Collector's Choice
1964
Sing And Play Cowboys And Indians
About This Album
Cowboys and Indians (1964) presents a turning point in the New Christy Minstrels saga. After less than three years, the extended aggregate had already undergone six respective personnel shifts, with another on the way. By early 1964, co-founder Randy Sparks was out amid controversy that he essentially sold the New Christy Minstrels' name to his two business partners, splitting without even consulting his bandmates. While the new "owners" of the Minstrels sustained the combo in the same way as Sparks had done, the influence and infusion of electric folk or folk-rock was obvious. However, the dozen entries on Cowboys and Indians (1964) didn't close the gap between traditional folk and the new breed of pop acts such as the Byrds, or at least as much as they would on their subsequent long-players. Rather, the two surviving New Christy Minstrels, Nick Woods and Art Podell, chose to focus on melodies and arrangements harking back to the sound of America's deep-rooted pioneering spirit. Woods also enlisted the team of Vivian Holtzman and Scott Holtzman, who quickly supplied the Christys with an update of the standard "Ida Red" and the amusing novelty "They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around.
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