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The best in Western music since 1977. Award-winning harmonies, wacky Western wit and high-yodeling adventures.
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Riders In The Sky. Weeds and Water is the fourth studio...
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Beginning in 1988, Riders In The Sky were the stars of Riders Radio Theater, a weekly radio show written by Fred LaBour and Steve Arwood (now going by the stagename Texas Bix Bender) that was essentially the Tumbleweed Theater television show minus the "B-Western" films.
The group got their start in late 1977, when guitarist Doug “Ranger Doug” Green, a one-time member of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys and country music journalist and historian, invited bassist Fred “Too Slim” Labour to join him for a gig at a Nashville nightclub.
Modern-day icons Riders in the Sky have revived and revitalized Western music, branding it with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out wit while remaini...
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Apr 12, 2018 · On the evening of Nov. 11, 1977, fans at Herr Harry’s Franks and Steins in Nashville, TN got to witness a little bit of history in the making – the first performance of The Riders In The Sky.
