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Western Music (Cowboy Music)What you're listening to is western music. Cowboy music. We all heard it every Saturday afternoon at the movies! What, you think Gene Autry isn't authentic? What's the matter with you? You think "authentic" is sitting by a campfire on the prairie? With just a guitar? What about that big string bass that every western band ought have? Pack that in the chuck wagon? I don't think so. [My sweetie has suggested that Cookie would pack it in there, and then use for firewood when he ran out of buffalo chips!!] Tombstone has a Western Music Festival right after Helldorado (early November) I was here and watched with interest. They had: + No steel guitars + No accordions What's the matter with them??? (Oh no!! I think they're Acoustic Nazis)
Seriously... The player below has two versions of Gene Autry's Back in the Saddle. The first version illustrates the Steel Guitar they were using back in 1941 when my folks would holler "Rickey -- come on in -- Gene is on." (the radio).The second version (hit the forward symbol to play it) illustrates the strong "chunk-chunk" rhythm you can get with an accordion. Most of the western bands of the "western movie days" used an accordion this way. Some more. Here's a radio show, straight from Melody Ranch!! More accordion!! More (electric) Steel Guitar!!! My son Tim plays accordion, and I played him a bunch of Gene Autry tunes to get him hooked up with the style. Then, in Oklahoma, we used to go to Circle Jams and he would play that rhythm. Everybody -- players & listeners -- just LIT UP with identification!!! (Just like the old Saturday Matinee, eh?) Later, when I went to play a jam by myself, everyone would say "WHERE'S TIM??" Me and western music I've always been a fan and tried to play what I hear. Here's a list of my musical heroes.
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