Another entry in Jasmine's excellent series of vintage radio transcriptions, Cowboy Country collects 24 performances of Western material by Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter, Sons of the Pioneers, and others. One of the many highlights is the inclusion of five songs by the seldom-heard Cass County Boys, the Western vocal combo that accompanied Gene Autry on stage and screen. Carolina Cotton appears on the stunning "Yodel Mountain Song," one of two great yodeling showcases on this disc (the other being Rex Allen's ...
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Another entry in Jasmine's excellent series of vintage radio transcriptions, Cowboy Country collects 24 performances of Western material by Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter, Sons of the Pioneers, and others. One of the many highlights is the inclusion of five songs by the seldom-heard Cass County Boys, the Western vocal combo that accompanied Gene Autry on stage and screen. Carolina Cotton appears on the stunning "Yodel Mountain Song," one of two great yodeling showcases on this disc (the other being Rex Allen's "Yodelin' Crazy"). The sound quality is rough in spots, but Cowboy Country is full of rare recordings that any Western music enthusiast will want to hear. ~ Greg Adams, Rovi
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