Here we go again all you retrofitted cowboys, cowgirls, and cowhands! The Cadillac sleigh is parked outside the biggest party in the postmodern Old West, grooving and galloping to the music that juked the boxes of El Paso, Tucumcari, and Broken Arrow in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
You have got it! It’s the wrap up of this edition of Return to the Retroranch Christmas Part 2! If you missed Part 1, it is probably on this page of legends, lore, and podcast links.
The focus is on the Western horizon for a one horse open slaying of hits, misses, boogies and bootscooters from the Sons of Katie Elder and the Tales of the Texas Rangers. Television has been invented, but reception is jumpy at the old corral.
But thanks to electricity, guitars, beer, boots, and saddles we have some classics that were mostly forgotten until now. Crank those speaker for some Charley Pride memories of being home for Christmas. Webb Pierce is splashing in his Nashville guitar shaped swimming pool. There’s some true North boogies, as well as ballads of the fastest cowboy Clauses in the West.
Finally we hit the rodeo radio for some happy trails courtesy of tinhorns Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and their guests in the bunkhouse Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Trigger.
So join us as we trigger a blazing trail across the winter sky, freshly launched from the RetroRanch. Give me a home where the buffalo roam, and we party hard when the holidays come complete with jingle bells, figgy pudding, and swinging spurs!
Christmas in My Hometown Charley Pride
Christmas at Home Webb Pierce
Santa Claus Won’t Come This Year Charlie Stewart
North Pole Boogie Billy Briggs with String Band
Christmas Boogie The Davis Sisters
A Rootin’ Tootin’ Santa Claus Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ole Tex Kringle Tex Ritter
Jingle Bells Roy Rogers
Old Fashioned Christmas Jimmy Martin
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