Wild West

This is my pick of songs from westerns in TV and movies. Some are my favorite westerns, one arguably is a western but is SciFi. A couple of comedies. Most are covers and lots are surf versions. I won't commit to each version being the best version of that song, but I like them all. You'll notice a few spaghetti westerns mixed in here with a couple of tracks from Alex Cox's western (and none of them the Clash or Elvis Costello, even though those songs are great, too). And just a couple are very iffy, but too bad, I liked them. Also if you like this, you may like the other versions of Ghost Riders In The Sky I have here and this connection of Western Cowboys and Indians! Only one double.

Wild West

01 Link Kuroda - Red Sun (Main Theme)

02 Johnny Cash - Bonanza!

03 Joss Whedon & Sonny Rhodes - Firefly Main Title

04 Zebulon Macahan - How The West Was Won

05 Dick Marko - Wild Wild West

06 The Lazy Aces - Bret Maverick (Theme Song)

07 Cosmonauti - For A Few Dollars More

08 Wall Of Voodoo - The Good The Bad & The Ugly-Hang 'Em High

09 Metallica - The Ecstasy Of Gold

10 Strangers 1800 - Ghost Riders (In the Sky)

11 Pray For Rain - Money, Guns and Coffee

12 Los Straitjackets - Theme From Magnificent Seven

13 Billy Strange - Gunsmoke

14 Zander Schloss - Salsa Y Ketchup

15 Parmalee's Rangers - Laredo

16 Los Lobos featuring Antonio Banderas - Cancion Del Mariachi (Morena De Mi Corazon)

17 The Dickies - Wagon Train

18 Avenged Sevenfold - Malaguena Salerosa (La Malaguena)

19 The Santa Anna Surfers - Ballad Of The Alamo

20 David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In

21 Earp & Holliday - Gunfight at The OK Coral

22 Painless Potter - Buttons And Bows

23 McCain & the Winchester Spin-Cocks - The Rifleman

24 The Perfect Disaster - Wanderin' Star

25 Duane Eddy - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)

26 The Kentucky Headhunters - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett

27 Cornell Hurd Band - Rawhide

28 Tonto & Silver - The Lone Ranger

29 Dean Martin - Rio Bravo

Western Connection (Cowboys and Indians)

What's the Connection? became a lot about themes in song titles. Was this word or another used in the title of the song. That isn't that difficult to do, if you have all your songs cataloged by album and artist. But it's harder to get a theme like Westerns done, because you have multiple things going on at the same time. Watching old westerns to me means time with my dad going to the movies and seeing The Magnificent Seven, Little Big Man, Red Sun, etc. Usually Cowboys and Indians. Back then there was no PC term. I was a proud member of the Y-Indian Guides as a kid in the probably made up tribe name: the Wa-Kay tribe. But we took it seriously. So here are some of my favorite songs reminding me of Westerns. Click the cover as usual. And if you have any favorite songs of yours that remind you of Westerns, make sure to leave a comment 

WTC Westerns

01 Wall Of Voodoo - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-Hang 'Em High (Live)

02 Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)

03 Kylie Minogue - Cowboy Style

04 Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy

05 Goober & The Peas - Funky Cowboy

06 Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band - I'm an Indian, Too

07 Pet Shop Boys - Go West

08 Steve Miller Band - Space Cowboy

09 Camper Van Beethoven - Cowboys from Hollywood

10 Gichy Dan - Cowboys and Gangsters

11 Paul Revere & the Raiders - Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)

12 Ted Nugent - Snakeskin Cowboys

13 Frank Zappa - Theme From 'Bonanza'

14 Escape Club - Wild Wild West

15 Boys Don't Cry - Wanna Be A Cowboy

16 Bow Wow Wow - Cowboy

17 Outlaws - Gunsmoke

18 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero