Pluggers by Rick McKee for May 16, 2014

Sorry, I don’t know that one. I know some John Denver, WIllie Nelson and Johnny Cash, but not that one.

I sing along wih them, too. They wee songs ffrom the old western movie days and when they get to the part where he sings, “Oh I can’t stand hobbles and I can’t stand fences, don’t fence me”in. the kids look confused and ask what’s a hobbleYou had to be there. ?

King of the Cowboys ROY ROGERS introduces Cole Porter’s brand new western ballad, “DON’T FENCE ME IN” in the 1944 film, “HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN”. He is accompanied by the Sons of the Pioneers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLoYFvbR0XY

The Sons of the Pioneers was an American cowboy singing group founded in 1933 by Leonard Slye (better known by his later screen name Roy Rogers).

This real country, blue grass music. The kind of music John Denver, WIllie Nelson and Johnny Cash cut their teeth on. (Am I showing my age with that expression?)

Like the look of the face of ‘the wife’—like ‘am I going to have to have him committed soon’ ?

There is something about a great western ballad written by a gay Broadway show tunes writer being sung by a Jewish cowboy actor.

Eddie Sakamura approves

Those ads that keep pushing in on the left are very annoying. Don’t you have enough ads on the page already?

Oh, I loved the Westerms! Were those what they called Horse Operas? Every hero had his funny side-kick and a pretty lady to sing to at the end. Although there were scary moments with those,cranky, uh, Native Americans, you knew the white hats were going to survive. You walked out of the cool theater into the blazing hot summer heat and daylight blinded you for a few, but you were HAPPY and still had those songs running through your head. the rest of the day. Post-war 40’s, sigh…

At this point a,“Plugger”, is anyone who has SEEN a western on t.v.

i am a western fan myself, still see wagon train and the rifleman, wanted dead or alive, bonanza. on MeTV 8 prime, memorable entertainment television.

As long as he doesn’t start singing “I’m Tired” from Blazing Saddles, we’ll be fine.

How about the 1940s with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry? If memory serves me correctly, Autry was drafted during WW2.