Cowboy Songs for Harmonica

Glenn Weiser: Canciones de vaqueros para armónica.

Foreword by Ranger Doug Green.

The harmonica is indelibly associated with the popular image of the cowboy, playing his plaintive, warbling melodies to wile away the evening hours and calm the cattle, as music was known to do, after the herd has stopped for the night. With few options for entertainment along the trail other than poetry, dancing and music, it's no wonder that hundreds of songs emerged from the Old West telling of the cowpuncher's life, the exploits of famous outlaws, and other aspects of frontier existence. In this book, you'll find 27 of these traditional ballads arranged for the 10-hole diatonic harmonica. All songs include music notation, harmonica tablature, guitar chords, lyrics and online audio files with acoustic guitar backing tracks.

CONTENIDO:

Foreword
Acknokledgements
Introduction
In Search of the Cowboy Harmonica: Some History

Betsy for Pike
Billy the Kid
Bucking Bronco
Oh, Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie
The Colorado Trail
The Cowboy's Christmas Bell
The Cowboy's Life
The Cowboy's Ride
Doney Gal
Get Along, Little Dogies
Goodby, Old Paint
Green Grow the Lilacs
Home On the Range
I Ride an Old Paint
Jesse James
The Lily of the West
The Old Chisholm Trail
Red River Valley
Rye Whiskey
Sam Bass
Shenandoah
The Strawberry Roan
The Streets of Laredo
The Texas Cowboy
Utah Carol
When the Work's All Done This Fall
The Zebra Dunn