Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs

Robbins, Marty

Genre: music4me > Country

Format: CD Album

Released: Fri 14 Jan 2000

Catalogue Number: 494942.2

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Description:
Though he recorded a wide variety of material during a three decade career that found 47 of his singles in the Country Top Ten (13 of which crossed over to Billboard's Pop chart), Marty Robbins (1925-1982) is still best known for his story-songs of the West. The landmark "concept" album Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs from 1959, was his best-selling - and one of his best - LP's, spending 36 weeks on Billboard's Album chart and reaching number six. The record's success was in part due to the presence of Robbins' greatest hit, the Grammy-winning "El Paso," a romantic tale of a young cowboy's fatal attraction to a cantina temptress. Written by Robbins and sung with just the slightest catch in his crisp tenor-to-baritone voice, and punctuated by Grady Martin's genius flamenco touches on guitar, "El Paso" made it to the pinnacle of both the Pop and Country surveys. The album was produced by Nashville legend (and Robert Johnson producer) Don Law.

Track Listing:

1.	Big Iron
2.	A Hundred and Sixty Acres
3.	They're Hanging Me Tonight
4.	Cool Water
5.	Billy the Kid
6.	Utah Carol
7.	The Strawberry Roan
8.	The Master's Call
9.	Running Gun
10.	El Paso
11.	In the Valley
12.	The Little Green Valley
13.	The Hanging Tree
14.	Saddle Tramp
15.	El Paso (Full-Length Version)