VA — Boots, Buckles & Spurs — 50 Songs Celebrate 50 Years of Cowboy Tradition (2008)

In celebration of the upcoming 50th anniversary National Finals Rodeo (NFR), which will take place (and be telecast on ESPN2 and ESPN Classic) from December 4-13th, BOOTS, BUCKLES & SPURS will gather 50 favorites from the cowboy rodeo songbook — from Gene Autry\’s \»Back In The Saddle Again\» (1939) to Brooks & Dunn\’s \»Cowboy Town\» (2007, the official theme song of the 50th anniversary NFR). The deluxe 3-CD box set will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting November 18th through SONY BMG Nashville/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

[02:35] 01. Gene Autry — Back In The Saddle Again (78rpm Version)

[03:06] 02. The Prairie Ramblers — I Want to Be a Cowboy\’s Sweetheart (78rpm Version)

[02:56] 03. The Skytoppers — Patent Leather Boots

[02:52] 04. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys — Dusty Skies

[02:39] 05. Sons Of The Pioneers — Tumbling Tumbleweeds

[03:02] 06. Eddy Arnold — The Cattle Call

[02:34] 07. The Sons Of The Pioneers — Stampede

[02:24] 08. Johnny Cash — Rodeo Hand (Album Version)

[03:24] 09. Marty Robbins — The Strawberry Roan

[01:59] 10. Lynn Anderson — Ride, Ride, Ride

[03:34] 11. David Allan Coe — Ride \’Em Cowboy

[04:47] 12. Michael Martin Murphey — Wildfire

[03:13] 13. Waylon Jennings — Let\’s All Help The Cowboys (Sing The Blues)

[02:48] 14. Guy Clark — Rita Ballou

[02:55] 15. Moe Bandy — Bandy The Rodeo Clown

[02:32] 16. Willie Nelson — Mammas, Don\’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

[03:07] 18. Johnny Cash — Bull Rider

[03:40] 01. Billy Joe Shaver — (We Are) The Cowboys

[03:03] 02. Willie Nelson — My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

[02:43] 03. Red Steagall — I Was Born To Be A Cowboy

[03:04] 05. James Galway — The Wayward Wind

[03:37] 06. Vince Gill — Oklahoma Borderline

[05:47] 07. The Outlaws — (Ghost) Riders In the Sky (Digitally Remastered, 1996)

[03:52] 08. Foster And Lloyd — Texas In 1880

[03:13] 09. Kris Kristofferson — Silver Stallion

[04:25] 10. The Charlie Daniels Band — Caballo Diablo (Album Version)

[03:30] 11. Chris LeDoux — Hooked On An 8 Second Ride

[02:00] 12. Clint Black — Hold On Partner

[03:37] 13. Tanya Tucker — Rainbow Rider

[04:28] 14. Don Edwards — Coyotes

[03:56] 15. Suzy Bogguss — Someday Soon

[03:13] 01. Merle Haggard — All American Cowboy

[03:54] 02. Rodney Crowell — Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

[03:46] 03. Trent Willmon — Ropin\’ Pen (Album Version)

[03:03] 04. Don Walser — Cowpoke

[03:37] 05. Doug Supernaw — Mesquite Cowboy Mind

[02:18] 07. Riders In The Sky — Farr Away Stomp

[04:13] 08. George Strait — I Can Still Make Cheyenne

[03:57] 09. Lonestar — When Cowboys Didn\’t Dance (Album Version)

[02:19] 10. Robert Earl Keen — That Buckin\’ Song

[04:10] 11. DERYL DODD — One Ride In Vegas

[04:14] 12. The Charlie Daniels Band — Bull Ridin\’ Son Of A Gun (Album Version)

[05:12] 13. Montgomery Gentry — Wanted Dead Or Alive (Album Version)

[03:33] 14. Craig Morgan — Cowboy And Clown

[05:07] 15. Trent Willmon — Good Horses To Ride (Album Version)

[03:18] 16. Brooks & Dunn — Cowboy Town

[03:46] 17. Michael Martin Murphey — Born To Buck Bad Luck