Weeds & Water

Infobox Album
Name = Weeds & Water
Type = studio album
Longtype =
Artist = Riders in the Sky


Released = January 1 1983
Recorded =
Genre = Western swing
Length = 28:38
Label = Rounder
Producer = Riders in the Sky
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfixqw5ldde link]
Last album = "Prairie Serenade"
(1982)
This album = "Weeds & Water"
(1983)
Next album = "Live"
(1984)

Weeds and Water is a studio recording by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1983. It is available as a single CD. The album features cowboy music standards like "Cool Water," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Streets of Laredo," along with several originals.

This album was first released in the early 1980s as a direct-mail TV package. It was remixed and remastered in 1983, with the steel guitar of Kayton Roberts replacing the original steel tracks.

Track listing

# "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) – 3:19
# "West Texas Cowboy" – 2:54
# "La Cucaracha" (Traditional) – 2:47
# "Streets of Laredo (The Cowboy's Lament)" (Traditional) – 3:03
# "Singing a Song to the Sky" (Douglas Green) – 2:24
# "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Nolan) – 3:55
# "Pecos Bill" (Daniel, Lange, Nolan, Smith) – 2:21
# "That's How the Yodel Was Born" (Green) – 2:13
# "Wasteland" (Green) – 3:27
# "Bound to Hit the Trail" – 2:15

Personnel

*Douglas B. Green (a.k.a. Ranger Doug) – guitar, vocals
*Paul Chrisman (a.k.a. Woody Paul) – fiddle, vocals
*Fred LaBour (a.k.a. Too Slim) – bass, vocals
*Kayton Roberts – steel guitar
*Bob Mater – drums

External links

* [http://www.ridersinthesky.com/ Riders in the Sky Official Website]