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Western Music Expert Doug Green Revisits The Era Of The Singing Cowboy
Posted September 25, 2019
Douglas B. Green, better known by his stage name "Ranger Doug" lead singer of the Western musical group Riders in the Sky chats with NPR's Terry Gross about Western Music. Green wrote a book on singing cowboys and is featured in Ken Burns' new PBS series about country music. He says he fell in love with Western music from an early age: "It completely entranced me."
Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy
(2002)
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