Riders in the Sky are Joey the Cowpolka King, Woody Paul, Ranger Doug and Too Slim (January 2007)

Riders in the Sky is a Western music and comedy group which began performing 1977. They have won two Grammy Awards and have done music for major motion pictures, including Toy Story 2's "Woody's Roundup" and Pixar's short film, "For the Birds". For most of this time, the group was a trio, Ranger Doug (Douglas B. Green), Woody Paul (Paul Woodrow Chrisman), and Too Slim (Fred LaBour). In recent years, the group has added Joey Miskulin on accordion. They bill themselves as Ranger Doug ("The Idol of American Youth"), Woody Paul ("King of the Cowboy Fiddlers"), Too Slim ("a Righteous Tater"/"The Man of a Thousand Hats"), and Joey ("the Cowpolka King"). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Toy Story 2 is a CGI animation film and the sequel to Toy Story, and the third Disney/Pixar feature film, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them. ... Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA). ... For the Birds is an Academy Award winning animated short film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released in the year 2000. ...

The group is one of the hardest working musical acts in showbiz, and one of the most educated (Douglas "Ranger Doug" Green has a Masters degree in literature, Fred "Too Slim" Labour has a Masters degree in Wildlife Management, and Paul "Woody Paul" Chisman has a PhD in Nuclear Physics). In their first 25 years, they have performed in over 5200 live performances, almost 300 national television appearances, over 200 public radio shows, 700 Grand Ole Opry appearances, three television series (including a 1991-92 CBS Saturday morning show), an appearance on a "Duck Dodgers" cartoon on the Cartoon Network and more than 30 albums. The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, and televised on Great American Country network. ...

Christmas the Cowboy Way (1999)

Riders in the Sky perform authentic renditions of old classic cowboy and Western songs, as well as original works and various comedic skits and songs. Their combination of gentle parody and true respect for the genre, as well as their great skill as musicians and clever wit is a major reason for their popularity and endurance. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Cowboy (disambiguation). ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ...

Riders In The Sky performed with America's Got Talent finalist Taylor Ware at the Grand Ole Opry when she was nine years old. Americas Got Talent is an American television show on NBC. The talent show is a search for Americas next best amateur talent act. ... Taylor Marie Ware (born September 17, 1994) is an American singer and yodeler from Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, and televised on Great American Country network. ...

Awards

Western Music Group of the Year 2006

Riders In The Sky were named Western Music Group of the Year during the Academy of Western Artists 2006 Will Rogers Awards!

The Academy of Western Artists is a nonprofit organization formed to recognize and honor outstanding individuals who, through their accomplishments, preserve and perpetuate the traditions, values and heritage of the American Cowboy. This year’s Awards Show was held on September 26 at the Eisemann Theater in Richardson, Texas, in conjunction with the 1st annual Classic Country Broadcasters Convention.

Cowboy Jubilee Cowboy Jubilee is a studio recording by the Western band Riders in the Sky on January 1, 1981. ...

• This CD was featured on The New York Times' Best Ten List for 1982.
• Best Independent Country Album of the Year

Saddle Pals Track listing Yippie-Yi-Yo and Away We Go The Old Chisholm Trail Get Along Little Dogies Biscuit Blues Sweet Betsy from Pike Theres a Great Big Candy Roundup Estella Im Going to Leave Old Texas Now The Cowboys ABCs Clementine One, Two, Three, Said the Miner...

• Best Independent Children's Album of the Year

Always Drink Upstream from the Herd Always Drink Upstream from the Herd is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on October 31, 1995. ...

• 1995 Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Recording!

Woody's Roundup: A Rootin' Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs

• 2001 Grammy Award Winner: "Best Musical Album For Children"

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• 2003 Grammy Award Winner: "Best Musical Album For Children"

Discography

Three on the Trail is the debut album by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released by The Rounder Records Group. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Cowboy Jubilee is a studio recording by the Western band Riders in the Sky on January 1, 1981. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Prarie Serenade is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on January 1, 1982. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Weeds and Water is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on January 1, 1983. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Riders in the Sky, Live is a live recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on January 1, 1984. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... New Trails is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on January 1, 1986. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Track listing Yippie-Yi-Yo and Away We Go The Old Chisholm Trail Get Along Little Dogies Biscuit Blues Sweet Betsy from Pike Theres a Great Big Candy Roundup Estella Im Going to Leave Old Texas Now The Cowboys ABCs Clementine One, Two, Three, Said the Miner... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Best of the West is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on January 1, 1987. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Album is a compilation recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on October 25, 1990. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... The Cowboy Way is a live recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1987. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Riders Radio Theater is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on June 27, 1988. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Riders go Commercial is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on June 19, 1989. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Horse opera is a term of disparagement or affection for a western movie or TV series. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Harmony Ranch is a live recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1991. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Merry Christmas from Harmony Ranch is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1992. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Saturday Morning with Riders is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1992. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Cowboys in Love is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1994. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Always Drink Upstream from the Herd is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on October 31, 1995. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Cowboy songs are often associated with songs that the cowboys sang at night around the campfire with a lot of yodeling and sometimes accompanied by a guitar, banjo (and perhaps some canned beans). ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Public Cowboy is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on October 22, 1996. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Yodel the Cowboy Way is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on January 13, 1998. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... A Great Big Western Howdy! is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on July 14, 1998. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Christmas the Cowboy Way is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on October 5, 1999. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... A Pair of Kings is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky on February 19, 2002. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Rykodisc Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Ridin the Tweetsie Railroad is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 2002. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Monsters, Inc. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Silver Jubilee is a compilation recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 2003. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Acoustic Disc is the name of the record label founded by mandolinist David Grisman, in 1990. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Riders in the Sky Live from the Golden Age of Riders Radio Theater is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 2006. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

External links

• Riders In The Sky...America's Favorite Cowboys
• Riders in the Sky at All Music Guide

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