is more than alive and well, it's dang near nuclear powered here."
−Gary Vorhees
Western Horseman Magazine
1. Saddle Bum 2:51
2. Swinging on a Star 2:09
3. Whoop-up Trail 2:26
4. To Her 3:51
5. When I'm Ridin' I'm Right 2:26
6. Without You 3:01
7. Hooked on Honky Tonk 2:25
8. Paradise 1:59
9. Lonely Yukon Stars 2:55
10. The Gal Who Invented Kissin' 2:00
11. Girl from the North Country 3:52
12. Yodel Boogie 2:38 Musicians:
Ray Doyle - electric guitar, baritone guitar, & harmony vocals
Duane Becker - pedal & Dobro guitars
Wylie Gustafson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark Thornton - electric guitar, gut-string guitar
Dennis Crouch - upright bass
John McTigue III - drums
Hoot Hester - rhythm guitar, fiddle, & mandolin
Jeff Taylor - accordion Recorded at Ol' Bunkhouse Studio, Nashville, Tenn.
Produced by Wylie Gustafson
Engineered & Mixed by Mark Thornton
Photography: Jaclyn Larson
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Ridin' the Hi-Line
"Whether you like a song that'll take you ridin' rockin' rollin' down the trail, or for a more gentle ride under a big Montana moon, the yodelin' cowhand has gathered up some mighty fine songs that can be turned loose on anyone who enjoys and appreciates good honest music... these are songs that I'll guarantee will have you yodlein' your blues away!"
−Don Edwards
Western singer
"Every once and a great while, the real deal comes along. Wylie is indeed just that. Whether he's belting out an up-tempo yodel, or singing a heartfelt ballad, his sincerity, talent, and dedication to the art form make him one of the most believable artists in country music. Wylie's recordings and his music overall, underscore that there's a lot more to country music than just what's being heard and played on Top 40 radio."
−Eddie Stubbs
WSM Grand Ole Opry Announcer 1. Yodeling Cowhand 2:39
2. Ridin' the Hi-Line 3:20
3. Doggone Cowboy 2:55
4. Montana Moon 3:53
5. Yodeling My Blues away 3:03
6. Down the Trail 2:36
7. Jitterbug Boogie 2:37
8. Ridn' Rockin' Rollin' 2:19
9. He's a Cowboy 3:08
10. The Gather 3:03
11. The Dusty Cafe 2:00
12. Sage and Sand 2:38
13. Buffalo Gals 2:36
14. Odessa Yodel 1:49
15. Ol' Coyote 2:57 Musicians:
Ray Doyle - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, & harmony vocals
Duane Becker - pedal & lap-steel guitars
Wylie Gustafson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark Thornton - electric guitar, gut-string guitar
Dennis Crouch - upright bass
John McTigue III - drums
Hoot Hester - rhythm guitar, fiddle, mandolin, & whistler on "Down the Trail"
Joni Harms - duet & harmony vocals
Sam Levine - clarinet
Robby Turner - pedal steel
Ranger Doug - duet vocals
Recorded at Ol' Bunkhouse Studio, Nashville, Tenn.
Produced by Wylie Gustafson
Engineered & Mixed by Mark Thornton
Photography: Bill Watts
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Total Yodel!
"If you will allow yourself to
fantasize and daydream about days gone by, put Total Yodel!
in your stereo system and slip into your favorite chair, close your
eyes and let your imagination run wild. Soon you will be relaxing
around the campfire under a sky filled with stars. This CD will let
you escape the 21st century to a more simple time. A time when true
emotion and feelings can be expressed in a song."
−Bob Whittaker
Grand Ole Opry President & General Manager
"Nobody likes good yodelin' but the folks and there's folks everywhere and I don't think there is anyone today that can top Wylie's yodelin' ability. There are several different yodelin' styles and ol' Wylie has got em all down pat. He'll give you some Jimmie Rodgers, Elton Britt, Slim Whitman, Hank Williams, Roy Rogers, and once in a while he'll get high enough to sound a little like Patsy Montana and Rosalie Allen.
Total Yodel! is a collection of classic yodelin' songs and some real dandies that Wylie has written. If you like good singin'...good yodelin'...and good songs
Total Yodel! is one more you need in your collection."
−Larry Scott,
WBAP, Fort Worth, Texas
Yodeling ... something you just don't get to hear much of nowadays. A lost art that deserves to be resurrected and echoed far and loud. It was born somewhere in the Bavarian Alps and somehow ended up on American shores dressed up in the form of a Jimmie Rodgers verse-ending refrain, an Elton Britt stratospheric free-for-all, or a tearful Slim Whitman vocal break. It can be happy, it can be lonesome ... it's always soulful. On a cool autumn day in Nashville, the band and I holed up in a cozy studio and laid down an album's worth of the stuff that good ol' country &
Western music is made of. Hope ya like it!
−Wylie
1. Ol' Montan 2:58
(Wylie Gustafson/BMI)
2. Rose-Marie 3:12
(Friml, Hammerstein, Harbach/ASCAP)
3. When the Cactus is in Bloom 2:43
(J. Rodgers/BMI)
4. Big Sky Lullaby 2:22
(Wylie Gustafson/BMI)
5. Lovesick Blues 2:34
(Friend, Mills/ASCAP)
6. Teardrops in my Heart 2:49
(V. Horton/ASCAP)
7. Blue Yodel No. 1/T for Texas 3:29
(J. Rodgers/BMI)
8. Chime Bells 2:47
(Miller, Britt/ASCAP)
9. Waiting for a Train 2:42
(J. Rodgers/BMI)
10. Cowpoke 3:32
(S. Jones/ASCAP)
11. Yodeling Fool 3:27
(Wylie Gustafson/BMI)
Musicians:
Wylie Gustafson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark Thornton - electric guitar, gut-string guitar
Dennis Crouch - upright bass
John McTigue III - drums
Carco Clave - steel guitar
Renae Truex - fiddle
Recorded at Ol' Bunkhouse Studio, Nashville, Tenn.
Produced by Wylie Gustafson
Engineered & Mixed by Mark Thornton
Photography: Bill Watts
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Way out West
"From out of the
West, with the thunder of hooves, a cloud of dust, and a
stratospheric yodel come Wylie & the Wild West, blending the cowboy sound of the 40s, the rockabilly of the 50s, the California hard-country sound of the 60s, tossing in a little Texas shuffle and coming up with a unique and personal style Wylie calls contemporary traditional, but which is just clearly his own: music from the planet Wylie."
−Ranger Doug Green
Riders in the Sky
1. Hello Heartache 3:32
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
2. Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
(Loesser-Lilley/Paramount Music, ASCAP)
3. Heaven 3:25
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
4. Rain, Rain 2:32
(Jones-Richardson-Miller/Trio Music Co., Inc.-Fort Knox Music, BMI)
5. Sidewalks of L.A. 4:14
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
6. Girl on the Billboard 3:04
(Haines-Mills/Moss Rose, BMI)
7. Give Me a Pinto Pal 2:15
(Miller-Markes, MCAA, Inc., ASCAP)
8. I Remember You 2:58
(Mercer-Schertzinger/Paramount Music, ASCAP)
9. I'm Your Man 2:41
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
10. Heartaches, Tears and Misery 3:36
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
11. Fill it up 2:35
(Morris-McKnight/aTV Music, ASCAP)
12. I Still Get a Thrill 3:14
(M. Marguicci-Wylie/Matoots Publishing Co.-Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
The Band:
Wylie Gustafson - vocals, bass guitar
Mike Fried - steel guitar, Dobro, baritone, electric & acoustic guitars
Ray Doyle - harmony vocals, mando-guitar, electric & acoustic
guitars
Larry Mitchell - drums
Guest Musicians:
Clint Stong - electric guitar on "Give Me a Pinto Pal," "I Still Get a Thrill," "I Remember You,"
and "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle"; acoustic guitar on "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle". Clint uses E-Z Chord.
Floyd Domino - piano on "I Still Get a Thrill," "I Remember You," and
"Jingle, Jangle, Jingle"
Tim Alexander - piano on "I'm Your Man," "Hello Heartache," "Heartaches, Tears
and Misery," and "Sidewalks of L.A."; accordion on "Rain, Rain," and
"Give Me A Pinto Pal"
Produced by Ray Benson for Bismeaux Productions.
Executive Producer: Joan Cohen
Recorded at Bismeaux Studios, Austin, Texas
Engineered by Larry Seyer & Frank Campbell
Assisted by David Gatz, Alan Crider, Brian Davis and Chris Downey.
Mixed by Larry Seyer
Mastered by David Glasser, Airshow, Springfield, Virginia
Photography: Bill Watts
Design: Nancy Given
Notes by Ranger Doug
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Cattle Call: Songs of the Wild West
1. Don't Fence Me In 2:35
(Cole Porter)
2. Cattle Call 4:00
(Tex Owens)
3. Red River Valley 3:01
(Traditional/BMI)
4. The Lilac Bush 2:26
(Traditional/BMI)
5. Room to Roam 3:12
(W. Gustafson/BMI)
6. I'm an Old Cowhand 2:47
(Mercer)
7. Cool Water 3:44
(B. Nolan)
8. Ragtime Cowboy Joe 2:15
(Clark, Muir, Abrahams)
9. Ridin' Down the Canyon 3:38
(Autry/Burnett)
10. Bad Brahma Bull 3:30
(Curley Fletcher)
Musicians:
Wylie Galt Gustafson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Ray Doyle - guitar, harmony vocals
Duane Becker - steel guitars
Mark Thornton - electric guitar, gut-string guitar
Dennis Crouch - upright bass
Jeff Lisenby- accordion
John McTigue III - drums
Recorded at Ol' Bunkhouse Studio, Nashville, Tenn.
Produced by Wylie Gustafson
Engineered & Mixed by Mark Thornton
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Glory Trail: Cowboy and Traditional Gospel Songs
These songs are a collection of words and melodies that have woven their way into my life in a most profound way. The church where my wife and I worship is nestled in the rolling hills of the Palouse in eastern Washington State. There I married my beautiful spouse and sang to her the song "Gracious Reward," which I created for our wedding day. On any given Sunday the din of voices wafts through the rafters of the Country Bible Church and carries outside across the little valley where we make our home. Our small congregation heartily sings the songs that have been sung by generations, songs that are the cornerstone of our little church built by German immigrants who inhabited the Palouse almost a century ago. If you are ever passing through our part of the country on a Sunday morning, you are welcome to come sit with us and sing the old hymns that define our faith.
−Wylie
1. Rounded up in Glory 3:01
(Traditional)
2. The Place Where I Worship 3:57
(Foster, Goodhart, Tarr, Spicer)
3. Just a Closer Walk with Thee 2:33
(Traditional)
4. The River of Jordan 2:39
(Hazel Hauser)
5. Because He Lives 4:35
(W. & G. Gaither)
6. Branded 3:08
(W. Gustafson)
7. Gracious Reward 2:58
(W. Gustafson)
8. How Great Thou Art 4:21
(Traditional)
9. Power in the Blood 2:43
(Traditional)
10. Farther along 4:03
(Traditional)
11. The Old Rugged Cross 2:59
(Traditional)
12. This Train3:26
(Traditional)
13. I Love to Tell the Story 2:18
(Traditional)
14. The Grand Round up 3:41
(Traditional)
Musicians:
Wylie Galt Gustafson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Ray Doyle - guitar, harmony vocals
Hoot Hester - fiddle, guitar, mandolin, & harmony vocals
Mark Thornton - electric guitar, gut-string guitar
Dennis Crouch - upright bass
Jeff Taylor- accordion
John McTigue III - drums Recorded at Ol' Bunkhouse Studio, Nashville, Tenn
Produced by Wylie Gustafson
Engineered & Mixed by Mark Thornton
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Get Wild
Wylie & The Wild West Show's second
release
Recorded at Merle Haggard's studio near Redding, California. Includes "Hey Maria," "Cattle Call," "Ugly Girl Blues" (duet with Merle) and many more. This is a critically acclaimed Wylie & The Wild West Show classic.
1. Hey Maria 3:11
(Wylie/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
2. Ugly Girl Blues 1:49
(Wylie/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
3. Devil Woman 3:02
(Marty Robbins/Mariposa Music, BMI)
4. I'm Gonna be a Cowboy 2:14
(Marty Robbins/Mariposa Music, BMI)
5. Room to Roam. 3:35
(Wylie/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
6. Honky Tonk Girls 2:41
(Kostas, Songs of Polygram Int., Inc., Seven Angles Music, BMI)
7. Too Late 4:39
(Wylie, Raul Malo/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music-Sony Tree Music, BMI)
8. Honeydew 2:18
(Wylie/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music-High Seas Music, BMI)
9. Cattle Call 3:31
(Tex Owens, Forster Music Pub., Inc., ASCAP)
10. Shakin' the Blues 3:10
(Wylie Gustafson, Bret Graham/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
11. Give It up 3:32
(Wylie, Erik Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
12. Jesus Loves Me 3:23
(Wylie Gustafson, Tracy Huffman/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music-Lanky Bones Music, BMI)
13. Half-Hearted Love 3:00
(Ray Doyle/Doyle Well Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
14. How Do Ya Feel? 3:32
(Wylie & The Wild West Show/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
The Band:
Wylie Gustafson - vocals, bass guitar
Mike Fried - steel guitar, Dobro, baritone, electric & acoustic guitars
Ray Doyle - harmony vocals, mando-guitar, electric & acoustic
guitars
Kenny Griffin - drums
Guest Musicians:
Clint Stong - electric guitar
Will Ray - electric guitar
Abe Manuel - fiddle, accordion
Produced by Wylie Gustafson
Executive Producer: Joan Cohen
Recorded at Tally Studios, Palo Cedro, California
Engineered & Mixed by Lou Bradley
Assisted by Mike Fried
Mastered by Steve Hall, Future Disc Systems, Hollywood, California
Photography: Ed Colver
Design: Lisa Sutton
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Wylie & The Wild West Show
Wylie & The Wild West Show's debut
release
"Wylie & The Wild West Show" is akin to a four-star, art-house film: you know it won't get mainstream attention but that's just as well, those that do partake will appreciate it even more. There's not a bad cut here: the slow shuffle, "This Time" and the rousing "Wild Hair Boogie," an instrumental that Junior Brown would kill for, deserve special attention. Just pop this CD in, grab a partner and stir up some saw dust.
−Mario Tarradell
Music Hound Country
1. Black Boots
and Blue Jeans 3:12
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
2. This Time 3:10
(Erik Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
3. Yodeling Fool 3:25
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
4. Talkin' about My Baby. 3:30
(Wylie Gustafson, Carlos Rodriguez/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
5. Wishful Thinking 4:05
(Will Ray/Ghost Ranch Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
6. Bye, Bye Love 3:22
(Felice & Boudleaux Bryant/House of Bryant, BMI)
7. Doctor My Heart 2:37
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
8. Two Cups of Coffee 3:34
(Wylie Gustafson, Carlos Rodriguez/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
9. Since I Found You 2:30
(Wylie Gustafson/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
10. Back to Memphis 3:48
(Wylie Gustafson, Will Ray/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music-Ghost Ranch Music, BMI)
11. All Hat, No Cattle 3:21
(Wylie Gustafson, Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music, BMI)
12. Wild Hair Boogie 1:53
(Wylie Gustafson, Will Ray/Two Medicine Music-Triangle Bar Music-Ghost Ranch Music, BMI)
The Band:
Wylie - vocals, bass guitar
Will Ray - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, & mandolin
Carlos Rodriguez-Bello - acoustic guitar
Marty Rifkin - pedal-steel guitar
Ray Doyle - electric guitar
Alan Brown & Kenny Griffin - drums
Guest Musician:
Barbara Lamb - fiddle
Produced by Will Ray
Executive Producer: Joan Cohen
Recorded at Juniper Studios and Rambo Studios, Burbank, California and
Boulevard Sound, Hollywood, California
Engineered & Mixed by Will Ray and Jim Emrich
"Bye, Bye Love" and "Doctor My Heart" Engineered and Mixed by Will
Ray and Steven Sharp
Mastered by Steve Hall, Future Disc Systems, Hollywood, California
Photography: Karen Miller, Steven Sullivan and Kelley Fisher
Design: Melba Toast
Illustration & Graphics: Lynda Modaff
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