Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs CD

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Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs CD Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs CD has been hailed as the single most influential album of Western songs in post-World War II American music. Originally released in 1959, Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs touched a whole range of unexpected bases in its own time and has endured extraordinarily well across the ensuing four decades. The longevity of the album's appeal is a result of Marty Robbins ' love of the repertory at hand and the mix of his youthful dynamism and prodigious talent that he brought to the recordings, and the use of the best music production techniques of the era. Add to that the presence of a pair of killer original songs that were ready-made singles, El Paso and Big Iron and a third, The Master's Call , that was startlingly personal, and the results are well-nigh irresistible. The range of material on this album is extraordinary, from love songs to spirituals, songs so old they have no known author, and originals by the singer, all of which seamlessly fit together. Marty Robbins ' subject is mostly the west of myth and movie, which benefits from his ability as a storyteller -- Big Iron or El Paso may tell tales heard or seen 100 times onscreen, but he makes listeners feel like this is the first time they're hearing them, complete with excitement read more

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