78s - Sons Of The Pioneers - Cool Water

[ken38urb]

Listening to the sons of the pioneers one expects at the close to hear Gabby Hayes say: 'Com\on Roy ,dad burn it;

[Devilsrogueangel]

thank you!!! i have been looking for their songs i love their music

[EthanA1122]

My Bother and Sisters remember me being facinated by the record...I played it over and over and over....

[rachellovesnatalie]

Sons of the Pioneers brings my father back to me. Closing my eyes I'm transported back 50+ years, listening to my dad accompany with his harmonica, guitar or just sing-a-long. A treasured memory.

[althazarr]

@rachellovesnatalie That's another reason I love posting this music. These songs spark so many memories for so many different people around the world. Thank you for sharing one of yours. :-)

[Enigma758]

I used to sing this to my son when I gave him water at bedtime.

[althazarr]

@Enigma758 That's super sweet!.:-)

[jackusdk]

@Enigma758 Daddy! Really, that's what my dad did when I was a kid. You brought back that buried memory. Thanks!

[Enigma758]

@jackusdk Glad to know that, thanks. For me, and like much of "20th Century Music", this song evokes a feeling of simplicity and innocence from a bygone era. It brings back a feeling from my own youth that seems mostly lost these days. My hope is that it becomes a fond memory for him someday. As it's been said, sometimes it's the little things that count.

[richardegoful]

Thanks for Cool Clear Water. This song stirs up emotions in my coconut. knock knock

[kirochka13]

I love Sons of the Pioneers. My parents had it on vinyl. Don't know whatever happened to it. I bought it on CD. I'm 39 and I played it for my son. Maybe we'll have another fan??

[dtyolmn]

When I was little I used to play this over and over. Bob Nolan was my hero back then and it was because of his voice

[althazarr]

@dtyolmn Well I'm glad to have this posted for you to enjoy over and over again now. Thanks for tuning in to my channel.

[althazarr]

@TheAlaskamike Sorry to hear that. I've had way too many 78's break over the years so I can somewhat understand. I'm glad I had this one to share with you.

[shemanic1]

got this on a vinyl45, love it

[althazarr]

@shemanic1 Thank you!

[TheOklagmcruiser]

wish i had kept my grandfather's collections which included many of the sons of the pioneers and roy rogers. makes me miss him very much. we used to sit and listen in his basement in west virginia for hours.

[althazarr]

@TheOklagmcruiser I know what you mean. My grandfather's collection of music went to another part of my family and they sold it all. I have a few Roy Rogers 78's including a Christmas one that I'll be posting soon. Thanks for tuning in to my channel. :-)

[Corrie121]

Great to listen to this one again. Haven't heard it in a long time.

Thanks for sharing.

[althazarr]

@Corrie121 Thanks Corrie! I'm glad you found this one. :-)

[bellylaughing]

My grandmother's music. It still makes me cry for these thirsty folks crossing the planes, working life we will never know.

[landofrainbows]

You wouldn't happen to have 'My Grandfather's Clock' by SoP in your video collection,would you?

[althazarr]

@landofrainbows No, but I think I have a vesion of it by Lawrence Welk. I'll have to check.

[landofrainbows]

You wouldn't happen to have 'My Grandfather's Clock' by SoP in your video collection, would you?

[yeschet]

Well done

[althazarr]

@yeschet Thank you!

[yeschet]

@althazarr Someone played it at a pub I was in a few hours ago, hadn't heard that song since I was a kid.

I thought it was the same song that plays during the opening of Big Lebowski, but it turns out that song was Tumbling Tumbleweeds by the same group.

[landofrainbows]

What a lovely way to make this post.. Love it!

[althazarr]

@landofrainbows Thank you!

[roudy1689]

this brings me back to me childhood as a kid, blessedly free of mtv... deer hunting with my late a beloved father... i love you Pop!

[sealyoness]

I'm like Dan; I'm tired of looking for water where is none.

[martha9113]

Roy Rogers is not singing in this recording. I have this exact recording which was recorded in 1946. I bought the entire album called Cowboy Classics back then. They made another recording of this much earlier ( believe it was a transcription). This recording in my opinion is the best. That is Ken Carson Saying Cool Water.

[jimmysrushing]

This is one of the great records of all time. Yes, I use to listen to it on the radio. I drifted away from country-western music but I never lost my feeling of being stirred by it.

[kcsteeler]

so simple, so pure, one of the greatest songs of the American West.

[ExcaliburJones]

Cool Water

[ichbineintoober]

I hope they found some water

[Lloydhl]

Hi Lloyd, I'm in WI!

[althazarr]

@Lloydhl Hi Lloyd, I'm in MS.

[Lloydhl]

@althazarr That Bob Nolan was awesome, my friend, as was the whole group!

[TheTexn]

This song would really mean something if you left the headwaters of the Middle Concho and headed west through Castle Gap and on to Horse Head Crossing on the Pecos. Cool clear water would have really meant something to you, most definitely. It does mean something to all of us but not in the same way.

[Lloydhl]

I'm wondering if that is Roy Rogers singing, he was their lead singer way back when! This is a wonderful version of the swong, one of my faves, thanks for posting!

[althazarr]

@Lloydhl Yes, Roy Rogers is singing on this version. I'll add some more info. for you to check out. This is the re-recorded version they did in 1944 when they signed to RCA.

[Lloydhl]

@althazarr Thank you, althazarr!

[althazarr]

@Lloydhl You're very welcome Lloyd. By the way, that's my name too. :-)

[majskyking]

Bob Nolan wrote this song when he was a junior at Tuscon High School. Very hip dude in 1936.

[ikybof98]

The best of all the western singing groups. Nolan was tops.

[althazarr]

They're definitely tops in my book.

[14nomonkeys]

Thank you Althazarr. I love this music because it reminds me of my dad who used to sing "Cool Water". He's long gone and so are they, but this historical music lives on. I plan on singing it to my new granddaughter, and teaching her about  western cowboy music.

[althazarr]

Thank you! I'm very glad I had this for you to enjoy again.

[PippyT1]

Thanks for putting this on here! I have a 45 by them doing this song; probably in the early 50's. Was my favorite song, and, in some ways, still is. You go LaroldC! I am so tired of hearing all the "new singers" and their songs(that really do sound good), that are 90% "enhanced" in many and various ways.

[shemanic1]

I too have a vinyl45 of this & 3other tunes

[yeahsomuch83]

my grandfather on my mother's side got this CD for me a long time ago when I was a kid

God rest his soul

[SunnyDaysRFun]

I remember hearing this song on the radio when I was a kid. Thanks for putting this on!!

[LaroldC]

There was no technology in music back then. You had to be born with sufficient talent to render that point moot and produce such beauty as this group did -- on 78 RPM ceramic. Incredible. (My dad called that machine a "talk-box"!)

[althazarr]

Thank you for your comment! There was certainly no lack of talent back then either. Not like a lot of the pathetic artists of today.

[gussedup]

@LaroldC we had a victrola and called it a talkin machine!!! im 73 yrs now!!

[althazarr]

@gussedup That's fantastic. I've been around them all my life. One of my grandmothers and a great Aunt had victrolas that I got to listen to growing up, and now I have three of my own,several console stereos with phonographs, and some modern players too. I really love records if you could tell and I'm 39.

[aceblueberry]

Neat song. My dad had the album, and I remember this so well from my childhood. Dad's gone so it's nice to hear again.

[althazarr]

Thank you for your wonderful comment! My dad's gone too, and he used to sing a lot of the country songs I post here. Brings back good memories.

[richintalent]

do you have a copy of a song of theirs called 'Shadows on the Trail'?

[zipper179]

@richintalent That was in Disney's Pecos Bill!

[bennyboots]

Awesome!

[bythebytheway]

Cool, Clear, Water. Thanks !

I enjoy this version as well as the Vaughn Monroe with the Big Band break during song. This one is basically campfire relaxed and nicely performed.