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Chanteur Country US né Russell Steagall le
22 Décembre 1938 ŕ Gainesville (Texas).
Red
Steagall has had three overlapping careers in the space of little more than 30
years and can take credit for discovering one great country talent, Reba
McEntire. As a songwriter he's been responsible for over 200 compositions,
several of which have become hits in the hands of other performers. As a
Nashville-based artist, Steagall had his share of chart action in the 1970s and
a few major hits. And as a singer of Western songs as well as an author of
poetry about the West, he is one of modern music's cowboy balladeers.
Steagall was born Russell Steagall in Gainesville, TX, on December 22, 1938. He
became a bull rider at rodeos while he was still a teenager, but at the age of
15 Steagall was stricken with polio and took up the guitar and the mandolin as
therapy to recover the strength and dexterity of his arms and hands. He attended
West Texas State University, and while he was there he formed his first group, a
country band. Steagall went to the West Coast, where he had some success playing
the folk clubs in the area around Los Angeles and had his first success as a
songwriter in 1967, at age 30, when Ray
Charles recorded his "Here We Go Again," which was later covered by Nancy
Sinatra.
Steagall was signed to Dot Records in 1968, but after three years he moved over
to Capitol, where he had his first country hit, "Party Dolls and Wine," in 1972
under the name Steagall. Soon after, he had a Top 20 country hit with "Somewhere
My Love." He moved to Nashville in 1973 and followed up these two singles with
two more hits, "True Love" and "If You've Got the Time." Steagall was a regular
guest at rodeos, and while he was performing at the National Rodeo Finals in
Oklahoma City in 1974, he spotted a young singer named Reba
McEntire who was appearing with her family. He got her to record a demo and
made sure that it was heard by anyone who could do McEntire some
good, which resulted in her being signed to a recording contract while still in
her teens.
Steagall continued to have hits, including "I Gave Up Good Morning Darling" and
"The Finer Things in Life," both of which made the Top 20, and scored a Top 15
single with "Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music" in 1976. His recording of "I
Left My Heart in San Francisco" made the charts as well. In the late '70s, he
began moving toward Western music as much as country. Steagall moved to Elektra
Records in 1979, and in 1980, he decided to leave Nashville and took up
residence at his ranch near Fort Worth.
His Western recordings began yet another phase to Steagall's career. With his
band, the Coleman County Boys, he became singularly popular at rodeos, and his
records achieved a major following among fans of cowboy songs. His poems "Ride
for the Brand" and "Born to This Land" were also extremely popular, and during
the 1980s Steagall also had acting roles in several films, including Benji the
Hunted, Dark Before Dawn, and Big Bad John.
In 1991, the Texas legislature voted Steagall the Official Cowboy Poet of Texas.
Soon after, he began recording for the Warner Western imprint, issuing Born to
This Land in 1993. Steagall recorded steadily throughout the decade, releasing Faith
and Values in 1995, Dear Mama, I'm a Cowboy in 1997, and Love of the West in
1999. Wagon Tracksappeared in 2002 from Shanachie Records, followed by The Wind
the Wire and the Rail from Wildcatter Records in 2006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Steagall
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
Style musical : Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Bakersfield Sound, Country-Pop, Truck Driving Country
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1966 | SP Mira 8001 (US) | Rusty STEGALL - Motel Rooms And Coffee Shops / Playboy Heart |
| 03/1967 | SP WARNER BROS. 5897 (US) | Rusty STEGALL - Morningtown Ride / Clown Shoes |
| 10/1970 | SP DOT 45-17360 (US) |
Alabama Woman / That Time Has Come And Gone |
| 06/1971 | SP CAPITOL 3119 (US) |
Good Christian Soldier / Tell The Man I'm Coming Home |
| 09/1971 | SP CAPITOL 3170 (US) |
In A Jetway In Dallas / I've Been Here Ever Since |
| 12/1971 | SP CAPITOL 3244 (US) | Party Dolls And Wine / Middle Tennessee Country Boy's Blues |
| 03/1972 | SP CAPITOL 3318 (US) | Texas Silver Zephyr / Oklahoma Promise |
| 1972 | SP CAPITOL 3361 (US) | You Can't Hold A Working Man Down / You Can't Hold A Working Man Down |
| 06/1972 | SP CAPITOL 3375 (US) |
Beer Drinking Music / You Come Awful Close To Loving Me |
| 12/1972 | SP CAPITOL 3461 (US) | Somewhere My Love / Give Me One More Chance |
| 03/1973 | SP CAPITOL 3562 (US) | True Love / Something Nice And Easy |
| 06/1973 | SP CAPITOL 3651 (US) | If You've Got The Time/ Ol' Helen |
| 09/1973 | SP CAPITOL 3724 (US) | The Fiddle Man / Neon Playboy |
| 12/1973 | SP CAPITOL 3797 (US) | Little Old Heartbreaker You / This Just Ain't My Day (Fore Lettin' Darlin' Down) |
| 02/1974 | SP CAPITOL 3825 (US) | Ballad Of Billy's Lady / I Gave Up Good Morning |
| 06/1974 | SP CAPITOL 3913 (US) | Finer Things In Life / Tight Levis And Yellow Ribbons |
| 10/1974 | SP CAPITOL 3965 (US) | Someone Cares For You / Throw Away Heart |
| 03/1975 | SP CAPITOL 4042 (US) |
April's Paintings / She Worshipped Me |
| 06/1975 | SP CAPITOL 4107 (US) | God Only Knows / Party Dolls And Wine |
| 10/1975 | SP CAPITOL 4162 (US) |
Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music / Cold Beer Sings And Country |
| 01/1976 | SP ABC / DOT DOA-17610 (US) | Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music / I've Never Been This Loved Before |
| 05/1976 | SP ABC / DOT DOA-17634 (US) |
Truck Drivin' Man / Neons And Nylons |
| 09/1976 | SP ABC / DOT DOA-17653 (US) | Rosie (Do You Wanna Talk It Over) / The Walls Of This Old Honky Town |
| 12/1976 | SP ABC / DOT DOA-17670 (US) | Her Love's Gone/ Take Me Back To Texas |
| 03/1977 | SP ABC / DOT DO-17684 (US) | Texas Red / I Left My Heart In San Francsico |
| 07/1977 | SP ABC / DOT DO-17709 (US) | Freckles Brown / My Adobe Hacienda |
| 11/1977 | SP ABC / DOT DO-17726 (US) | The Devil Ain't A Lonely Woman's Friend / The Rain Don't Stop In Oklahoma |
| 02/1978 | SP ABC AB-12337 (US) | Hang On Feelin / Bob's Got A Swing Band In Heaven |
| 06/1978 | SP ABC AB-12381 (US) |
Hot Roasted Peanuts / About Horses And Wars |
| 1978 | SP GOLDIES 45 P-2824 (US) |
Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music / The Devil Ain't A Lonely Woman's Friend |
| 197? | SP ABC 14670 (US) | Her Loves Gone / ? |
| 09/1979 | SP ELEKTRA 46527 (US) |
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues / Songs About Couple In Love |
| 01/1980 | SP ELEKTRA 46590 (US) |
Three Chord Country Song / Jackson Hole, Wyoming |
| 04/1980 | SP ELEKTRA 46663 (US) |
Dim The Lights And Pour The Wine / He Ain't Got Nothing On Me |
| 07/1980 | SP ELEKTRA 47014 (US) | Hard Hat Days And Honky Tonk Nights/ Last Call For Alcohol |
| 11/1982 | SP ELEKTRA 38-03361 (US) |
You Can't Hold A Working Man Down / Born To Be A Cowboy |
| 1982 | SP U.S. WS4 03361 (US) |
You Can't Hold A Working Man Down / Born To Be A Cowboy |
| 1982 | SP RED RAIDER RR-001 (US) |
Red Raider Comin' At You / Fight Raiders Fight |
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Albums
| 1972 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11056 (US) |
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PARTY DOLLS AND WINE - Party Dolls And Wine / Before You Learned To Fly / Walk All Over Georgia / In A Jetway In Dallas / Alabama Woman / Beer Drinkin' Music / Texas Silver Zephyr / Oklahoma Promise / You Came Awful Close To Loving Me / Dozen Pairs Of Boots | ||
| 1973 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11162 (US) |
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SOMEWHERE MY LOVE - Somewhere My Love / Love Letters In The Sand / Something Nice And Easy / I Feel At Home / Mona Lisa / True Love / More / Hard Times Will Be The Best Times / Here We Go Again / Careless Hands | ||
| 09/1973 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11228 (US) |
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IF YOU'VE GOT TIME, I'VE GOT SONG - If You' Got The Time / What's Happening In Your World / I Woke Up Just In Time / Bring Back The Waltzes / Little Old Heartbreaker Me / Fiddle Man / Neon Playboy / She's A Lady At Home / Give Me One More Chance / Ol' Helen | ||
| 08/1974 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11321 (US) |
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FINER THINGS IN LIFE - Finer Things In Life / Tight Levis And Yellow Ribbon / Real Thing (Stayed Just Out Of Our Reach) / Throw Away Heart / Someone Cares For You / No Thanks Boys / I Gave Up Good Mornin' Darling / Life In Coleman County / Jerry's Bar And Grill / God Only Knows (Who'll Take Her Home) | ||
| 05/1976 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2055 (US) |
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LONE STAR BEER AND BOB WILLS MUSIC - Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music / My First Night Without You / Under The X In Texas / Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) / Neons And Nylons / Truck Drivin' Man / Alexis From Texas / Whatever Made Me Think / I Saw Your Face In The Moon / Walls Of This Old Honky Tonk | ||
| 11/1976 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2068 (US) |
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TEXAS RED - Miles And Miles Of Texas / Cheatin's The Same / Texas Red / I Left My Heart In San Francsico / Rosie (Do You Wanna Talk It Over) / San Antonio Champagne / Take Me Back To Texas / Her L-O-V-E's Gone / There's Still A Lot Of Love In San Antonio / Lone Star Love | ||
| 1977 | LP 12" DOT DO-2078 (US) |
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FOR ALL OUR COWBOY FRIENDS - Red Steagall & The Coleman County Cowboys - Rodeo / For All Our Cowboy Friends / Dawson Legate / Rodeo Blues / My America / Freckles Brown / My Adobe Hacienda / Bandito Gold / Night The Copenhagen Saved The Day / Little Joe The Wrangler / Two Pairs Of Levis And A Pair Of Justin Boots | ||
| 01/1978 | LP 12" DOT DO-2100 (US) |
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HANG ON FEELIN' - The Devil Ain't A Lonely Woman's Friend / All I Knew To Talk About Was Texas / Bob's Got A Swing Band In Heaven / Rain Don't Ever Stop In Oklahoma / Hang On Feelin' / Other Side Of Love / Convince Me That Cheating's Alright / Sittin' In An All Nite Cafe / Denver Nites / About Horses And Wars | ||
| 1979 | LP 12" TRACTOR HP-1001 (US) |
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IT'S OUR LIFE - My America / Silent Partner / Saw Fiddle Saw / Me And Luther Wilson / I'm Here To Help / Apple Of Her Eye / Ol' Helen / Time To Stay A Time To Go / Preacher And The Bear / It's Our Life | ||
| 197? | LP 12" U.S. Air Force 72582 (US) |
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Country Music Time Program No. 343 - Red Steagall : The Fiddle Man / Somewhere My Love / Paper Roses / Release Me / Alabama / Theme : Orange Blossom Special / Pat Mc Kinny, guest Sammy Vaugn : Stay All Night / Your Cheatin’Heart / Home In San Antone / That’s All She Wrote / Jambalaya / Theme : Orange Blossom Special |
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| 1982 | 2 LP 12" DELTA DLP-1160 (US) |
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COWBOY FAVORITES - Horses And Wars / When The Work's All Done This Fall / Navajo Trail / Smokey / Tennessee Stud / Red Headed Stranger / Ridin' Down The Canyon / Little Joe The Wrangler / Strawberry Roan / My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys / Bandido Gold / Dawsom Legate / Two Pairs Of Levis And A Pair Of Justin Boots / Night The Copenhagen Saved The Day / Tight Levis And Yellow Ribbons / Tyin' Knots In The Devil's Tail / Willie The Wandering Gypsy And Me / I Was Born To Be A Cowboy / Running Out Of Sunsets / One Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse | ||
| 09/1986 | LP 12" MCA / DOT 39092 (US) |
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RED STEAGALL - Back In The Swing Of Things Again / You've Got That I'm Leaving Look In Tour Eyes / Modern Times / Saturday Night / In The Dallas Morning News / Till There's A Not Cow In Texas / Houston Solution / Jacob's Well / Somebody Stop My Song / Your Mother's Eyes | ||
| 08/1993 | CD WARNER WESTERN 45327 (US) |
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BORN TO THIS LAND - Panhandle Winds / Born To This Land (narration) / Wagon Tongue / Comanche Moon (narration) / Dust / One More Lick (narration) / Dodge City / Ride For The Brand (narration) / When The Cimarron Was Red And On The Rise / Fort Phantom Hill / One Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse | ||
| 08/1995 | CD WARNER WESTERN 45948 (US) |
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FAITH AND VALUE - Long Way From Montana / Fence That Me And Shorty Built / Narrow Trail / Paw-Paw / He Was There / Real America / Rider On The Rim / Now That I Have Accepted Your Love / Bay / Cowboy Church / Big Circle | ||
| 07/1996 | 2 CD EAGLE CD-96 (US) |
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| 07/1997 | CD WARNER WESTERN 46615 (US) |
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DEAR MAMA, I'M A COWBOY - Dear Mama I'm A Cowboy / Sleepin' In My Leggins / Old Man And His Fiddle / Blue Roan And The Kid / Forty And Found / Boley / Lantern On The Wagon / Last Guard / Failure / Big Texas Moon | ||
| 08/1999 | CD WARNER WESTERN 47423 (US) |
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LOVE OF THE WEST - Red River Rose / Quarter Circle Y / Grandmother's Trunk / Day The Songbird Died / Her Eyes Are Bluebonnet Blue / Frenchie McCormick / My Pardner / Belle Of The Ball / Visalia / When The Roses Bloom Next Spring | ||
| 02/2000 | CD Koch KOC-CD-8074 (GER) |
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Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music/For All Our Cowboy Friends - Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music : Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music / My First Night Without You / Under The X In Texas / Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) / Neons And Nylons / Truck Drivin' Man / Alexis From Texas / Whatever Made Me Think / I Saw Your Face In The Moon / The Walls Of This Old Honky Tonk / For All Our Cowboy Friends : Rodeo / For All Our Cowboy Friends / Dawson Legate / Rodeo Blues / Two Pairs Of Levis And A Pair Of Justin Boots / Freckles Brown / My Adobe Hacienda / Bandito Gold / The Night The Copenhagen Saved The Day / Little Joe The Wrangler / My America |
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| 10/2002 | CD SHANACHIE 6061 (US) |
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WAGON TRACKS - If I Never See Ireland Again / Western Wagons / Through The Cumberland Gap / Gone To Texas / We'll Stand Up And Fight / Out On The Texas Plains / Last Buffalo / Texas Bein' Texas / Yellowstone Valley / My Nebraska Homestead / We Danced On The Orgeon Trail / My America | ||
| 08/2006 | CD WILDCATTER 1701 (US) |
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THE WIND, THE WIRE AND THE RAIL - The Wire And The Rail / Texas Silver Zephyr / Mccorkle And The Wire / The Wind In The Wheel / Six Thousand Miles Of Wire / Muley Was A Railroad Man / From The Old Mill / No One But God Feels His Pain / The Code Of The West Hasn't Changed / How Green Was The Grazin' Back Then | ||
| 08/2007 | CD WILDCATTER 1749 (US) |
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Here We Go Again - Lonestar Beer and Bob Wills Music (with Toby Keith) / I Left The Best Part Of Texas In Tennessee / Here We Go Again (with Reba McEntire) / Somewhere My Love / Party Dolls And Wine (with Charley Pride) / Freckles Brown / Early Morning Kind Of Love (with Neal McCoy) / Three Cord Country Song / The Fiddle Man / Dawson LeGate / Bob's Got A Swing Band In Heaven (with Ray Benson) / No Way, No How (with Larry Gatlin) / Truck Drivin' Man (with Charlie Daniels) | ||
| 2008 | CD Bunkhouse Press ? (US) |
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A Cow Camp Christmas - Red SEAGALL & The Boys in the Bunkhouse - I'm On My Way / Long Canyon Christmas / Jake The Rancher / A Cowboy's Special Christmas / When The Parson Went To Church / Tumbleweed Christmas Tree / Church At The Wagon / Cowboy's Christmas Prayer / I'll Meet You At The Throne / Now That I Have Accepted Your Love |
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| 05/2011 | CD Bunkhouse Press ? (US) |
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Dreamin‘ Of… When The Grass Was Still Deep - Red SEAGALL & The Boys in the Bunkhouse - When The Grass Was Still Deep / Long And Lonesome Ride To Dalhart / That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Where The Ponies Come To Drink / Leave Him In The Horse Trap / (That's My Boy) Draggin' Calves To The Fire / Charlie Siringo / Best Seat In The House / When The Cottonwoods Are Yellow / Palo Duro Farewell |
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| 2014 | 2 CD Bunkhouse Press ? (US) |
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Classic Red Steagall / Western Swing And Honky Tonk :
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| ???? | CD Heartland Alliance ? (US) |
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A Time For Thanks From The Heartland - I'm On My Way / When The Parson Went To Church / A Cowboy's Special Christmas / Bunkhouse Thanksgiving / I'll Meet You At The Throne / Line Camp Christmas Letter / Long Canyon Christmas / An Old Fashioned Christmas / Now That I Have Accepted Your Love / Failure |
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| ???? | CD Heartland Alliance ? (US) |
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Sounds Of Inspiration From The Heartland - I'm On My Way / Long Canyon Christmas / Jake The Rancher / A Cowboy's Special Christmas / The Parson Goes To Church / Tumbleweed Christmas Tree / Church At The Wagon / Cowboy's Christmas Prayer / I'll Meet You At The Throne / Now That I Have Accepted Your Love |
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| ???? | CD Heartland Alliance ? (US) |
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Songs From The Heart Land - Tennessee Stud / Dawson Legate / Born To This Land / Round Up In The Spring / Sourdough, Beefsteak And Beans / Strawberry Roan / Bandito Gold / The Bell On Old Blue / Little Joe, The Wrangler / Horses And Wars / The Fence That Me And Shorty Built / Tyin’ Knots In The Devil’s Tail |
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