Silver Jubilee is a compilation recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 2003.
Western music is a form of country and hillbilly music composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada. Western music celebrates the life of the cowboy on the open ranges, Rocky Mountains, and prairies of Western North America. Directly related musically to old English, Irish, Scottish, and folk ballads, also the Mexican folk music of Northern Mexico and Southwestern United States influenced the development of this genre, particularly corrido, ranchera, New Mexico and Tejano. Western music shares similar roots with Appalachian music, which developed around the same time throughout Appalachia and the Appalachian Mountains. The music industry of the mid-20th century grouped the two genres together under the banner of country and western music, later amalgamated into the modern name, country music.
Riders in the Sky is an American Western music and comedy group which began performing in 1977. Their style also appeals to children, and they are sometimes considered a children's band. They have won two Grammy Awards and have written and performed music for major motion pictures, including "Woody's Roundup" from Toy Story 2 and Pixar's short film, For the Birds.
Riders in the Sky brought their 25th anniversary year to a grand finale with Silver Jubilee, a 2-CD set of new recordings of their best-loved songs — along with a bonus live mini-concert.
Longtime favorites "Compadres In The Old Sierra Madres," "Here Comes The Santa Fe," "The Biscuit Blues" and "That's How The Yodel Was Born" are among the standouts on Silver Jubilee. Often requested tunes including "The Line Rider," "Sidekick Heaven," and "La Malaguena" are included, as well as a medley from their Riders Radio Theater program. Silver Jubilee also contains a 24-page booklet complete with extensive notes, archival photos and a special Riders timeline.
Joey Miskulin (a.k.a. Joey The Cowpolka King) – vocals, accordion
Douglas B. Green, better known by his stage name Ranger Doug, is an American musician, arranger, award-winning Western music songwriter, and Grand Ole Opry member best known for his work with Western music and the group Riders in the Sky in which he plays guitar and sings lead and baritone vocals. He is also an exceptionally accomplished yodeler. With the Riders, he is billed as "Ranger Doug — The Idol of American Youth" and "Governor of the Great State of Rhythm".
Frederick "Fred" LaBour, better known by his stage name Too Slim, is a Grammy award-winning American musician, best known for his work with the Western swing musical and comedy group Riders in the Sky.
Joseph M. Miskulin is a hall of fame accordionist and producer. In a music career spanning more than four decades, Joey Miskulin has collaborated with a range of artists including Paul McCartney, John Denver, Ricky Skaggs, Andy Williams, Ricky Van Shelton, Emmylou Harris, Frankie Yankovic, and many others. He is a performer, studio musician, producer and pedagogue.
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