The Western Album
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The Western Album is an album by American
singer-songwriter Don McLean
, released in 2003.
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singer-songwriter Don McLean
Don McLean
Donald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...
, released in 2003.
Track listing
- "Timber Trail" (Tim Spencer) – 3:01
- "Ridin' Down the Canyon" (Gene AutryGene AutryOrvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
, S. Burnett) – 2:13 - "Pal O' Mine" (Bob NolanBob NolanBob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...
) – 2:18 - "I Ride an Old Paint" (Public Domain) – 2:53
- "I've Got Spurs (That Jingle)" (Lilley, Frank LoesserFrank LoesserFrank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for...
) – 2:47 - "The Trail to Mexico" (Public Domain) – 4:03
- "Blue Prairie" (Nolan, Tim Spencer) – 2:59
- "The Wild West Is Where I Wanna Be" (T. Lehrer) – 4:21
- "Tulsa Time/Deep in the Heart of Texas" (Public Domain, M. Walkins) – 4:10
- "Lyndon Has a Bear Hug on Dallas" (Don McLean) – 3:26
- "(Take Me Back to My) Boots and Saddles" (Powell, Samuels, Whitcup) – 3:38
- "Song of the Bandit" (Bob NolanBob NolanBob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...
) – 3:03 - "Philidalphea Lawyer" (Woody GuthrieWoody GuthrieWoodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
) – 3:36 - "I'm an Old Cowhand" (Johnny MercerJohnny MercerJohn Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
) – 2:02 - "Sioux Indians" (Public Domain) – 3:53
- "My Saddle Pal and I" (Rogers) – 1:40