Best of Don Edwards (1998)

About this title: Cowboy troubadour Don Edwards is one of the last great American treasures, an artist who has remained completely indifferent to trends, expectations and the lure of payola. Edwards has been quietly maintaining the lost cowboy genre -- a niche that can count icons like Marty Robbins, Tex Ritter, Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Horton as alumni -- since the release of his Happy Cowboy album in 1980. A real-life cowboy in the Southwest, Edwards' songs are simple, poetic and bereft of Nashville excess. On the humbly titled Best of Don Edwards, the "The Minstrel of the Range" offers up some of his best ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Habit [Braley/Edwards]
2. The Cowboy's Song [Robinson]
3. The Freedom Song [Wilkinson]
4. Diamond Joe [Traditional]
5. The Cowboy Life [Traditional]
6. Prairie Lullabye [Davis]
7. The Master's Call [Robbins]
8. Goin' Back to Texas [Robison]
9. Coyotes [McDill]
10. Will James [Tyson/Traditional]
11. Lone Star Trail [Traditional]
12. The Colorado Trail [Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.