The Riverside Club near Southport (MWK's home town). He was driving
past one night and saw all these cowboys and cowgirls in their
Western dress and it reminded him of a scene from Rawhide. The
lyrics: 'By the side of the river' and 'North coastal guest house'
seem to confirm this. Also, a DVD is soon to be released including
the video for the song, shot at The Riverside and featuring TVZ!
Should be interesting!
--- In AboutTownes@yahoogroups.com, "Dugald Sinclair"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks indeed for that Phil. I've always loved Riding the Range ;
it just
> drips with irony and now with the background info you supplied
it's even
> better. Speaking of irony, I was talking to the great Scottish
singer Dick
> Gaughan on his recent visit out here and he put forward the view
that
> Pancho and Lefty should be understood in that light, which I
thought was an
> interesting slant on the perennial " what's it about?" question.
He also
> told a joke about Americans and irony which I will only pass on if
I get
> sufficient requests. The real point of this
missive is
> to ask you for a recommendation as to which Jackie Leven album I
should
> buy...he sounds very interesting . Oh, and to suggest
that anyone
> who doesnt know Dick Gaughans version of Pancho and Lefty-should
chase up
> the Redwood Cathedral CD and have a listen , it's the most
original cover
> going about I think. He told me that he didnt listen to any
version of the
> song for over a year before he recorded it so as to be able to get
his own
> take on what he he calls a personal tribute to a great songwriter
(irony and
> all). Dugald from Oz---- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <AboutTownes@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 8:25 AM
> Subject: [AboutTownes] rochdale cowboys riding the range
>
>
> > PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
> > first off - the lyics to Riding the Range, written by Michael
Weston King,
> > recorded by the Good Sons with Townes Van Zandt; inspired by the
cowboys
> > of the
> > gritty Lancashire town of Rochdale
> > secondly - the lyrics to Rochdale Cowboy - by Mike Harding,
which seems to
> > feature in several worst record ever made lists . . .
> > Enjoy
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > RIDING THE RANGE
> > Well the cowboys are gathering tonight by the side of the river
> > They've been bussed in from east side to find their own piece
of the
> > west.
> > With their six-pack and six-guns, cloth caps and stetsons,
> > Maybe you might think it's strange
> > But don't worry momma, these boys are just riding the range.
> >
> > All the cowgirls get branded somewhere in the back of a
trailer,
> > It'll be same time and same place next week, just a different
man
> > A man who is stronger, and younger, and longer,
> > And one who's not drunk for a change
> > But what can you do when these boys go out riding the range?
> >
> > It's the range that they cling to, when the're out on their own
> > It's the range that makes them feel at home
> > Every night you can see them, they're fighting their own
chaperone,
> > But every night they somehow make it home.
> >
> > In the morning they're waking beneath their fish and chip paper
> > The story of last night is written in stains on their shirt
> > From a north coastal guest house to a Tennessee road house,
> > Some behaviour you just can't explain,
> > But come Friday evening those boys are out riding the range
> > I said next Friday evening take me out riding the range.
> >
> > ROCHDALE COWBOY
> > (spoken bit)
> > Never before in the history of mankind has the story been told
of those
> > brave frontiers men who carved out a passage in the North West
and made
> > it a
> > place fit for heroes to live in
> > This is the story of one such man, sausage tosser extraordinar
> > his name Fred Ackroyd
> >
> > (singing bit)
> > It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
> > spurs don't fit right on me clogs
> > yee-haa
> > it's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
> > cause people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog
> >
> > Almost every night there's a tripe and cowheel fight in our
local pie and
> > pea saloon
> > and poor old Uncle Fred he spent 18 months in bed cause he
tried to kiss
> > a
> > girl who's a boy named Sue
> >
> > It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
> > spurs don't fit right on me clogs
> > yee-haa
> > it's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
> > cause people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog
> >
> > When the sun shines in the west that's the time that I like best
> > and I go out punching cows with me brother Jack
> > and poor old Uncle Fred he spent 18 months in bed cause he
punched one
> > cow
> > and she went and punched him back
> >
> > It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
> > spurs don't fit right on me clogs
> > yee-haa
> > it's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
> > cause people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog
> >
> > In the local temperance bar we'd go and have a jar
> > there's sarsaparilla and liquorice juice to drink
> > and poor old Uncle Fred he spent 18 months in bed
> > cause he supped the stuff he used to clean the sink
> >
> > It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
> > spurs don't fit right on me clogs
> > yee-haa
> > it's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
> > cause people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog
> >
> > Yer know when us cowpokes hit town we go an 'orses round with
them good
> > time
> > girls Elsie and Mucky Peg
> > When Auntie Kitty found Uncle Fred he spent 18 months in bed
> > cause you can't run fast with your pants half why down your legs
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> > "To Live's To Fly" http://www.townesvanzandt.com
> >
> > Shared files for all things TVZ: (MP3's, etc... )
> > http://briefcase.yahoo.com/townesvanzandt2001
> >
> > See TVZ related links and files or change your membership
settings
> > at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AboutTownes
> >
> > "There's only two kinds of music... The Blues and Zip-a-dee-doo-
dah." -
> > Townes Van Zandt
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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