Trails and Rails

 Walt Richards
Paula Strong
by Simone Della Torre
SESSIONS Walt Richards also recorded two solo instrumental albums
2003 Double Time Productions,  El Cajon, CA – Trails and Rails (Walt Richards [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Paula Strong [vcl/rh gt], + Vickie Cottle [hmny vcl-1])
001 MILWAUKEE BLUES
002 ONE MORE RIDE -1
003 PAN AMERICAN BOOGIE;
004 THE CARRISO -1
005 THE PHANTOM TRAIN
006 STARLIGHT ON THE RAILS
007 DRILL YE TARRIERS
008 TEXAS 1947
009 FAST FREIGHT -1
010 RAILROAD CANYON
011 TO MORROW
012 TRAVELIN' MAN
013 GREENVILLE TRESTLE
014 MIDNIGHT CHOOCHOO/WAITIN' FOR A TRAIN
015 THE TONOPAH AND TIDEWATER
016 TRAIN BLUE
017 ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE
018 LONELY DEADHEAD BOXCAR
019 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
020 RAMBLIN' ON MY MIND (BLOW YO' WHISTLE FREIGHT TRAIN)
021 BLUE TRAIN
Tracks above issued on album On Track
2004 Double Time Productions,  El Cajon, CA – Trails and Rails (Walt Richards [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Paula Strong [vcl/rh gt])
022 COYOTES
023 COWBOY BUCKAROO
024 DON'T FENCE ME IN
025 COLORADO TRAIL
026 SUN FLOWER DANCE
027 THE OLD DOUBLE DIAMOND
028 BACK IN THE SADDLE
029 HOME ON THE RANGE
030 MOUNTAINS OF THE HEART
031 RED VELVET
032 GOLDEN SLIPPERS
033 COWBOY RHYTHM
034 ROSE OF SAN ANTONE
035 COWBOY LULLABY
036 SEEK HIGHER GROUND
Tracks above issued on album Mountains of The Heart
2006 Double Time Productions,  El Cajon, CA – Trails and Rails (Walt Richards [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Paula Strong [vcl/rh gt/mandolin] + Ken Wilcox [ld vcl-1/gt/ autoharp/bck vcl], Bruce Huntington [bass/ hmny vcl], Dave Edelman [fiddle])
037 NIGHTTIME OUT ON THE RANGE
038 NIGHT TRAIN DOWN THE YELLOWSTONE
039 TRES BELLS OF OL' GRAN BOQUILLAS
040 ECHOES OF THE TRAIL
041 OLD DANCE TUNE MEDLEY
042 CAMPTOWN RACES/GOLDEN SLIPPERS/HOME, SWEET HOME
043 THE VAQUERO SONG
044 SEVEN SPANISH ANGELS -1
045 IF YOU WOULD DANCE WITH ME
046 ARIZONA WIND; HARVEY GIRL
047 LAST STEAM ENGINE TRAIN
048 SUEÑO
049 THE WIRE AND THE RAIL
050 KEEPIN' IT COWBOY –
Tracks above issued on album From Way Out West
October 2007 Soil of the South,  La Mesa, CA - (Walt Richards [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Paula Strong [vcl/rh gt] + Ken Wilcox [ld vcl-1/gt/ autoharp], Bruce Huntington [ld vcl-2/bass], Ken Graydon [ld vcl-3])
051 GHOSTS OF TOMBSTONE
052 A MILLION MILES FROM HOME
053 THINKIN' 'BOUT MONTANA
054 BEST DANG LIFE -1
055 COLD NORTHERN WIND
056 WINDMILL -3
057 NEVER BEEN TO CALIFORNIA -2
058 THIS GODFORSAKEN TOWN
059 PECOS TO PACIFIC
060 PANCHO AND LEFTY -1
061 TEN MORE MILES -2
062 GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY
063 BELOW THE KINNEY RIM
064 SAN MIGUEL
Tracks above issued on album Ghosts of Tombstone
2008 Double Time Productions,  El Cajon, CA – Trails and Rails (Walt Richards [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Paula Strong [vcl/rh gt], Ken Wilcox [vcl/gt/ autoharp/whistling], Bruce Huntington [vcl/bass])
065 BACK IN THE SADDLE
066 STREETS OF LAREDO
067 RIDING DOWN THE CANYON
068 CATTLE CALL
069 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS
070 COWBOY MEDLEY
071 RAGTIME COWBOY JOE
072 I'M AN OLD COWHAND
073 COOL WATER
074 MEDLEY OF THE WEST
075 BLUE PRAIRIE
076 ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL
077 BLUE SHADOWS ON THE TRAIL
078 GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY
079 DON'T FENCE ME IN
080 RED RIVER VALLEY
081 WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE
082 EMPTY SADDLES
083 ALONG THE SANTA FE TRAIL
084 HOME ON THE RANGE
085 HAPPY TRAILS
Tracks above issued on album Water, Weeds and Ghosts
2011 PHRO Music-com, Escondido, CA – Trails and Rails (Walt Richards [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Paula Strong [vcl/rh gt], Ken Wilcox [vcl/gt/ autoharp], Pete Warhola [vcl/bass] + Ken Graydon [narration-1], Phee Sherline [hammered dulcimer-2])
086 COYOTE RIDGE
087 MCGEE CREEK
088 JOAQUIN
089 WIND IN THE WIRE
090 DOWN THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL
091 FIFTY YEARS AGO
092 WALTZ FOR MARIE
093 PIONEER MEDLEY
094 HAWAIIAN ROUGH RIDER
095 SWING A COWBOY SONG
096 TRAIN BACK TO TEXAS
097 MOUNTAINS OF THE HEART
098 RAMBLER, GAMBLER
099 OLD HOUSE
100  HILLS OF ABERDEEN -1
101 GUESS I'LL HAVE TO STAY
102 UP ON THE HIGH GROUND
103 OUTBOUND TRAIN
104 DEAR FRIENDS
105 SUNFLOWER DANCE - 2
Tracks above issued on album Western Tales
2012 The Stronghold, La Mesa, CA - Trails and Rails (Walt Richards [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Paula Strong [vcl/rh gt], Mike Craig [vcl/bass])
106 GOLD, GOLD
107 ROCK ME TO SLEEP
108 RIVER
109 APACHE
110 EVERYDAY HEROES
111 TENNESSEE WALTZ
112 FRANK JAMES FAREWELL
113 PONY EXPRESS
114 OX DRIVER
115 BLUES FOR DIXIE
116 OLD HANDS
117 GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK
118 LEANIN’ ON THE OLD TOP RAIL
119 BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME
120 BITTERSWEET WALTZ
121 BYE BYE BLUES
Tracks above issued on album Off The Beaten Path
2014 Digitronic Studio, San Diego, CA - Trails and Rails (Walt Richards [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Paula Strong [vcl/rh gt/snare], Mike Craig [vcl/bass/ac gt/whistle] + Allen Lintvedt [harmonica-1])
122 OUT ON THE RANGE
123 CANYONS OF MY MIND
124 COWBOY GIRL
125 GUNS AND DUST -1
126 MEDLEY IN A MINOR
127 CLUCK OLD HEN / SHADY GROVE / HANGMAN
128 REMINGTON
129 SAN ANTONIO ROMEO / SAN ANTONIO ROSE (MEDLEY)
130 HALLOWED GROUND
131 DAYS OF '49
132 COWBOY LULLABY
133 COWBOY'S FANCY
134 RIDIN' HOME TO RACHEL
135 CORN, WATER AND WOOD
136 TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL
137 MEDLEY: COLORADO TRAIL / BURY ME NOT / SHENANDOAH;  HE'S A COWBOY
138 WILLIAM TOLD UNDERTURE
Tracks above issued on album Gatherin' Strays







ALBUMS
Trails and Rails ? On Track:  Milwaukee Blues;  One More Ride;  Pan American Boogie;  The Carriso; The Phantom Train;  Starlight on the Rails;  Drill Ye Tarriers;  Texas 1947;  Fast Freight;  Railroad Canyon;  To Morrow;  Travelin' Man;  Greenville Trestle;  Midnight ChooChoo/Waitin' For A Train;  The Tonopah and Tidewater;  Train Blue;  On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe;  Lonely Deadhead Boxcar;  City of New Orleans;  Ramblin' On My Mind (Blow Yo' Whistle Freight Train);  Blue Train - 03
Hand Made Music ? Mountains of the Heart:  Coyotes;  Cowboy Buckaroo;  Don't Fence Me In;  Colorado Trail; Sun Flower Dance;  The Old Double Diamond;  Back in the Saddle; Home on the Range;  Mountains of the Heart;  Red Velvet;  Golden Slippers;  Cowboy Rhythm;  Rose of San Antone;  Cowboy Lullaby;  Seek Higher Ground - 04
Hand Made Music ? From Way Out West: Nighttime Out On the Range;  Night Train Down The Yellowstone;  Tres Bells Of Ol' Gran Boquillas; Echoes Of The Trail; Old Dance Tune Medley: Camptown Races/Golden Slippers/Home, Sweet Home;  The Vaquero Song; Seven Spanish Angels; If You Would Dance With Me;  Arizona Wind; Harvey Girl;  Last Steam Engine Train;  Sueño;  The Wire And The Rail;  Keepin' It Cowboy – 06
Hand Made Music ? Ghosts of Tombstone: Ghosts Of Tombstone;  A Million Miles From Home;  Thinkin' 'Bout Montana; Best Dang Life;  Cold Northern Wind; Windmill; Never Been To California;  This Godforsaken Town; Pecos To Pacific;  Pancho and Lefty;  Ten More Miles;  Ghost Riders In the Sky;  Below The Kinney Rim;  San Miguel – 07
Hand Made Music ? Water, Weeds and Ghosts:  Back In The Saddle;  Streets Of Laredo; Riding Down The Canyon; Cattle Call;  Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Cowboy Medley; Ragtime Cowboy Joe; I'm An Old Cowhand; Cool Water;  Medley Of The West;  Blue Prairie;  Along The Navajo Trail;  Blue Shadows On The Trail;  Ghost Riders In The Sky;  Don't Fence Me In;  Red River Valley; When The Bloom Is On The Sage;  Empty Saddles;  Along The Santa Fe Trail;  Home On The Range;  Happy Trails - 08
Hand Made Music ? Western Tales:  Coyote Ridge;  McGee Creek; Joaquin;  Wind In the Wire;  Down the California Trail;  Fifty Years Ago;  Waltz for Marie; Pioneer Medley;  Hawaiian Rough Rider;  Swing a Cowboy Song;  Train Back to Texas;  Mountains of the Heart;  Rambler, Gambler;  Old House;  Hills of Aberdeen;  Guess I'll Have to Stay;  Up on the High Ground;  Outbound Train;  Dear Friends;  Sunflower Dance – 09-04-11
Hand Made Music ? Off The Beaten Path: Gold, Gold;  Rock Me To Sleep;  River; Apache; Everyday Heroes;  Tennessee Waltz; Frank James Farewell;  Pony Express;  Ox Driver;  Blues For Dixie; Old Hands;  Grandfather’s Clock;  Leanin’ On The Old Top Rail;  Brother, Can You Spare A Dime;  Bittersweet Waltz; Bye Bye Blues – 04-12
Hand Made Music ? Gatherin' Strays: Out On the Range; Canyons of My Mind;  Cowboy Girl;  Guns and Dust;  Medley in A Minor: Cluck Old Hen / Shady Grove / Hangman;  Remington;  San Antonio Romeo / San Antonio Rose (Medley); Hallowed Ground;  Days of '49;  Cowboy Lullaby;  Cowboy's Fancy;  Ridin' Home to Rachel;  Corn, Water and Wood;  Twilight On the Trail;  Medley: Colorado Trail / Bury Me Not / Shenandoah;  He's a Cowboy;  William Told Underture – 07-02-15