Come Ride The Wagon

BSWR 2412

Cowboy singer and poet Butch Martin drew four Grammy Nominations for his previous album Whittlers Corner. Living in Wyoming some years ago Martin bred Morgan cow horses on his small ranch. Leaving all that behind him Morgan now resides in Oregon where he concentrates more on his music and poetry, travelling around the West to perform and often referred to as the 'Drifter Poet'.

Come Ride The Wagon offers 11 tracks that take you on a journey back to the days of the western pioneers and cowboy way of life, bringing the smell of the sagebrush and mesquite wood smoke right into your own living room. The opening track "Mojave" tells of the teamsters who handled and drove their teams of mules that pulled those heavy wagons across the prairies and has now evolved into the truck drivers of today. "Goodbye to Montana" appears as a song that depicts a cowboy taking his friend home after a cattle drive that has seen the tragic demise of his fiend. The cowboy is returning home with his friend to lay him below the Pecan tree where the Indian Paint Brush flowers bloom. With the effective use of a driving banjo, Butch gives a fine version of Jimmie Driftwood's classic "Tennessee Stud". We can drift high above the clouds with "Cheyenne Wind" offering a stirring tribute to the American Native Indian.

Butch has that easy kind of voice that draws you in close with his effortless relaxing style as he sings about the "Colorado Trail", a "Song of Wyoming" or the long abandoned adobe built "Little Bear Station" that nobody cares about anymore. This stunning collection comes to a close with a wonderful song from Red Steagall "The Wagon Tongue", about a youth starting his life out on the trail as coosie's (a shortened version of the Spanish term for cook which is cocinero) assistant. Youth is also remembered with those golden years gone by and "Penny Ante Memories" complete with a haunting harmonica that give the back of the neck that "prickle sensation" that comes with our own memories of years now long gone.

Come Ride The Wagon yourself!!! You won't be disappointed with this collection of poignant songs; sweet melodies and fine vocals that are destined to last a lifetime.