America Tells its Stories : Folk Music of the West
Sunday, February 16, 1941
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The sounds of a city and a nation are captured through nearly a century of transformations, tribulations, and triumphs.
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The actual date of this episode is 1941-02-15. For technical reasons, it shows up incorrectly above.
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Tony Kraber sings cowboy songs and traditional songs of the West.
Way Out in Idaho
Strawberry Roan
Blood on the Saddle
Red River Valley
Kansas Boys
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Chisholm Trail
Whiskey
Green Grow the Lilacs
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 72613
Municipal archives id: LT4460
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Tony Kraber
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I still have the old 78 record of "Blood On The Saddle" by Tony Kraber. My brother and I were just little kids in the early 1940's and we used to laugh and laugh at these songs and sing along with them..
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