The Buster Mungus Diaries

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky from Start to Finish

January 30, 2020 Buster Mungus Season 1 Episode 5
The Buster Mungus Diaries
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky from Start to Finish
Show Notes

In this episode we take a look at the history of one of the most widely post WWII "Covered" popular songs in the ASCAP database.

From its humble beginnings as a European folk song to its re-appearance during the American Civil War as a melody for a drinking song, to its eventual use as the basis for a song about a cautionary tale warning a cowboy that if he doesn't change his ways, he will one day join the damned cowboys doomed to try to “catch the Devil”s herd across these endless skies.

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