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The Call
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My ode to keeping the western tradition alive!
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Americana, Vintage Country and Western music
Singer-songwriter Rick Pickren has shared the stage with George Strait, Merle Haggard, Alabama, The Judds, Dolly Parton, Joe Ely, Steve Earle (when he was country), Rodney Crowell, B.J. Thomas and cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell. His past awards and successes include: 1988 winner of Marlboro Country Talent Roundup with his band Paleface Brigade. In 1989 he again won the Marlboro Country Talent Roundup with his new band Thunder Riders (a name taken from the Gene Autry serials) and went on to the Nashville Finals losing to Ronnie Dunn, soon to be half of Brooks & Dunn. In the early 90s Rick was a staff writer for Jordan Entertainment in Nashville. A descendant of Buffalo Bill Cody, he travels the plains performing his cowboy song and history program “Songs From The Lonesome Prairie” and "Songs From The Steel Rails". Rick has a Bachelor of Music in Musicology and Masters of Acting/Directing from the University of Michigan. His knowledge of cowboy and rail history, lore and song is reflected in three critically acclaimed albums: Songs From The Lonesome Prairie, The Call: More Songs From The Lonesome Prairie and Rails, Rogues & Wrecks. As an actor, he portrayed the role of Jim in the original Chicago production of Pump Boys & Dinettes. He also directed and starred in Foxfire. He is featured in the films, Major League, While You Were Sleeping, Soul Survivors and U.S. Marshals. He has also guest starred on many TV shows including The Untouchables, ER, Early Edition, Missing Persons and Turks.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Country and Western
Charts
Peak #162
Peak in subgenre #11
Author
Rick Pickren
Rights
2005
Uploaded
January 29, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.8 MB • 128 kbps • 4:08
Story behind the song
I had a conversation with a young cowboy way up in the Big Horn mountain range of Wyoming. Our relections on the changing west is the basis for The Call.
Lyrics
THE CALL There’s a cowboy cuttin’ trail out near Rio Blanco He’s on his trusty dun he calls Caballero There ain’t too many folks out where they are goin’ And the only light you’ll see at night is a campfire glowin” The ridges and the runs have been there for ages Now progress is tearing up the mountain ranges For homes and shopping malls the timber is fallin’ Yet on the wind above the din an old voice is callin” Callin’ saddle up, git along, ride out, ride tall Gitty-up, yippe-yeah, yippie –yi is the call All a cowboy needs to survive is a range and a pony to ride So saddle up, git along, ride out, ride tall Gitty-up, yippe-yeah, yippie –yi is the call Like the setting sun the old ways are fading Our wilderness for oil and ski resorts they’re trading But the cowboys’ holdin’ on though their numbers are fallin For on the wind above the din an old voice is callin” So saddle up, git along, ride out, ride tall Gitty-up, yippe-yeah, yippie –yi is the call All a cowboy needs to survive is a range and a pony to ride So saddle up, git along, ride out, ride tall Gitty-up, yippe-yeah, yippie –yi is the call There’s a cowboy cuttin’ trail high ‘bove Rio Blanco He’s on his trusty dun he calls Cabellero Ridin’ high and wide is their only endeavor Someday they’ll ride a range that goes on forever So saddle up, git along, ride out, ride tall Gitty-up, yippe-yeah, yippie –yi is the call All a cowboy needs to survive is a range and a pony to ride So saddle up, git along, ride out, ride tall Gitty-up, yippe-yeah, yippie –yi is the call C/ Rick Pickren PickrenSongs, ASCAP
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