A Cowboy Has to Sing

A Cowboy Has to Sing
Studio album by Sons of the San Joaquin
Released January 1992
Genre Western
Label Warner Western
Sons of the San Joaquin chronology

Bound For the Rio Grande
(1991)
A Cowboy Has to Sing
(1992)
Songs of the Silver Screen
(1993)

A Cowboy Has to Sing is the third Sons of the San Joaquin album and the first for a major label. All of the album's songs were written by members of the Sons of the Pioneers. Though newly recorded, the songs on this album can all be found on the two previous releases.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Timber Trail"  Tim Spencer 2:08
2. "The Boss Is Hangin' Out a Rainbow"  Bob Nolan 2:36
3. "Blue Prairie"  Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan 3:52
4. "Cool Water"  Bob Nolan 3:29
5. "Way Out There"  Bob Nolan 2:57
6. "A Cowboy Has to Sing"  Bob Nolan 2:11
7. "Wind"  Bob Nolan 4:17
8. "Song of the Rover"  Bob Nolan 2:06
9. "Moonlight on the Trail"  Tim Spencer 3:12
10. "So Long to the Red River Valley"  Tim Spencer 2:27

Personnel

Sons of the San Joaquin

Additional personnel

Production

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