Sons of the Pioneers
# Sons of the Pioneers

I Sons of the Pioneers sono un gruppo musicale statunitense attivo nel genere country-western dal 1933

La composizione del gruppo ha visto, nel corso degli anni, molti cambiamenti dei membri. È uno dei gruppi vocali con uno dei periodi di attività più lunghi nella storia della musica. Furono fondati, inizialmente il nome "Pioneer Trio", nel 1933 a Los Angeles da Leonard Slye, poi conosciuto come Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan e Tim Spencer. Dalla fondazione fino ai primi anni '50, i componenti del gruppo parteciparono a diverse produzioni cinematografiche, principalmente del genere western, sia come attori-cantanti-musicisti (generalmente ruoli minori nelle sequenze canore come accompagnatori musicali di Roy Rogers) che come autori delle colonne sonore.

## Membri

Dal 1933, 41 cantanti e musicisti sono stati membri ufficiali dei Sons of the Pioneers.

* Roy Rogers (1933-1937) voce, chitarra
* Bob Nolan (1933-1949) voce baritono, basso
* Tim Spencer (1933-1936, 1938-1949) voce baritono e voce solista
* Hugh Farr (1934-1959) voce di basso, violino
* Karl Farr (1935-1961) chitarra solista
* Lloyd Perryman (1936-1943, 1946-1977) tenore e voce solista, chitarra
* Pat Brady (1937-1943, 1946-1949, 1959-1968) basso
* Ken Carson (1943-1947) voce tenore, chitarra
* Deuce Spriggens (1943, 1954-1955) basso
* Shug Fisher (1944-1946, 1949-1953, 1956-1959) basso
* Ken Curtis (1949-1953) voce solista
* Tommy Doss (1949-1963) voce baritono
* Dale Warren (1952-2008) leader e voce baritono, basso
* George Bamby (1959-1960) fisarmonica
* Roy Lanham (1961-1986) chitarra solista
* Wade Ray (1961-1962) violino
* Rusty Richards (1963-1966, 1974-1984)
* Billy Armstrong (1966-1972) violino
* Bob Minser (1967-1968) voce tenore, basso
* Luther Nallie (1968-1974, 1980-2004, 2007-oggi) voce, chitarra solista, basso
* Billy Liebert (1974-1980) fisarmonica, arrangiatore
* Doc Denning (1980) violino
* Dale Morris (1981-1983) violino
* Tommy Nallie (1983-1988) batteria
* Soleggiato Spencer (1984-2005) voce solista
* Jack Nallie (1984) basso
* Jack Laroux (1985) basso
* Gary Foster (1986) basso
* Gary LeMaster (1986-2006, 2008-oggi) voce tenore, chitarra solista
* Daryl Wainscott (1987-1993) tastiere
* David Bradley (1989-1993) voce, chitarra
* John Nallie (1993-2000) voce solista, tastiere e batteria
* Roy Warhurst (1994-1997) violino
* Ken Lattimore (1998-oggi) voce tenore, violino
* Randy Rudd (2001-oggi) voce, chitarra
* Preston Eldridge (2001-2006) basso
* Jarrett Dougherty (2001-2002) batteria, commedia
* Waylon Herron (2004-2006) voce, chitarra
* Justin Sifford (2006) voce, chitarra
* Ricky Boen (2006-oggi) violino
* Mark Abbott (2006-oggi) basso

## Premi

* 1971 Western Heritage Wrangler Award dal National Cowboy Hall of Fame
* 1976 Gene Autry Award
* 1976 Hollywood Walk of Fame Award
* 1977 Smithsonian Institute's "National Treasure" Designation
* 1980 Country Music Hall of Fame Country Music Association Award
* 1984 New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame Award
* 1986 Grammy Award per "Cool Water"
* 1988 Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame
* 1994 Western Music Association Hall of Fame Award
* 2003 Golden Boot Award dal Motion Picture and Television Fund

## Discografia

### Album

* Cowboy Classics (1952)
* Cowboy Hymns and Spirituals (1952)
* Western Classics (1953)
* Favorite Cowboy Songs (1955)
* 25 Favorite Cowboy Songs (1955)
* Twenty-Five Favorite Cowboy Songs (1956)
* How Great Thou Art (1957)
* One Man's Songs (1957)
* Wagons West (RCA Camden Classics, 1958)
* Cool Water (RCA Records, 1959)
* Cool Water (BMG International, 1959)
* Room Full of Roses (1960)
* Westwood Ho! (1961)
* Lure of the West (1961)
* Tumbleweed Trails (1962)
* Our Men out West (1963)
* Good Old Country Music (Delta Records, 1963)
* The Sons of the Pioneers Sing Hymns of the Cowboy (1963)
* Hymns of the Cowboy (1963)
* Trail Dust (1963)
* Country Fare (1964)
* Tumbleweed Trails (Vocalion, 1964)
* Sons of the Pioneers Best (1964)
* Down Memory Trail (1964)
* Legends of the West (1965)
* The Best of the Sons of the Pioneers (1966)
* The Songs of Bob Nolan (1966)
* Campfire Favorites (1967)
* South of the Border (1968)
* San Antonio Rose & Other Country Favorites (1968)
* San Antonio Rose (Delta Records, 1968)
* The Sons of the Pioneers Visit the South Seas (1969)
* Riders in the Sky (1973)
* A Country-Western Songbook (1977)
* Let's Go West Again (1981)
* Columbia Historic Edition (Columbia, 1982)
* Twenty of the Best (1985)
* Tumbling Tumbleweeds (MCA, 1986)
* Teardrops in My Heaven (1987)
* Land Beyond the Sund (1987)
* A Hundred and Sixty Acres (1987)
* Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Universal Special Products, 1987)
* Collection, Vol. 1 (Bear Family Records, 1987)
* Collection, Vol. 2 (Bear Family Records, 1987)
* Collection, Vol. 3 (Bear Family Records, 1987)
* Collection, Vol. 4 (Bear Family Records, 1987)
* Tumbling Tumbleweeds (RCA, 1989)
* Sunset on the Range (Pair, 1990)
* Empty Saddles (1990)
* The Sons of the Pioneers (RCA, 1977)
* Country & Western Memories (Pair, 1991)
* Country Music Hall of Fame (MCA, 1991)
* Songs of the Trail (Pair, 1991)
* Our Best to You (1999)
* Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Country Stars, 1999)
* Teleways Transcriptions (Soundies, 1999)
* Symphonies of the Sage (Bloodshot, 2001)
* The Essential Collection (South Side Phunk, 2002)
* Memories of the Lucky U Ranch (Jasmine, 2002)
* Cigareets, Whusky...And Cool, Cool Water (ASV, 2002)
* The Sons of the Pioneers: Ultimate Collection (Hip-O, 2002)
* The Essential Collection (Varèse Sarabande, 2003)
* RCA Country Legends (Sony Music Entertainment, 2004)
* Classic Western Harmony, Vol. 2 (2005)
* Under Western Skies (Varèse Sarabande, 2005)
* My Saddle Pals and I (USD, 2005)
* Classic Cowboy Songs (Varèse Sarabande, 2006)
* The Republic Years (Varèse Sarabande, 2006)
* Western Hymns and Spirituals (Varèse Sarabande, 2008)
* Way Out There: The Complete Recordings 1934-1943 (BFR, 2009)
* Cigareets, Whusky...And Cool, Cool Water (USD, 2010)
* Sing the Stephen Foster Songbook (Varèse Sarabande, 2010)

### Singoli

| Anno | Singolo | Posizione in classifica | Posizione in classifica | Posizione in classifica |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Anno | Singolo | Hot Country Songs | Billboard Hot 100 | CAN Country |
| 1945 | "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" | 4 | — | — |
| 1946 | "No One to Cry To" | 6 | — | — |
| 1947 | "Baby Doll" | 5 | — | — |
| 1947 | "Cool Water" | 4 | — | — |
| 1947 | "Cigareetes, Whusky, and Wild, Wild Women" | 5 | — | — |
| 1947 | "Teardrops in My Heart" | 4 | — | — |
| 1948 | "Blue Shadows on the Trail" (con Roy Rogers) | 6 | — | — |
| 1948 | "(There'll Never Be Another) Pecos Bill" (con Roy Rogers) | 13 | — | — |
| 1948 | "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" | 11 | — | — |
| 1948 | "Cool Water" | 7 | — | — |
| 1949 | "My Best to You" | 12 | — | — |
| 1949 | "Room Full of Roses" | 10 | 26 | — |
| 1955 | "The Ballad Of Davy Crocket" | — | — | — |
| 1976 | "Cool Water" | — | — | 34 |
| 1980 | "Ride Concrete Cowboy, Ride" (con Roy Rogers) | 80 | — | — |

## Filmografia

* Slightly Static (1935), short
* Way Up Thar (1935), short
* Gallant Defender (1935)
* The Mysterious Avenger (1936)
* Song of the Saddle (1936)
* Rhythm on the Range (1936)
* California Mail (1936)
* The Big Show (1936)
* The Old Corral (1936)
* The Old Wyoming Trail (1937)
* Outlaws of the Prairie (1937)
* Cattle Raiders (1938)
* Call of the Rockies (1938)
* Law of the Plains (1938)
* West of Cheyenne (1938)
* South of Arizona (1938)
* The Colorado Trail (1938)
* West of the Santa Fe (1938)
* Rio Grande (1938)
* Songs of the West (1939), short
* Texas Stampede (1939)
* North of the Yukon (1939)
* Spoilers of the Range (1939)
* Western Caravans (1939)
* The Man from Sundown (1939)
* Riders of Black River (1939)
* Outpost of the Mounties (1939)
* The Stranger from Texas (1939)
* Two-Fisted Rangers (1939)
* Bullets for Rustlers (1940)
* Blazing Six Shooters (1940)
* Texas Stagecoach (1940)
* The Durango Kid (1940)
* West of Abilene (1940)
* Thundering Frontier (1940)
* The Pinto Kid (1941)
* Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941)
* Red River Valley (1941)
* Man from Cheyenne (1942)
* South of Santa Fe (1942)
* Sunset on the Desert (1942)
* Romance on the Range (1942)
* Sons of the Pioneers (1942)
* Call of the Canyon (1942)
* Sunset Serenade (1942)
* Heart of the Golden West (1942)
* Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942)
* Idaho (1943)
* Song of Texas (1943)
* Silver Spurs (1943)
* The Man from Music Mountain (1943)
* Hands Across the Border (1944)
* Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
* The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)
* Song of Nevada (1944)
* San Fernando Valley (1944)
* Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
* Hollywood Canteen (1944)
* Utah (1945)
* Bells of Rosarita (1945)
* Man from Oklahoma (1945)
* Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
* Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
* Don't Fence Me In (1945)
* Song of Arizona (1946)
* Ding Dong Williams (1946)
* Home on the Range (1946)
* Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
* My Pal Trigger (1946)
* Under Nevada Skies (1946)
* Roll on Texas Moon (1946)
* Home in Oklahoma (1946)
* Heldorado (1946)
* Apache Rose (1947)
* Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
* Bells of San Angelo (1947)
* Springtime in the Sierras (1947)
* On the Old Spanish Trail (1947)
* The Gay Ranchero (1948)
* Unusual Occupations (1948), short
* Under California Stars (1948)
* Lo scrigno delle sette perle (1948)
* Eyes of Texas (1948)
* Night Time in Nevada (1948)
* Everybody's Dancin' (1950)
* Rio Bravo (1950)
* Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
