"GIT ALONG, LITTLE DOGIE ..."
"LET'S FORM A POSSE ..."
"CUT 'EM OFF AT THE PASS ..."
"GUNFIGHT AT O-K CORRAL ..."
"HIGH NOON"
"THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER"
"CAT BALLOU"
"BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID"
Where have all the WESTERNS Gone?
A long time Passing ...
'As the Sun slowly sets in the Western Sky ..."
Need I say more?
OATERS
© - Tom Hyland - 02-15-09
RE: Ted Glines - The Devil
TED - RIGHT ON, PARDNER!
Even as a life-time DAMN YANKEE, I can appreciate this tune, with its duality of overtones and undertones. And, like those TWINS done said - you did them PROUD!
As I read your words, I could easily see the faces of Billy Crystal and Jack Palance in the movie "City Slickers." The honest ignorance of Yankees to the old Wiles and Ways of the South and Southwest became very poignant.
Then, I saw "Those Mighty Herds of Red-Eyed Cows Ridin' in the Sky" - Yippee I Yay - Yippee I O ... Ghost Riders in The Sky!"
Then, my mind wandered back to The Riders of The Purple Sage, and their - "Cool Clear Water" - At night I tred the barren waste, without a taste of water ..."
Next, came the haunting melody of "Tumbling Tumbleweed" -
Gene Autry, Champion, and Pat Buttram - Roy Rogers (Leonard Sly) and Trigger, Dale Evans, and Daisey, and Buttercup, and Bullet, and George "GABBY" Hayes -
Tom Mix and Tony, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) - Lash Larue - Hoot Gibson - Whip Wilson - THE CISCO KID AND PANCHO - The Lone Ranger and Tonto - Hi-Yo SILVER and Get 'um up SCOUT - Those Thrilling Days of Yester-Year !!!
SEE - my Friend, even little tyke, Damned Yankees, in big Eastern Cities went to the movies, and LOVED WESTERNS - OATERS, as some called them - HEROES in White Hats - VILLAINS in Black Hats -
Whip-Snortin' - Gun-Totin' - Leather-Slappin' - Shoot-em-Ups! And, let's not forget the amazing ACCURACY of those long-gone HEROES - shootin' the pistolas out of the VILLAINS hands, with NO BLOOD on the screen! WOW!
Les Paul and Mary Ford's - "In My Adobe Hacienda ..."
"HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU - 'TIL WE MEET AGAIN ..."
ADELANTE, MUCHACHOS! VIA CON DIOS!
Me Llamo, Tomas - El Gato!
© - TKH
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