{"product_id":"riders-in-the-sky-bobbie-malone-9781648432859","title":"Riders in the Sky: Romancing the West with Music and Humor","description":"\u003cp\u003e For almost five decades, the band known as Riders in the Sky (\"America's Favorite Cowboys\") has entertained and delighted audiences in Nashville and throughout the United States with their mixture of quirky sendups of the silver-screen Western and their \"faultless, evocative instrumentation, perfect harmony, fantasy, and humor.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Remarkably, the original Riders--Ranger Doug Green (\"The Idol of American Youth\"), \"Too Slim\" (or alternately, \"Side Meat\"), Fred Labour, and Woody Paul Chrisman (\"The King of Cowboy Fiddlers\")--have continued to perform together since their first gig on a cold, rainy night in November 1978. Occasionally described as \"the most educated band in country music\" because of Woody Paul's PhD in plasma physics from MIT, Doug's MA in literature from Vanderbilt, and Too Slim's degree in environmental studies from the University of Michigan, the group has been a popular fixture at the Grand Ole Opry since 1982. Master accordionist Joey Miskulin, a \"road scholar\" since age 13, joined the band during its second decade and was with them when they won Grammy awards for their work with Disney-Pixar for the albums that accompanied \u003ci\u003eToy Story 2\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMonsters, Inc\u003c\/i\u003e. Their appeal to multigenerational audiences continues unabated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiders in the Sky: Romancing the West with Music and Humor\u003c\/i\u003e will entertain and inform both the group's legions of dedicated fans and aficionados of country and western music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bobbie Malone, Bill C. Malone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1648432859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648432859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Bobbie Malone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46545960501503,"sku":"9781648432859","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8552005-1b8a-4453-bf0f-3bfd3b2c650c.jpg?v=1738183794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/riders-in-the-sky-bobbie-malone-9781648432859","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}