Twangtacular Ep. 41 - Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 04/25/2025 - 8:06pm
For today’s episode I’m trying something new and something special: I’m devoting the entire episode to one album! Today you’re going to hear the entirety of Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs by Marty Robbins, released in 1959 on Columbia Records. Interspersed between the songs, you’ll hear excerpts from a conversation about the album by two Columbus-based country musicians and songwriters: Roberto Escamilla and West Taylor. Both of them are signed to local country label Space Canoe Records. You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram and you can also listen to it on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio Columbus!

Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

  1. “Big Iron” (Robbins)
  2. “Cool Water” (Nolan)
  3. “Billy the Kid” (traditional)
  4. “A Hundred and Sixty Acres” (Kapp)
  5. “They’re Hanging Me Tonight” (Low, Wolpert)
  6. “The Strawberry Roan” (traditional)
  7. “El Paso” (Robbins)
  8. “In The Valley” (Robbins)
  9. “The Master’s Call” (Robbins)
  10. “Running Gun” (Glaser, Glaser)
  11. “The Little Green Valley” (Robison)
  12. “Utah Carol” (traditional)