The Sons of the Pioneers Western music...I love this stuff... The Rocky Mountaineers I(1931) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/banjo/mandolin - b. Leonard Franklin Slye, November 5, 1911, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Ebb Bowen - guitar "Hi" - banjo Frank - fiddle "Lefty" - fiddle The Rocky Mountaineers II(1931 - 1932) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Ebb Bowen - guitar "Hi" - banjo Frank - fiddle "Lefty" - fiddle Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals - b. Robert Clarence Nobles, April 1, 1908, New Brunswick, Canada; d. June 16, 1980. Bill "Slumber" Nichols - fiddle/vocals The Rocky Mountaineers III(1932) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Ebb Bowen - guitar "Hi" - banjo Frank - fiddle "Lefty" - fiddle Bill "Slumber" Nichols - fiddle/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals - b. Vernon Tim Spencer, July 13, 1908, Webb City, Missouri, USA; d. April 26, 1974, Apple Valley, California, USA. The International Cowboys(1933) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/mandolin/vocals Bill "Slumber" Nichols - fiddle/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Bennie Nawahi - guitar ??????? - fiddle ??????? - banjo The O-Bar-O Cowboys I (1933) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Bill "Slumber" Nichols - fiddle/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals "Cyclone" - fiddle "Uncle Joe" (aka, Cactus MacPeters) - The O-Bar-O Cowboys II (1933 - September 1933) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Bill "Slumber" Nichols - fiddle/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals "Cyclone" - fiddle Jack and His Texas Outlaws(1933) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Jack LeFevre - guitar "Half Pint" - fiddle Curley Hogg - banjo Rudy Sooter - bass The Pioneer Trio / Gold Star Rangers (1933 - 1934) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals The Sons of the Pioneers I(1934) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle - b. Thomas Hubert Farr, December 6, 1903, Plano, Texas, USA; d. April 17, 1980, Casper, Wyoming, USA - formerly with Len Nash and His Country Boys Barn Dance, The Haywire Trio, and Jack LeFevre and His Texas Outlaws. The Sons of the Pioneers II(1934 - September 1936) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar - b. Karl Marx Farr, April 25, 1909, Rochelle, Texas, USA; d. September 20, 1961, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - formerly with Chet Miller, Len Nash and His Country Boys Barn Dance, and Jimmie LeFevre and His Saddle Pals. Album: "Empty Saddles" (1983) "Songs of the Prairie" (5-CD box set) (1998) The Sons of the Pioneers III(September 1936 - October 1937) Leonard Slye (aka, Roy Rogers) - guitar/vocals Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals - b. Lloyd Wilson Perryman, January 29, 1917, Ruth, Arkansas, USA; d. May 31, 1977 - formerly with The Sierra Mountaineers, Cyclone and His 4-S Ranch Boys, The Beverly Hill Billies, Jack and His Texas Outlaws, and Jimmy LeFevre and His Saddle Pals. Album: "The Sons of the Pioneers' Best" (1964) "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1994) The Sons of the Pioneers IV(November 1937 - June 1942) Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Pat Brady - bass - b. Robert Ellsworth O'Brady, December 31, 1914, Toledo, Ohio, USA; d. February 27, 1972, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Album: "Tumbleweed Trails" (1964) Lloyd Perryman serves in the U.S. Army during World War II. The Sons of the Pioneers V(June 1942 - 1943) Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Pat Brady - bass Ken Carson - guitar/harmonica/vocals - b. Hubert Ken Carson, November 14, Oklahoma, USA - formerly with The Beverly Hill Billies and The Ranch Boys. Pat Brady serves in the U.S. Army during World War II. The Sons of the Pioneers VI(1943 - 1945) Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Ken Carson - guitar/harmonica/vocals Shug Fisher - bass - b. George Clinton Fisher, September 26, 1907, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA - formerly with The Hollywood Hillbillies, The Beverly Hill Billies, Roy Faulkner, and Hugh and Shug's Radio Pals. The Sons of the Pioneers VII(1945 - January 1946) Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Ken Carson - guitar/harmonica/vocals Pat Brady - bass The Sons of the Pioneers VIII(January 1946 - 1947) Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Ken Carson - guitar/harmonica/vocals Pat Brady - bass Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Albums: "Cowboy Classics" (1952) "Room Full of Roses" (1960) - Single: "Room Full of Roses" The Sons of the Pioneers IX(1947 - 1949) Bob Nolan - guitar/vocals Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Tim Spencer - guitar/vocals Pat Brady - bass Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Albums: "Cowboy Hymns and Spirituals" (1952) "Western Classics" (1953) "How Great Thou Art" (1957) "Wagons West" (1958) The Sons of the Pioneers X(1949 - 1952) Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Shug Fisher - bass Ken Curtis - vocals - b. Curtis Wayne Gates, July 2, 1916, Lamar, Colorado, USA. Tommy Doss - guitar/vocals - b. Lloyd Thomas Doss, Weiser, Idaho, USA - formerly with Sons of the Grande Ronde, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, The Rhythm Busters, and Ole Rasmussen. Album: "Lucky U Ranch Radio Broadcasts 1951-1953 (AFM 701)" (1979) The Sons of the Pioneers XI(1952 - February 1953) Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Ken Curtis - vocals Tommy Doss - guitar/vocals Deuce Spriggins - bass - formerly with Tex Williams and Smokey Rogers. Ken Curtis later becomes well-known as "Festus" on the "Gunsmoke" TV show. The Sons of the Pioneers XII(February 1953 - 1955) Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Tommy Doss - guitar/vocals Deuce Spriggins - bass Dale Warren - vocals - b. Dale Henry Warren, June 1, 1925, Summerville, Kentucky, USA The Sons of the Pioneers XIII(1955 - 1957) Hugh Farr - fiddle Karl Farr - guitar Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Tommy Doss - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Shug Fisher - bass Albums: "One Man's Songs" (1957) "Westward Ho!" (1961) Hugh Farr joins The Country Gentlemen. The Sons of the Pioneers XIV(1957 - 1959) Karl Farr - guitar Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Tommy Doss - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Shug Fisher - bass Album: "Cool Water (& 17 Timeless Favorites)" (1959) The Sons of the Pioneers XV(1959 - September 1961) Karl Farr - guitar Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Tommy Doss - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Pat Brady - bass Album: "Lure of the West" (1961) The Sons of the Pioneers XVI(September 1961 - 1963) Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Tommy Doss - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Pat Brady - bass Roy Lanham - guitar - b. Roy Howard Lanham, January 16, 1923, Corbin, Kentucky, USA - formerly with Grandpappy and His Gang, The Fidgety Four, The Whippoorwills, The Shades of Blue, and The Brown's Ferry Four. Albums: "Tumbleweed Trail" (1962) "Good Old Country Music" (1963) "Our Men Out West" (1963) "Hymns of the Cowboy" (1963) "San Antonio Rose & Other Country Favorites" (1968) "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1969) The Sons of the Pioneers XVII(1963 - 1966) Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Pat Brady - bass Roy Lanham - guitar Rusty Richards - guitar/vocals - b. Vincent Richards, November 15, 1933, Long Beach, California, USA. Albums: "Trail Dust" (1963) "Country Fare" (1964) "Down Memory Trail" (1964) "Legends of the West" (1965) "The Songs of Bob Nolan" (1966) The Sons of the Pioneers XVIII(1966 - 1967) Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Pat Brady - bass Roy Lanham - guitar Billy Armstrong - fiddle/vocals - b. William Russell Armstrong, March 18, 1930, Streator, Illinois, USA - formerly with Billy Armstrong and the Westerners, Spade Cooley Presents, Tommy Duncan, Hi Busse and the Frontiersmen, The Westernaires, and Hank Thompson. Album: "Campfire Favorites" (1967) The Sons of the Pioneers XIX(1967 - 1968) Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Roy Lanham - guitar Billy Armstrong - fiddle/vocals Bob Mensor - bass Album: "South of the Border" (1968) The Sons of the Pioneers XX(1968 - April 1972) Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Roy Lanham - guitar Billy Armstrong - fiddle/vocals Luther Nallie - bass - b. Luther Anthony Nallie, October 23, 1934, Beaumont, Texas, USA Album: "The Sons of the Pioneers Visit the South Seas" (1969) The Sons of the Pioneers XXI(April 1972 - April 1974) Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Roy Lanham - guitar Luther Nallie - bass The Sons of the Pioneers XXII(April 1974 - 1977) Lloyd Perryman - guitar/vocals Dale Warren - vocals Roy Lanham - guitar Rusty Richards - guitar/vocals Billy Liebert - bass Album: "Western Country" (1976) The Sons of the Pioneers XXIII(1977 - ? ) Dale Warren - vocals Rusty Richards - guitar/vocals Billy Liebert - bass/accordian Billy Armstrong - fiddle Doyle O'Dell - guitar/vocals Rome Johnson - vocals The Sons of the Pioneers XXIV( ? - Present) Dale Warren - vocals Luther Nallie - bass "Sunny" Spencer - vocals - b. Robert Spencer, Kentucky - formerly with The Sunshine Exchange. Gary LeMaster - guitar - b. Ashland, Kentucky. John Nallie - guitar/keyboards/vocals Ken Lattimore - fiddle/vocals - b. North Carolina. Compilations: "25 Favorite Cowboy Songs" (1955) "The Best of the Sons of the Pioneers" (1966) "Riders in the Sky" (1973) "Sons of the Pioneers (JEMF 102)" (1973) "Columbia Historic Edition" (1982) "Lore of the West / Good Old Country Music / San Antonio Rose" (3-CDs) (1985) "Country Music Hall of Fame" (1991) "Wagons West" (4-CD box set) (1994) "The Teleway Transcriptions" (1999) "Memories of the Range: Standard...Vol. 2" (4-CD box set) (1999) Roy Rogers solo: "Jesus Loves Me" (1959) "The Bible Tells Me So" (live) (1962) "Peter Cottontail" (1962) "16 Great Songs of the Old West" (1963) "Pecos Bill" (1964) "Lore of the West & Favorite Western Songs for Growing Boys & Girls" (1966) "Christmas Is Always" (1967) "Peter Cottontail & His Friends" (1968) "A Man From Duck Run" (1971) "Take A Little Love" (1972) "In the Sweet By and By" (1973) "Good Life" (1977) "Columbia Historic Edition" (1982) "King of the Cowboys" (1983) "Roll On Texas Moon" (1986) "Best of Roy Rogers" (1990) "Tribute" (1991) "Country Music Hall of Fame Series" (1992) "Songs of the Old West" (1998) (with Dale Evans) "A&E Biography" (1998) "Happy Trails: The Roy Rogers Collection, 1937-1990" (3-CD box set) (1999) Bob Nolan solo: "The Sound of a Pioneer" (1979) The Farr Brothers: "Texas Crapshooter (JEMF-107)" (1978) Links: Sons of the Pioneers - Official Web Page - If you like this music, you simply MUST have a copy of the excellent book by Ken Griffis, "Hear My Song: The Story of the Celebrated Sons of the Pioneers", available for purchase from their web page...don't let it slip away. The Official Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Website The Hartman Brothers (aka, Bald Eagles) - My Dad and his brothers...not specifically related to The Sons of the Pioneers, but The Hartman Brothers loved Western music and have been performing it since the 1940s. Take me to the Index of Bluegrass and Western Music Bands... Last Revised:  February 28, 2001 Copyright © 2000, 2001 by Gary S. Hartman.  All rights reserved.