Sons of The Pioneers - Chant of The Wanderer -1941

[MrK2345]

I love the beat and I'm 13! The beat is so catchy! <3

[docaylsw]

This photo must have been taken after Leonard Slye (Roy Rogers) left to pursue his own career in acting, cause he's not in it. I still have seven vinyl albums of them that I bought new in the '60s'. I want to put them on CD's so bad before they are destroyed like the Cool Water album was. SotP, with the Ames Brothers, were my favorite groups.

[slickdaddyo]

I have to agree with others about Bob Nolan. He could have easily been a major cowboy star with his talent, looks and physique. He just didn't want the hassle though, as his first love was song writing.

[yrtuag]

Just great , thanks

[AugustaRomania]

I'm not a connoisseur as such but I think a lot of country music is about horses & the railway. Definitely, music repeats every-day sounds & rhythms: horse riding, trains speeding along the rails and the such. If I were a music historian, I would almost feel inclined to create two special categories of early country: horse and rail. I guess Roy Rogers, as a pioneer country-singer in the elecronic-guitar era is one of the most powerful exponents. Thanks for posting this bit of history, really!

[joefrompic]

What a song. I'm 14, and could never live without this old music! It's the best, and will never be beaten. I still listen to this on my clear blue 45 RPM record. I'm a teen and I know what that is!

[justinemiller1946]

Why there's Festus Hagin in the back.

[renascencewoman]

but who doesn't know about sons of the pioneers? love the first set. <3

[Labaron26]

Second from left in the back....Ken Curtis, who many years later would play "Festus" on TV's Gunsmoke....

[jpopelish]

I have loved this song since before I was old enough to go to school. I was born in 1949. I have a copy of this song on a CD that I play for my dog and me, every time we ride out to the forest for a hike. It also has "The Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma" on it.

Thank you.

[kmikeyd]

My folks bought an Emerson Radio/Record Player in 1948. They also bought a Sons of the Pioneers album that included this track. I was six years old. Talk about taking someone back! Wow! This was my favorite of the whole album although Tumbling Tumbleweeds ran a close second.

[randolph65]

he was on of the best singers of the time i love to listen to his songs

[theshadow1932]

For those that dont know

Quote:

For those that dont know

Those who don't KNOW don't MATTER!

Happy Trails,

Norm

[da19570]

I bought a casset tape ot the sons of pioners in a truck stop back inthe 1990s and it has this song on it.

[winkieandleah]

Never heard this particular version before. I like it though! The version I've heard has none of the flute (or is it clarinet?) in it.

[Dexhu]

One of the All Time Greatest Groups! I use to sit for hours playing their songs on 78!

The record player only played one record at a time

[lesleyricks]

I've just stumbled onto this group of singers and I think they are great.

[DianeAtch]

Beautiful crisp clean sound.  Thank you for sharing!

[fatjud1]

Gotta love this it makes us all want to be cowboys

[xgi36]

Thank you for posting this, I always thought Bob Nolan started this group, glad to know the facts

Thank you

[msymsed]

Well, Leonard Slye (Roy Rogers) founded the group with Bob Nolan and Tim Spence, so you aren't entirely wrong!

[StewedTomato]

thanks, this is great!

[Labaron26]

Bob Nolan......One of the very best.......These are the originals......

[LaMusicaVa]

Yes, this is the 1946 recording. It was performed in Red River Valley (1941), but this version is not from the movie.

[StewedTomato]

So Good, How many "younger People will never hear this?" Thanks!

[Labaron26]

In my opinion, only one other group even comes close to these guys....The Stattler Brothers....There will never be anymore.

[LadyShesu]

@StewedTomato Oh, my dear, it is up to us old grand parents to introduce this wonderous music to the young'uns. My grandsons visit and hear everything I have from Patsy Montana and Gene Autry, Roy and Dale, Tex Ritter and Rex Allen. Last week I was sitting in the garden swing, yodelling some ole cowboy herders song, my boys were sitting with me, and I realized the 3 yr/old was trying to yodel with me. He made me proud.

[renascencewoman]

@LadyShesu

when the 3 year old yodels, put it on here. :)

[LadyShesu]

@renascencewoman I very much intend to youtube my grandson when he sings or dances...but he always manages to do these things when the camera is elsewhere. I really want to share his talents and his antics.

[renascencewoman]

@LadyShesu

remember ricky skaggs started out as a little thing. :) i will say i know that boy's grandmother. <3

[xXxXxBalrogxXxXx]

@StewedTomato I'm a younger people! And I heard this song every day of my fuckin' life

[martha9113]

I have this on a 78 record which I bought in 46 with other recordings in an album called Cowboy Classics. I do not believe this was recorded in 1941. They did not have that type of music accompanying them then. It wasn't until 1946 that I first heard this type of music in their recordings I do have this on a transcription recorded in 40 or 41 recorded in Chicago called Symphonies of the sage. It did not have this type of background music in it.

[maynardgkrebsiii]

I also have this one on "Cowboy Classics", which I got new back in the late '50s or early '60s. My album is two 45 rpm records with two songs on each side. I've been told it is out of print, but you're right, they didn't use that instrumentation on any of their other recordings. All of the songs on this album have the same beautiful accompaniment. These are the best!

[mamiebeth99]

AWESOME! Thanks for posting!