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Some good western tunes here! | The West | Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, ...

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	• The West Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, ... Sony, 1996 average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Outstanding Native American Samples

I was pleased with the Native American tracks that were offered. Very authentic and moving, especially 'Kiowa Ruffle Dance' and 'Morning Prayer'. I was not pleased with only 57 minutes of music from a 720 minute film. I was anticipating a CD comparable with 'How the West Was Lost Vol 1 & Vol 2'. Unfortunately, this is not the case. If the purpose was to provide a teasing cross section balanced between Native American and others, then I guess the producer accomplished his goal. Unlike 'How the West Was Lost' the music of which stands alone, I would only recommend this recording to those who view the film.

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I love this cd

I bought this cd two years ago for a history project and I was really surprised how much I loved the music. This cd gave me the desire to learn to play the banjo. I have really gotten my money out of this cd and it will continue being one of my favorites.

Some good western tunes here!

I bought this CD after seeing the odd episode or two of the original TV documentary by Ken Burns. I really liked the western style folk tunes (I think that's what you would call them?) that were featured as background music. The tunes I enjoy are those featuring Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle etc. such as Colorado Trail, Sweet Nebraska Land, Git Along Little Doggies and Across The Wide Missouri. This CD also includes a number of Native American tunes which personally don't interest me a great deal as most of them sound the same, not to be disrespectful. (I know what that's like though, I play old time banjo and most people tell me the tunes I play all sound the same!). There are also a couple of historical recordings such as The Old Chisolm Trail and California Humbug. Anyway the tunes I bought the CD for a great but there's only half a dozen or so of those. The rest I guess is a slice of 1800's western United States if that's what you're interested in.

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Tracks
'The West' Title Theme - Dane Le Beau/Black Elk Voices LA | Colorado Trail - Roger Welsch | Sweet Nebraska Land - Roger Welsch | Cheyenne March Song (Black Kettle's Theme) - Black Elk Voices NY | Morning Prayer - Ken Little Hawk | The Old Chisolm Trail - Harry 'Haywire Mac' McClintock | Bare Necessities (Lewis & Clark's Theme) - Patrick Schuldman | Steal Away & Shine Like A Star (The Exodusters) - Katreese & Jarry Barnes | Lakota Flag Song (Sitting Bull's Theme) - Black Elk Voices NY/Sherry Blakey-Smith | Git Along, Little Doggies - Alan Beilharz & Dorothy Hawkinson | Wind That Shakes The Barley - Alan Beilharz & Dorothy Hawkinson | California Humbug - Alan Beilharz & Dorothy Hawkinson | Across The Wide Missouri - Leta Rector | Amazing Grace - Cherokee Vocal - Leta Rector | Joseph Honor Song (Chief Joseph's Theme) - Black Elk Voices NY/Sherry Blakey-Smith/Pamela Driggs | Come, Come, Ye Saints - Jay Ungar/Molly Mason | Farewell Tae Kemper (John Love's Theme) - Jay Ungar/Molly Mason | Railroad Medley (Wabash Cannonball/Jesse James/Jerry, Go 'lle That Car) - Jay Ungar/Molly Mason | Prairie Love Song - Jay Ungar/Molly Mason | Days Of '49 - Alan Beilharz | Kiowa Ruffle Dance - Black Elk Voices NY | Death Runs Riot (Hidatsa Woman/Quantrill's Raiders/Fetterman's Hymn/Sand Creek Massacre - Black Elk Voices LA/Leta Rector | 'The West' Title Theme Reprise - Black Elk Voices LA/Leta Rector