Sons Of The Pioneers - Cool Clear Water - Vintage 78rpm Gramophone

[kentuckyproductions]

i thought hank williams sr wrote this learn something new everyday

[az90646]

These guys could really harmonize and I have always enjoyed them.

[JeddorianJalapeno]

This the original and amazing version of this song . I always loved the Wilf Carter version of this song..His version with it's solitary voice really nails the whole spirit of this song with a more soulful plaintiff feeling. It is all good . What a great song .

[joeasmythe]

Lord willin an the creek dont rise, we will have this kind of music in America forever.

[tomjbassman]

Oops sorry Lloyd Perryman - bad memeory and I only met him once when he was very old.

[tomjbassman]

Len Perryman sang the "water" while Bob Nolan who wrote it did the lead - I know my dad subbed for Mr Nolan for a summer and Len was my good friend's uncle.

[abcd0123504]

this is the song that I'd tease my kids with on rides before we'd get some place to get water or soda pop

[hotcouponworld]

I am 37 now and remember my dad playing this song along with a lot of other classic cowboy songs. I absolutely love SotP!

[docaylsw]

"Cool Water" is a song written in 1936 by Bob Nolan, one of the founding members of the SotP. It is about a man and his mule, Dan, and a mirage in the desert. It's always been one of my favorite sons.

[ThomasASwilling]

@docaylsw actually, The Pioneer Trio that later became the Sons of the Pioneers was founded by Leonard Sly, aka Roy Rogers. Roy put an ad in the paper for a male singer who could yodel. Bob Nolan answered the ad and auditioned for the position. Before he was finished with his song, Roy/Leonard told him he had the job. It was a DJ at a radio station where they performed who gave them the name Sons of the Pioneers. "Too young to be pioneers but could be the sons of pioneers," he said.

[bellylaughing]

Thank you. This version has always been my favorite and brings back childhood memories of my grandmother (who was raised in Montana and went to a one room school house.... later receiving her Masters Degree from the U of Oregon).

[straightlife]

Thank you thank you thank you. I'm relatively old and remember the sons of the pioneers with such affection. Thank you.  Beautiful.

[gvatech]

Wow!! My grandparents loved Sons of The Pioneers. I miss them so much. Thanks for posting Cool Clear Water. - Gary

[whatsyourtubething1]

Show us where there's cool clear water. Water is my very favorite element! Thank you for sharing this beautiful, sweet song.

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

@whatsyourtubething1 This is GREAT stuff "HEAR".

[feotu69]

@whatsyourtubething1 Great, but to be technical, water isn't an element it's a compound.. It's made up of the elements hydrogen & oxygen.

[nickellicker]

This is the definitive version of "Cool, Cool Water." Marty Robbins' recording was very well done, but this is by far the best...Thank you for sharing this classic...

[ThomasASwilling]

@nickellicker Also, The Sons of the Pioneers were recording long before Marty Robbins. Robbins' first record came out in 1956. The Sons of the Pioneers began singing under that name in 1934. They were formerly The Pioneer Trio. Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers also began making movies in the 1930s. The movie bearing the singing group's name was made in 1942. I'm not sure who wrote "Cool, Clear Water", but since the SOTP wrote songs for their group, it's my guess that they wrote it

[theblacksheep1000]

See YOUTUBE still has some dignity, nobody disliked this, thank goodness

[cryptrider1]

Leonard Sly was singing withe the Sons of the Pioneers in 1934 and just a couple of years later he was asked to become one of the new singing cowboys. He agreed but they made him change his name to Roy Rogers.

[MsPerryRocks]

Rango? XD

[SmokeBojangles]

My Pappy used to play his Guitar and sing this one all the time.

[franklindavid]

They were true sons of pioneers of this country!

They brought out the best in simple folk music, that we call country music today.

[EdOfTheNorth]

Fond memories for sure. My dad used to tell me to listen carefully to the words because the water these boys were singing about was not H2O but is the living water of life which flows from the throne of God while that green tree is the Tree of Life. Probably a concept few would consider these days of false prophets anti-Christs and Beasts behaving like dragons and chasing after Falsehood rather than Father TRUTH and hatred rather than love for the One True God and Eternal Life. Jesus is His Name

[jwade56100]

Unhealthy? can't think of much more that sothes the soul the way the Sons of the Poineers can........... Well, purhaps a little Bob Wills and the Texas playboys and your favorate gal.

[jwade56100]

Supercool. 54 years young here. this song never dies.  reminds me of watching Roy Rogers on Saturday afternoon as a young boy. Wish there were more "crooners" out there.

[psanchodog]

Found this on 78 last Friday. What a great song from my childhood. I am 61 and my 16 year old daughter has heard it many times. She listens to all kinds of music including music by guys and girls with spiked and pink hair. Every generation invents or makes its own statements in music that means something to them. They will be just as nostalgic for their music as we are for the music of the fifties, sixites, and seventies. Yet they will also be nostaligic for the music that inspired us.

[FLSHBK1]

PROUD to have grown up in this era. My early childhood heroes didn't wear spiked hair, tattoos, ear rings and carry electric guitars. They wore boots, spurs, chaps, practical hats and carried sixguns. Their songs weren't about drugs, Hos, gang violence and ghettos. They sang about being honest men, loving women, training a good horse and sweating thru a full day's work outside in God's open range. I'm a lot happier with memories of ystrdy than with the realities of today or prospects of tmrw..

[TheMaskedJohnson]

This song ALWAYS makes me thirsty.

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!

[Lloydhl]

Nobody sings this like Bob Nolan, so recognizable and beautiful!

[damnsuicide]

This song was on the Rango movie. I seriously doubt any of the kids ever heard this before

[supercrazyblondeguy]

@damnsuicide I can honestly say you're wrong. I'm 17 and I grew up with this song and music. My father, rest his soul, was kind enough to introduce me to his childhood music at an early age, say about 3 years old or so. I'm forever grateful.

[tailsoluv]

@supercrazyblondeguy That's really cool! I'm 55 and I grew up with this song. When I was a very little girl, my father used to play the guitar and sing this song (and, of course, others from the Sons of the Pioneers). And, although SOTP also performed Riders in the Sky, my father preferred, and had, the Burl Ives recording on an old 78 record which, unfortunately, dropped and broke back in 1969.

[bobofky]

enjoyed it partner, thank you.

[craphappychinesepapy]

Sounds incredible. I haven't been able to find a better version anywhere else. Thanks alot!

[sharonb43]

My dad loved this song! I have memories of listening to this on 78rpm. Thanks for the memory!

[Ripley44mag]

Any group that has Festus, Roy Rogers and Mr. Haney in it, has to kick butt! !!! Back in the 1970's I used to sing this song whdile fighting wild-land fires in the deserts of Arizona & New Mexico.

[photoshopguru]

@Ripley44mag Mr. Haney? Mr. Haney (Pat Buttram) was never in the Sons of the Pioneers. It was Pat Brady, a whole different person.

[ThomasASwilling]

@photoshopguru Right you are. Pat Buttram was Gene Autry's "sidekick" in some of his movies (not to be confused with Smiley Burnette, aka "Frog Milhouse". Pat Brady first sang with the SOTP, played in several Roy Rogers movies, then later became Roy Rogers and Dale Evans' hired hand in the Saturday morning Roy Rogers TV series. I think their ranch was called the R_R (R-bar-R) ranch. Pat had an old Jeep named "Nellie Bell" that had a mind of its own, much to Pat's chagrin. Those were the days!

[ThomasASwilling]

@ThomasASwilling as for "Cool Clear Water", my brothers and I sang it a lot when we were kids, just learning to play guitar, bass, and banjo (no, no banjo in CCW). I was the oldest of three boys. The brother closest to my age was Danny. We called him "Dan"; so when we would sing that song, and I got to the lines, "Keep a-movin', Dan..." and "Dan, can't you see that big green tree...", I would move close to Danny and nudge him with my elbow or guitar and motion "out there" to emphasize the words.

[photoshopguru]

@ThomasASwilling Double R Bar, IIRC

[jrcadet4]

Brings back memories of desert summers, and my Dad's inevitable 'projects'. Cool, fresh water (from a garden hose) was like being reborn after one of those...

[philbertnut007]

Has some deeper meaning than simply a drink

but was what my dad would sing when we needed

to have a pit stop while traveling; didn't help that

my eye teeth were already floating

[stingray100100]

@philbertnut007 LOL!!!! Know just what you mean.

[ThomasASwilling]

@philbertnut007 Contrary to what conspiracy theorists would have us believe, "Cool, Clear Water" was actually about a guy and his horse (Dan) traversing the desert, longing for water. When the song was written, cowboys wrote about what they knew, and they put it in simple, straight-forward terms; no hidden or double meanings. Don't over analyze or impose hidden meanings that simply are not there. The Sons of the Pioneers wrote and sang songs about the West and the day-to-day life of a cowboy.

[vindicari]

ah memories thank you