Tumbling Tumbleweeds Sons of the Pioneers with Roy Rogers

From the movie Hollywood Canteen 1944
Bob Nolan composed “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” one dreary October day in the early 1930s. Nolan was looking out of his apartment the window as the wind tore the leaves from the trees and sent them tumbling down into the yard and street below. That sight inspired the first lyrics to a song he initially called “Tumbling Leaves,” but that title was soon changed to “Tumbling Tumbleweeds,” and the song became one of the most popular Western songs ever written. (source: countrymusicworldplanet.com)

[@raymundjohnson6901]

Hello I'm a former bareback bronc rider and in 1974 I was at one of lorretta Lynn's longhorn rodeo company I rode her bareback bronc Coal miners daughter the same year I met Roy Rodgers that year will always be special memories lorretta Lynn' had me sit with her children while she performed I also met the son's of pioneers and we sang tumbling tumble weed another great experience for me

[@sallyjoligocki5011]

Have always loved this music. Roy Roger's was my hero.

[@Way_Truth]

4:54 I had to share this with an old friend of mine. We’re in our seventies and she said “Who’s Roy Rogers”. scandalous! Good for you Mr. Thanks for sharing.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Lucky man, that’s a great memory!!

ROY ROGERS! My all time hero! ❤❤

[@NanSHart]

Rogers.

[@FREEMAN....]

I miss this America. And I was not born yet.

[@mamas_quilts3573]

😔

[@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695]

One word, WAP lol

[@elizabethlowe15]

Right with you

[@MrDrSmithJr]

It never existed

[@elizabethlowe15]

@@MrDrSmithJr bull crap that it didn't exist

[@t24hy44]

Bob Nolan, who wrote Tumbling Tumbleweeds, earned 13 major awards and honors; also named a Poet Laureate of the West. His music has been seriously underrated, I believe. God bless his memory, and the memories of all of the Sons of the Pioneers!

[@leelarson107]

You said that as well as I could have. SERIOUSLY underrated.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Well said! He and they are still loved and appreciated ❤

[@b.a.k.2683]

Who is singing the lead on the Tumbling Tumbleweeds ?

[@t24hy44]

​@@b.a.k.2683That was Ken Carson here.

[@t24hy44]

And Bob Nolan was the fellow in the black hat.

[@billfunk1219]

The only true "western" music. Such talent!!

[@jjbud3124]

Yes. This is cowboy music, i.e., western music. What we call country music is "hillbilly" and doesn't have much to do with cowboy music. Now we seem to call anything with guitars country western but it's certainly different from the old days.

[@KMJones-oe5zl]

Ahhh, the days of 10 cent movies, good old days, actually good ole afternoons!

[@cynthiaduval4534]

I grew up watching Roy Rogers. I love him.

[@sitbone3]

Met him once once when I was a kid. He was the nicest, most humble and generous man you’d ever want to meet. I’m 73 now and it’s still one of my greatest memories that I’ll never forget.

[@paanne1013]

I had a chance to meet him when Roy Rogers restaurants opened up, but felt stupid going as an adult. I could kick myself in the ass for not going now.

[@foofookachoo1136]

Am around your age!!! ALWAYS had a crush on Roy !! Started when I was 9 yrs old!! Never missed watching him EVERY Sat morning!! Yes-I’ve heard he and his wife, Dale were just about the nicest people!! Great memories of the old westerns!!! I don’t like any western movies past 1965!!! They just were not the same after that!!!

[@needham831]

@@foofookachoo1136 he was the best.

[@williamkerr2121]

I was one of the kids standing ring side when Roy made the rounds of the arena at the Houston Fat Stock show and Rodeo in '58. I got to shake his, Dale and pat Brady's hand.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Roy Rogers is not in this group. The lead singer is Ken Curtiss of Gun Smoke fame.

[@cynthiaglass9963]

This us the kind of heroes and singers I was raised up on. They were respected and were all american. I still watch the Grit Western channels everyday.

[@jlseay2081]

my pops was a true cowboy in the western slope of Colorado, he loved this music and I love it because of him. Miss you dad

[@benjaminperez1149]

I’m 67. Of course I grew up with Roy really Leonard. We had the Sons of the Pioneers. He and Dale lived in the Apple Valley. He had open spaces for sure. Dale Evans wrote a book called Angels Unaware. I now understand why my mother bought this book. My sister had CP and nobody talked about it. Now I have my own son Ben who is DD. I often think of Dale and what a PIONEER she was in her own way. God bless them. From a grateful generation who watched you every Saturday morning. Love from US

[@713unclebill]

There will never be another Roy Rogers and dale Evans.I loved them both so much and lets not forget Trigger the Horsr.

[@foofookachoo1136]

Don’t forget Roy’s other best friend, Bullet!!!

[@glassontherocks]

My mother used to sing this while cleaning house... Early 50's...

[@SSmith-fm9kg]

An era that will not return, and the world is a sadder place because of it.

[@howardwayne3974]

When I was a little kid , I'd watch Roy Rogers on t v whenever it was on . the when the Houston stock show and rodeo came around my dad and mom took my to see my hero Roy Rogers and Dale Evans !!! I couldn't believe it !! I swear I didn't sleep all night ! I was old enough they let me go down to the rail and see them up close . I was walking on air for a week !

[@clearlake3492]

S. Smith Yes, I miss the Second World War too...

[@SSmith-fm9kg]

@@clearlake3492 Oh? Where did you serve?

[@erepsekahs]

Thank God it does not. What a lot of fake quackery.

[@mamas_quilts3573]

😰

[@patrickmichael1057]

Bob Noland drove a city bus in Bakersfield when I was a kid. My sister work for the bus company as a secretary and I was introduced when I was about six. I used to love to ride on his bus because he sang all them good old dogs that my grandma played on 78s.

[@patriciaemory7452]

Roy Rogers was the greatest!!!!!

[@derekfovargue6676]

I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?

[@jjbud3124]

Roy was my hero growing up. My parents took me to his rodeo when I was a kid. He rode trigger around the edge of the arena shaking hands and I got to touch his hand. I think I was about 8 or 9 years old.

[@victorjeffers1993]

Life was harder back then but they knew how to enjoy life atbthe same time ! Roy and Trigger had to be something to see !

[@petercofrancesco3457]

The sons of the Pioneers are still around today, people should support them and go see them in concert when they come around !

[@genedryer-bivins8314]

I wonder what they sound like now. The group started 89 years ago. 47 different men have been in the group over the years. As of now there's not even a third-replacement left of any of them.

[@stevegretz6356]

if america had more hero's today maybe just maybe, our kids would be better poeple. roy and dale always wanted love and kindness ,and did it through the bible with song

[@geoffreyrogers9755]

Watched Roy Rogers as a kid.great stuff.

[@kateseymour965]

I Absolutely Love Roy

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Roy Rogers is not in this version of the group. The lead singer is Ken Curtiss of Gun Smoke fame.

[@alangriffis2873]

I grew up with the Beatles, but every Saturday and Sunday morning dad would have the SOP's on the stereo. Then from about 1965 thru 1971 (when I got drafted) Lloyd, Tim, Tommy, Hugh, Bob, Roy L. and sometimes Roy R. would gather at our house and they would play for a couple of hours and talk and tell stories between songs. I was the luckiest kid to be able to sit next to any of these guys who were just as nice as nice could be. I especially liked to hear Roy L. (a great guitarist) and strum along. It was just great.

[@tomburns41]

Beautiful. Thanks for your service!

[@barbaramonahan4801]

Lucky kid!

[@danpatterson6937]

What a great memory! And that you straddled at least two worlds during that time deserves recognition. A good book is in there someplace.

[@timothymoore954]

You were the luckiest!

[@timothymoore954]

And from a fellow veteran, thank you for your service.

[@berlynreed4253]

I met him in Little Creek, Va. When he was opening a new restaurant! He came to a local talent show that afternoon, and commended me on a song i had done! He said I sounded like Red Sovine when I did Teddy Bear! Took first place that day! WOW THE MEMORIES of the mid 70s!

[@benjaminperez6620]

He and Dale were our Saturday shows.

[@clydebaird2363]

those long ago songs still thrill my heart. only wish they would sing that type songs now

[@manfrommeeteetse3880]

This kind of music is still available. Check out Riders in the Sky, they've been doing it for 40 years plus.

[@darthgrundle2349]

God Bless all the Cowboys of yesterday too today. Nothing defines the USA better than Cowboys..known all over the world!!!

[@vincentchavez2198]

I love that beautiful horse Roy Rogers rides in this video. Trigger was well trained and how he danced!!! He looked so happy with Roy Rogers. I think the best times for the Sons of the Pioneers were in the 1930s all the way through the 1950s, specially during the 40s with Roy Rogers. The best country group of all times, The Sons of the Pioneers were unique, in my personal opinion, and NO ONE can sing Ghost Riders in the Sky as half as good as they do. I love all their songs, but Home on the Range, Empty Sadles in the Old Corral, and The Navajo Trail are three of my favorite songs by them.

[@muddybasilisk7526]

I love cool water

[@raymitchell439]

Sure miss Roy Rogers & a host of other cowboys from the '40s/50 - radio & early TV,

[@tiffanybittman7523]

Agree.

[@karenrenfro6961]

I remember watching Roy Rogers' TV show. Loved it at the end when Roy & Dale sang "Happy Trails". We used to watch Death Valley Days, too. On Saturdays there were Western movies. Yep.

[@garyives1218]

Just made a spontaneous 300 mile trip to Pioneertown to see one of my favorite musicians at Pappy and Harriet's. Seeing the Sons of the Pioneers album on the wall there reminded me of my dad. He loved these old songs.......as I always will.

[@6644charlie]

This is My Favorite song by the Pioneers, "Tumbleweeds". We will never see them as great as this. Something about back then, the voices, the Instrumentals, and the outfits, that were a one of a kind.

[@llfJet]

I prefer Ken Curtis (Festus) singing it. He was in Sons also and oh, what a voice and version!!

[@6644charlie]

@@llfJet He had a great voice, even at 70,, and who would of thought looking like he did,,,that he could sound like that, and with that hat he always wore,,,well that made him a great "Festus".

[@llfJet]

@@6644charlie yes but when people say looking like that they have to remember that that was the character he was playing. He was on Gunsmoke many times before getting the role of Festus. He was always dressed very properly and clean shaven and you have to look twice at the older episodes to say oh my gosh that's Festus! But he did by several different Gentleman on Gunsmoke before doing the other roll

[@llfJet]

@@6644charlie I love looking for clips of Festus and doc on KZbin so funny

[@6644charlie]

@@llfJet Lol. I agree, you know, it's not like it use to be, I miss "The Good Ole Days". We have memories of the talent, and what they gave us, take care friend.

[@vilck4563]

Everybody loved Roy and trigger❤❤❤

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Trigger. My wife used to work at the flower shop in Hesperia that Dale Evans would call every day to have frewh flowers delivered.

[@deanhoward4128]

I never met Roy,but I have met Royjr."Dusty" Rogers & he is one of the nicest,humblest,genuine greatest men I have ever met! We need more real men like Dusty & the Son's of the Pioneers!& Ranger Doug & Riders in the Sky!

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

The Sons of the Pioneers .... they were great. I still love listening listening to them.With Roy Rogers ... just does not get much better ... .

[@jnelchef]

My mom grew up watching Roy, she used to sing his songs to me when I was little.

[@MrStingray186]

I lived half a block away from Roy and this great horse in apple valley Ca

[@hillaryilinsky1009]

boy , roy rogers and trigger were great. thank you .

[@graymaquilter9641]

When music was real. I cut my teeth on this music!

[@letmetellya9571]

I thought it was great then because I was a kid, but no, it was a very simple life back then even for adults. I miss it

[@stationmanager6455]

The music that was, the sounds of "The sons of the Pioneers" has a beautiful effects on one soul. In fact it polishes the lens of ones soul.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Yes🌈🙏💜

[@tiffanybittman7523]

When music was still music.

[@tomatencio9223]

This gives me chills because I was a young kid at this time but I remember this and I loved it!! A wonderful time that reminds me that I was just a kid and allowed to be a kid!!!

[@lilaccilla]

I loved the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show ! ... and as a kid I just loved his close relationship to his horse , Such a sweet and kind man , with talent galore ! and Dale too . Wonderful memories !

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Music is such a beautiful thing.

[@theterracebanquethall7124]

Did you all know that Ken Curtis was in there too? He played Festus on Gunsmoke

[@JeannieHeck-x3e]

What harmony!

[@hardingtess42]

A an adult I saw Roy with the Sons when they performed at the opening of a Roy Rogers restaurant in my town. He was always my favorite and as a little kid -- I had the whole RR regalia -- guns, hat, shirt, boots etc. Plus a RR lunch box and book bag. King of the Cowboys and king of the hearts of lots of little girls and boys. I still have my RR wristwatch. When I was a kid in the 1950's -- we had heroes like him -- the guy in the white hate who always did the right thing.

[@georgefelty6357]

No one could do this song better than Roy Rogers!

[@suemauer5965]

Except for Ken Curtis!

[@pesterhead]

That's not Roy Rogers -it's Spade Cooley

[@robertm2000]

I saw the Sons of the Pioneers at Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California in the mid 1980s if I remember correctly. It was a real pleasure! The Sons of the Pioneers still had a couple of the original members with them and they sounded even better live in person than they did on their records. They also waited after the concert to chat with those of us in the audience who wanted to talk with them and get autographs. I don't think I've ever had as good a time at a singing group's concert as I did at this Sons of the Pioneers gathering! I should add I had a number of their records - that was how I originally learned about them and grew to like their music.

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

Goodness, don't remember Roy being this young, but I do remember watching the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans show! Wow!

[@nameless-qi9yo]

I love the Roy Rogers show.....the song was also in a MASH episode.

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

I will listen to this .. till .....

[@brooklynbummer]

I love to listen to these boys, a time gone bye but so soft and gentle.

[@janelliott3279]

Still my hero in every way. Will always love and miss Roy!

[@Jameslopez5682]

Hello Jan how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@cindykaywebster4643]

Trigger would Never be allowed in a crowd like that now!

[@blackbirdpie217]

Trigger was a very well trained horse, and kept his cool inside a crowded room!

[@seeker-br8lf]

I got to see Roy and the Sons at the Houston Fatstock show in the Hoffeinz Pavilian back in the day. What a show.

[@carolekohlschmidt6899]

Roy and trigger were my favorites.

[@richardkeith9123]

Incredible tallent.

[@ed9958]

I can remember shaking hands with Roy & petting Trigger at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was around 6yrs, 80yrs now. Roy was a guest of honor at the circus there. Forbes Field was home of the Pittsburgh Pirates ball team. Forbes Field was demolished & replaced by 3 Rivers Stadium.

[@tundegombkoto2491]

That's SO beautiful,and I'm Australian,I truly love Gene!!!!!❤️

[@patdoyle3686]

ALL ROY ROGERS SONGS ARE EXCELLENT🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@mulliniks51]

' See them tumbling down , Pledging their love to the ground Lonely but free I'll be found , drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds . ' - Zen Cowboy

[@stellajennings2265]

Omg these remind me of my dad he lived these songs bless you for posting them.

[@derekfovargue6676]

I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?

[@chevy266nova]

I have a Sons of the pioneers 33 1/3 LP. I know all the songs on it. I never missed a Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Saturday T V show when I was a kid. Thanks for the memories.

[@Yeiyn343]

I love Country from the 80's, 70's, and 60's. Also, some 50's. But, I've never heard waaaaaay back-in-the-day Country, like from the 40's. Wow! I love this one. I want to see this movie. :-)

[@bedeodempsey5007]

I too love, and grew up on 60s-80s Country, but the older I get, the more my tastes include 50s back to the beginning in the late 20s. Modern "Country" has stunk for over 20 years.

[@Yeiyn343]

@@bedeodempsey5007 I am in my 20's and all that is around is today's "Country." I had to discover the classics on KZbin and bought vinyl records from resell shops, and the older music is like discovering a gold mine. :-)

[@bedeodempsey5007]

Amen, my young friend. I just hit a half century old.

[@mel63613]

God. This brings back memories.😂

[@williambug8117]

I remember this from when I was young.

[@davidblaska4738]

Music you would sing after a hard day's work on the ranch. Smooth, relaxing, wistful.

[@leonarodewald7774]

People back in the past were always so skinny, I remember all these songs

[@margehunt9074]

They lived thru and came out of the depression, read Happy Trails Roy Rogers biography and his trip with his family during this time from NY to CA in an old Model T? Fascinating! It also gives you the history of the start of The Sons of the Pioneers. Rogers would shoot rabbits and cook it in their rooms for something to eat.

[@dannynewman5142]

Before McDonalds!

[@vincesbardella3838]

Maybe, "Skinny" by today's standards, but they were of normal human weight, like Adam and Eve. That was in the days before the Big Mac, the Whopper, and the colonel.

[@howardwayne3974]

They also couldn't afford very much on what the studio paid them . their agents took most of their earnings .

[@Jenifer_G]

Some entertainment to look up to. So respectful. From Australia, senior, watched him in my youth. Loved the movie Son of Paleface with Roy.

[@jimiweaver8573]

One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen was Roy Rodgers riding Trigger across an open prairie.

[@CK_22]

Takes me back to watching The Rifleman

[@glennjohnson8170]

Glenn Johnson Grew up listening to all those western singers,so for me travelling to the USA in 2017 to Fort Worth,what an experience.

[@bedeodempsey5007]

I still regularly play this on my trucks Bluetooth radio, cranked to maximum volume. Drowns out rap crap from other cars.

[@bedeodempsey5007]

It's cliche, but the leftists in this nation have turned it into the land of the fee and the home of the slave. Excessive taxation and a massive erosion of civil rights.

[@pierantoniomicciarelli5563]

A great, great movie with beautiful songs and an outstanding cast

[@TolKOZAK]

Bob Nolan co-founder of Sons of the Pioneers along with Leonard Slye (Roy Rogers). Bob was born Clarence Robert Nobles in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. A good Canadian boy, as Don Cherry would say. Tumbling Tumbleweeds and Cool Water. Two fantastic songs.

[@NavyCWO]

I grew up listening to them and still appreciate their great renditions of great western songs!

[@JohnThePGHAndPSUFanatic]

The Big Lebowski introduced me to the Sons of the Pioneers. The Dude Abides

[@donnakeeley7924]

I can remember just eating this stuff up! LOL

[@nicoferreira1426]

Greetings out of Africa! Even here Roy R and Trigger were adored (not to forget Gene Autry, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood etc etc). Thanks for sharing.

[@merryl55]

Wow. Watched Roy Rogers when I was a kid. (What a magnificent HORSE!)

[@madman37115]

Such beautiful voices. Very relaxing and smooth. Roy was a hero of mine.

[@papablueshirt]

Sure love Roy, "May The Good Lord Take A Liken To Ya"😀

[@gremlinuk1968]

Was a kid in the 70s, when I 1st remember seeing on telly Roy Rogers & his horse trigger,! & back then we had a dog called trigger,,! From northern Ireland UK, I was born 23rd May 1968,🤝

[@onekittyhawk63]

Sons of the Pioneers also featured Ken Curtis as the lead singer. He was great.

[@mattt7782]

I'm watching music from 80 years ago, and a dancing horse, in black and white, and it is amazing, I love it,

[@margaretmaguire3329]

Roy and Hopalong that was my childhood👍

[@derekfovargue6676]

I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?

[@tomeddy3971]

Beautiful music for us old GEEZERS

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

I have loved this song all my life. I still sing it to my grand kids. It puts them to sleep!

[@annamariehewitt3173]

When I was a kid, in the 50's I used to cry when I heard this song because i wanted to be a 'Cow Girl' so badly...

[@Jameslopez5682]

Hello Anna how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@annamariehewitt3173]

@@Jameslopez5682 AMEN

[@Jameslopez5682]

@@annamariehewitt3173 you’re welcome how are you doing nice to meet you

[@annamariehewitt3173]

@@Jameslopez5682 Thank God I met you! I need 5,000 DOLLARS. I was injured in an explosion on the oil rig. I promise to pay you back in 2 weeks!

[@Jameslopez5682]

@@annamariehewitt3173 what’s your WhatsApp number?

[@reneematte8426]

Thanks "The Tone Poets" for this "Hollywood Canteen 1944" 🎼🎼♫💜🎸🎷🎻🎹🎺🌺🎧🖤🎩🎩🎩

[@warrenjbrown4898]

Just excellent!

[@thebigfist]

Roy`s real name was Leonard Franklin Slye, and he was a founding member of the the Sons of the Pioneers, along with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer(original name was the Pioneer Trio).He left the group in 1937 but remained friends with the Pioneers till their respective deaths but only rarely appeared with them after 1937.In 1972, Rogers, Nolan & Spencer and most of the other surviving Pioneers gathered for one last performance at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.I wish I had been there!

[@ruthvickroy240]

Ken Curtis (Festus) was also in the group. He was a wonderful singer.

[@jimsouthern1398]

One of the favorite memories of my youth in he 1940's was my Dad loading me in the car and heading for the base theater at Fort Belvoir, VA to see the latest Roy Rogers movie. As I recall, he usually had the Sons of the Pioneers singing a song somewhere in the middle of it all. When we got home, on the phono was"Cool Water". Happy days back then, thanks Dad!

[@manfrommeeteetse3880]

Saw the Sons of the Pioneers at a rodeo in Nampa, Idaho in 1967. Hard to believe that was over 50 years ago.

[@bluzgrl2187]

When did Ken Curtis ( Festus Hagen of Gunsmoke ) become a member ??

[@thebigfist]

@@bluzgrl2187 He joined and toured w them from 1949-1953, but he continued to record with them until 1957.

[@judenoha]

My childhood hero

[@edmondscott7444]

Magnificent group.

[@graycloud057]

Genuine gold right there!

[@janicesimmons6764]

In my very early years Roy Rogers was my hero.. when we play cowboys I always had to b Roy Rogers or I wouldn’t play! 🤣🤣 true( that was about 70 years ago😋😋

[@aberration3869]

I love how Roy gets back on Trigger to go like three feet!

[@sr633]

Very good. So much memories. Nice.

[@spraudoggy]

I love the fact Trigger was in the studio for the performance and hope he got extra oats that night for his footwork. great stuff! I wish I had sung this to my wife a couple times prior to the vows just to properly set the correct tone.

[@zainalak7901]

thanks mai, for sharing this video. 🙂👍🏻,. Good song.

[@brandonshaw7619]

The Dude abides!