Blackie and the Rodeo King explained

Blackie and the Rodeo King
Type:studio
Artist:Willie P. Bennett
Cover:Blackie and the Rodeo King.jpg
Released:1979
Recorded:Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton, Ontario
Genre:Country
Label:Posterity-Woodshed Records
Producer:David Essig and Willie P. Bennett
Prev Title:Hobo's Taunt
Prev Year:1977
Year:1979
Next Title:The Lucky Ones
Next Year:1985

Blackie and the Rodeo King was the third album released by Canadian singer-songwriter Willie P. Bennett and was released as an LP album by Posterity-Woodshed Records in 1979 (PWS-013).

"Blackie and the Rodeo King" would be the inspiration for the name of the band, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, something of a Canadian folk/roots supergroup whose first album was a collection of new covers of Willie P. Bennett songs.

Bennett re-released the album in remastered form on compact disc in 2001 on his own label, Bnatural Music. Digital remastering was done by Paul Riemens at the same facility the album was originally recorded: Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton, Ontario.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "John Henry, The Gambler" - 2:25
  2. "Has Anyone Seen My Baby?" - 5:40
  3. "Stardust" - 3:17
  4. "This Lonesome Feelin'" - 3:54
  5. "Standin' by the Highway" - 4:52
  6. "Blackie and the Rodeo King" - 3:36

Side two

  1. "Ballad in Low "E"" - 2:58
  2. "For the Sake of a Dollar" - 2:58
  3. "Summer Dreams, Winter Sleeps" - 3:09
  4. "Pens and Paper" - 4:26
  5. "Take My Own Advice" - 2:05

All words and music by Willie P. Bennett, C&P 2001 Bnatural Music; except "Stardust" - by Carmichael, Parish.

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