Remembers the Alamo

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For over three decades, 30+ albums, and nine Grammy® Awards, Asleep At The Wheel has been championing big band western swing, touring non-stop and earning both critical acclaim and love from fans nationwide. This latest album is a reverent compilation of songs related to Texas and the history and events of The Alamo. It includes faithful reinterpretations like "Remember The Alamo," "Ballad of Davy Crockett," and "Ballad of the Alamo," the latter which appeared in the 1960 John Wayne feature film.

Ray Benson and the band also offer original compositions inspired by events at the Texas landmark and include one song which is a self-admitted left turn from the body of material; "Don’t Go There," a tongue-in-cheek song written about Ozzy Osbourne’s notorious visit to the Alamo. The message to Ozzy includes the lyrics, "It’s a simple Texas Mission, not a pot for you to piss in. It’s a symbol of our state, not a place to urinate."

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Average customer rating: Worth the buy a good album with issues AATW Remembers The Alamo Loving homage to a Lone Star legend ...it doesn't get more Texas than this.

Remembers the Alamo Asleep at the Wheel Manufacturer: Shout Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ride With Bob Western Standard Time Collison Course/The Wheel Live at Billy Bob's Texas Comin' Right at Ya/Texas Gold ASIN: B0000E1WNH Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

1. Remember The Alamo
2. Green Leaves Of Summer
3. Billy In The Low Ground
4. Ballad Of The Alamo
5. Deguello
6. Ballad Of Davy Crocket
7. Yellow Rose Of Texas
8. New San Antonio Rose
9. Eighth Of January
10. Across The Alley From The Alamo
11. Stout And High
12. Don't Go There
13. Soldier's Joy

Album Description

For over three decades, 30+ albums, and nine Grammy® Awards, Asleep At The Wheel has been championing big band western swing, touring non-stop and earning both critical acclaim and love from fans nationwide. This latest album is a reverent compilation of songs related to Texas and the history and events of The Alamo. It includes faithful reinterpretations like "Remember The Alamo," "Ballad of Davy Crockett," and "Ballad of the Alamo," the latter which appeared in the 1960 John Wayne feature film.

Ray Benson and the band also offer original compositions inspired by events at the Texas landmark and include one song which is a self-admitted left turn from the body of material; "Don't Go There," a tongue-in-cheek song written about Ozzy Osbourne's notorious visit to the Alamo. The message to Ozzy includes the lyrics, "It's a simple Texas Mission, not a pot for you to piss in. It's a symbol of our state, not a place to urinate."

Customer Reviews:

Worth the buy.......2007-05-23

This item gave me what I was looking for!
Well worth the buy.

a good album with issues.......2006-07-11

"Asleep at the Wheel Remembers the Alamo" is a good album with two problems. For starters, this is the watershed that marked the end of the band's 10-15 year climax. Some of this may be due to expectations. This isn't a Western Swing album -it's an eclectic collection of Americana that runs the gamut with traditional folk, country, spoken word, western swing and orchestral music. Regardless of the musical anthropology, the songs just aren't as strong as the band's usual setlist. The second issue is that beyond remembering the Alamo, this is a celebration of the old mission. Anybody with a balanced sense of history appreciates that the events surrounding the Alamo constitute a shameful legacy of manifest destiny. Davy Crockett and the Texans were rebellious guests in an independent country. There's little romance to be found in the fact that these jingoes facilitated their own destiny. If the goal is to let bygones be bygones and move forward, is it appropriate to resurrect and glorify the events that led to the imperial annexation of a neighboring country? What's next, a celebratory tribute to the Trail of Tears or Jim Crow? "Asleep at the Wheel Remembers the Alamo" is a good album with issues -I would like to have awarded 3 1/2 stars, but bumped it up to 4 because it is Ray Benson and the boys after all! With so many better recordings, this Asleep at the Wheel release should be reserved for completists and Alamo history enthusiasts.

AATW Remembers The Alamo.......2004-07-26

Great concept album-a tribute to The Alamo, one of history's biggest battles and not a direct tie-in to the recent movie flop. Just reading the liner notes by Ray Benson brings back memories of learning all about The Alamo in school all those years ago. I will confess, though, that the music starts out kind of slow and things don't really pick up swing-wise until the 6th cut. Despite the first 5 songs being slow, they are still worth a listen because of the historic value. I guess I am spoiled, as I own most of AATW's albums and consider them to be great party albums(especially their Christmas album in particular). This album took a few listens to get used to but I still would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Texas history as well as the music of Ray Benson and AATW.

Loving homage to a Lone Star legend.......2004-04-23

Ray Benson and his pals pay loving homage to the dismal defeat that made Texas legend, the 1836 battle that pitted the thousands-strong Mexican army under Santa Ana against nearly two hundred proto-Texan provocateurs, including legendary figures such as Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett... The two-week siege became the stuff of legend, and helped pave the political path for the United States to lay claim to the Spanish-held territories and annex the Lone Star State. AATW approach the subject with smirking affection, covering songs from old Hollywood films, Bob Wills classics such as "San Antone Rose," and TV themes like "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett," each with its own connection to the Alamo. The album's highlights include two more modern songs, Monty Warden's "Stout And High," played as a plaintive ballad, and "Don't Go There," a guffaw-worthy novelty song about the time rocker Ozzy Osbourne got arrested for peeing drunk on the side of the Alamo itself(!) (Miraculously, Ozzy was not lynched then and there, but he was banned from San Antonio for the next ten years... Funny song; wish I could play it on the radio...)

...it doesn't get more Texas than this........2004-02-09

In a word, this album IS Texas. The concept here is to unabashedly defend the heroic legend of the battle of the Alamo. It's interesting to see a concept album like this, you don't see them that often anymore. What better reason to release one than to further ingrain an epic American tale. Highly recommended.

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Scotland Remembers the Alamo Carl Peterson Manufacturer: Darach Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00063EF9S Release Date: 2001-08-01

Tracks:

1. Deguello/ Remember the Alamo
2. Hey Tuttie Tattie (vocal)/ Scot's Wha Hae (vocal)/ Hey Tuttie Tattie (instrumental) /All The Blue Bonnets
3. Flowers of Edinburgh (vocal)/ Flowers of Edinburgh (instrumental)/ White Cockade/ Soldier's Joy
4. Dashing White Sergeant (vocal)/ Female Volunteer for Mexico /Dashing White Sergeant (instrumental)/ Duke of Perth
5. Bonnie Dundee/ Glendaural Highlanders
6. Bugle Calls (March I and 2, Trot, Gallop, Deguello)
7. Remember the Alamo (tune: Hey Tuttie Tattie)
8. Moses Rose of Texas (tune: Yellow Rose of Texas)
9. Death of Davy Crockett (tune: Anacreon in Heaven)
10. Will You Come to the Bower/ Lilly Bolero
11. San Jacinto (tune: Hey Tuttie Tattie)
12. Freedom and Texas (tune: The Birks of Aberfeldy)
13. Uncle Sam to Texas (tune: Yankee Doodle)
14. To the Field Freemen (tune: Draw the Sword Scotland)
15. Zachary Taylor (tune: Billy Taylor)
16. Texas War Cry (tune: Anacreon in Heaven)
17. The Union Call (tune: All the Blue Bonnets)

Tracks:

1. Santa Anna's March
2. Santa Anna's Retreat from Cerro Gordo
3. Texas Heroes
4. Ian's Medley (Farewell to the Creeks/ Battle of Waterloo/ For A' That)
5. The Anacreontic Song/ Sussex Mummers Carol
6. Birks of Aberfeldy
7. Draw the Sword Scotland
8. Billy Taylor
9. All The Blue Bonnets
10. Flowers of Edinburgh (Scottish country dance version)
11. Dashing White Sargeant (Scottish country dance version)
12. Auld Lang Syne
13. Remember the Alamo (instrumental)

Album Description

With piper John MacGregor and a fiddler, the men at the Alamo were often entertained by the songs brought to the New World from Scotland and Ireland. These songs were then used as tunes for ballads and stories written about the Alamo and the Texas revolution. Carl Peterson now presents these songs, many for the first time, in an incredible double CD collection. (Nearly two hours of music!) The first CD contains songs written about the Alamo and the Texas Revolution, and also instrumental music on fiddle and bagpipe of songs that would have been current in the early 1800s, songs that perhaps the men of the Alamo would have been familiar with. The second CD continues this theme, but also includes the original versions of the songs whose tunes were used to write the songs about the Alamo and Texas. A companion music and history book, "Now's the Day and Now's the Hour", goes into depth on the Scottish influence in early Texas history. The book is available separately.

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Remembers the Alamo Asleep at the Wheel Manufacturer: Evangeline Music/Hepcat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001ACKT8 Release Date: 2006-01-03

Tracks:

1. Remember the Alamo/Letter from Col. Travis
2. Green Leaves of Summer - Asleep at the Wheel, Tosca String Quartet
3. Billy in the Low Ground
4. Ballad of the Alamo - Asleep at the Wheel, Tosca String Quartet
5. Deguello
6. Ballad of Davy Crockett
7. Yellow Rose of Texas
8. New San Antonio Rose
9. Eighth of January
10. Across the Alley from the Alamo
11. Stout and High
12. Don't Go There
13. Soldier's Joy

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