The Cowboy Way (album)

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The Cowboy Way
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Live album by
Riders in the Sky
Released1987
Genre Western
Length38:14
Label MCA
Producer Emory Gordy Jr.
Riders in the Sky chronology
Best of the West
(1987)		The Cowboy Way
(1987)		 Riders Radio Theater
(1988)
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The Cowboy Way is a live recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1987 (see 1987 in music). It is available as a single CD. This is the second live album recorded by Riders in the Sky.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Texas Plains" (Stuart Hamblen) – 2:25
  2. "Back in the Saddle Again" (Gene Autry, Ray Whitley) – 1:59
  3. "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones) – 3:06
  4. "Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie" (Carson J. Robison) – 2:41
  5. "Mr. Sincere (State Fair Burnout)" (Douglas B. Green, Fred LaBour, Paul Chrisman) – 1:21
  6. "Concerto for Violin and Longhorns" (Chrisman) – 2:31
  7. "Lonely Yukon Stars" (Green) – 3:01
  8. "The Salting of the Slug" (LaBour) – 4:30
  9. "When Payday Rolls Around" (Bob Nolan) – 1:38
  10. "My Oklahoma" (Terrye Newkirk) – 2:42
  11. "Reincarnation" (Wallace McRae) – 3:06
  12. "Miss Molly" (Cindy Walker) – 2:44
  13. "Ridin' Down the Canyon (When the Desert Sun Goes Down)" (Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette) – 2:55
  14. "That's How the Yodel Was Born" (Green) – 2:09
  15. "Happy Trails" (Dale Evans) – 1:26

Personnel

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