The Buster Mungus Diaries
The Buster Mungus Diaries Podcast drives to the heart of the music regardless of genre, examining the people, places and parallels in modern sound. Each episode takes you into the music you love, but with a viewpoint that sometimes differs from the mainstream. Connect to the music by knowing more about the people, places and events that helped create modern music.
The Buster Mungus Diaries
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky from Start to Finish
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Buster Mungus
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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.
Find more information, videos and background information at http://www.bustermungus.com/2021/08/ghost-riders-in-sky-from-start-to-finish.html