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Usually ships in 1 business days | | Only 2 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | 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. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Doublas B. Green | | Paperback: | 384 pages | | Publisher: | Country Music Foundation Press | | Publication Date: | October 17, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0826515061 | | Package Length: | 9.9 inches | | Package Width: | 7.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 6 reviews |
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 not bad Aug 05, 2008
not a bad read at all but printing could be larger for those of us that have vision problems
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Wonderful! Nov 04, 2004
This is a most informative book...with enough information to keep the truly serious Western Music researcher happy, while not "drowning" the average leisure reader with "monotonous" facts.
Douglass B. Green (aka: Ranger Doug, "idol of American youth") is a very important figure in the preservation of Western Music History. His book is strong enough to be used as a college text, yet engrossing enough to keep most reading to the very end.
This is a most enjoyable book.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
An engaging and impressively informative presentation Jun 19, 2003
Singing In The Saddle: The History Of The Singing Cowboy by music historian and performer Douglas B. Green is an engaging and impressively informative presentation of the history of western music, films, and performers of America, both before and after World War II. Black-and-white photographs enhance this avidly detailed and lovingly written survey of an aspect of American Popular culture. Douglas B. Green ("Ranger Doug" from the Grammy Award-wining group Riders in the Sky) is to be commended for his expertise, his ability to write for the non-specialist general reader, and his ability to acquire anecdotal stories and recollections by some of the most experienced and influential members of the "singing cowboy" community.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 slightly disappointed Mar 25, 2003
"Singing in the Saddle" is a very nice book with a slightly different angle to to it's counterparts. There is information in this book that I have not found in other books about the singing cowboys. All in all the book is very well worth it's money for what it offers. What I do find disappointing however is the fact that the book does not quite live up to it's title.For example the book covers a lot of information about artistes who had nothing to do with 'singing in a saddle', such as radio and stage singers only, a good many of whom either died a long time ago and/or I have never heard of.Personally, I would have liked the book to have covered only the movie singing cowboys, not enough was said about some of them, apart of course from Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter. As a book that deals with the history of country and western music and the performers of such, then you are getting good value for money.
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Essential Singing Cowboy text Dec 06, 2002
Green's Singing in the Saddle provides an articulate wide-ranging history of the Singing Cowboy from its origins in western folk culture to the triumph of the B Westerns. He draws strong portraits of both primary stars and lesser known actors who contributed to the genre. An excellent introduction and a must for country music collections.
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