"Riders in the Sky"
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Link to video
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riders_in_the_Sky_(band)
Some of the members:
Douglas B. Green has a master's degree in Literature from Vanderbilt University. He's the guy who oodles.
Bass player Fred “Too Slim” LaBour has a Masters in Wildlife Management from Michigan.
Fiddler “Woody Paul” Chrisman has a PHD in Plasma Physics from MIT where he wrote his thesis, "Inertial, Viscous, and Finite-Beta Effects in a Resistive, Time Dependent Tokamak Discharge".
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I've liked them since the old days and saw them once on the Opry Stage.
Marty Robbins also did a lot of western stuff. And the Sons of the Pioneers are still active.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_the_Pioneers
The music is its own genre and should not be lost...