When I Was a Cowboy, Vol. 2

by WHEN I WAS A COWBOY 2 / VARIOUS

Overview

Yazoo Records' second cowboy compilation has some of the same artists and a few others, like the Crockett Family ("Buffalo Gals Medley"), Paul Hamblin ("The Strawberry Roan"), Buell Kazee, and McGinty's Oklahoma Cowboy Band ("Cowboy's Dream"). The material is equally strong, and much of it, including Harry McClintock's "Jesse James," is absolutely priceless. As with the first volume, there's no biographical material on any of the artists, but the music speaks well for itself -- Jules Allen's "The Girl I Left Behind Me" seems pretty much the basis for every version that has followed since, Rowdy Wright's "I'm A Wandering Bronco Rider" and "I'm A Jolly Cowboy" both have delightfully raw energy, and the Delmore Brothers' exquisitely harmonized "The Fugitive's Lament" is the thematic precursor to every record the Everly Brothers ever cut, especially "Take A Message To Mary." The real find, however, may be Buell Kazee's soaring banjo-driven "The Cowboy Trail," sung in a haunting nasal twang, which is one of the most honest and dramatic pieces among the 23 songs here. The sound is generally excellent, apart from distortion in the opening bars of "The Burial of Wild Bill" by Frank Jenkins & His Pilot Mountaineers, and some unavoidable surface noise evident on Dick Devall's otherwise gorgeous acapella "Tom Sherman's Barroom." ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/1996
Label:	Yazoo
UPC:	0016351202321

Tracks

1. Cowboy's Home Sweet Home  - Jimmie Davis
2. Jesse James  - Harry McClintock
3. Get Along Little Dogies  -  Cartwright Brothers  -  Traditional
4. The Night Guard  - Jack Webb
5. Back to My Wyoming Home  -  Gerald & Dixon
6. The Cowboy  - Carl T. Sprague
7. The Gal I Left Behind Me  - Jules Allen
8. The Strawberry Roan  - Paul Hamblin
9. I'm a Wandering Bronco Rider  - Rowdy Wright
10. The Dying Ranger  -  Cartwright Brothers  -  Traditional
11. The Fugitive's Lament  -  Delmore Brothers  - Alton Delmore  - Rabon Delmore
12. Buffalo Galls Medley  -  Crockett Family
13. Billy Venero, Pt. 1  - Billie Maxwell
14. Billy Venero, Pt. 2  - Billie Maxwell
15. I'm a Lone Star Cowboy  - J.D. Farley
16. The Cowboy Trail  - Buell Kazee
17. My Love Is a Cowboy  -  Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee
18. Snow Covered Face  - Lois Dexter  -  Pat Patterson & Lois Dexter
19. The Burial of Wild Bill  -  Jenkins
20. Tom Sherman's Barroom  - Dick Devall
21. I'm a Jolly Cowboy  - Rowdy Wright
22. Home on the Range  - Brewster M. Higley  - Dan Kelly  - Ken Maynard  -  Traditional
23. Cowboy's Dream  -  McGinty's Oklahoma Cowboy Band

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Crockett Family   Primary Artist
Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee   Primary Artist
Pat Patterson & Lois Dexter   Primary Artist
Frank Jenkins & His Pilot Mountaineers   Primary Artist
McGinty's Oklahoma Cowboy Band   Primary Artist
Billie Maxwell   Primary Artist
Gerald & Dixon   Primary Artist
Buell Kazee   Primary Artist
Lois Dexter   Primary Artist
Powder River Jack   Primary Artist
Jules Allen   Primary Artist
Jack Webb   Primary Artist
Rowdy Wright   Primary Artist
Jimmie Davis   Primary Artist
Ken Maynard   Primary Artist
Paul Hamblin   Primary Artist
Cartwright Brothers   Primary Artist
Carl T. Sprague   Primary Artist
Dick Devall   Primary Artist
Patt Patterson   Primary Artist
Kitty Lee   Primary Artist
Harry McClintock   Primary Artist
J.D. Farley   Primary Artist
The Delmore Brothers   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Richard Nevins   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Jesse James   Composer
Brewster M. Higley   Composer
Dan Kelly   Composer
Harry McClintock   Performer
Buell Kazee   Performer
Jimmie Davis   Performer
Paul Hamblin   Performer
Rowdy Wright   Performer
Rabon Delmore   Composer
Jules Allen   Performer
The Delmore Brothers   Performer
Jack Webb   Performer
Dick Devall   Performer
Alton Delmore   Composer
Carl T. Sprague   Performer
Cartwright Brothers   Performer
Traditional   Composer
Ken Maynard   Performer