A potrayal of the singing cowboy, from the early days of vaudeville and radio, to the time of movie westerns before WWII, this book provides an analysis of the studio system that made men as Gene Autry famous. This book covers the role that country music and regional TV stations played in carrying on the singing cowboy tradition after WWII.
A singing cowboy himself, Douglas B. Green (better known as Ranger Doug from the Grammy-award-winning group Riders In The Sky) is uniquely suited to write the story of the singing cowboy. He has been collecting information and interviews on western music, films, and performers for nearly thirty years. In this volume, he traces this history from the early days of vaudeville and radio, through the heyday of movie westerns before World War II, to the current revival.
