""Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" was Marty Robbins' first album to consist entirely of Western and cowboy music. Containing the hit single "El Paso," the album was divided between originals, traditional cowboy songs, and contemporary Western songs. The result was a successful and thoroughly entertaining celebration of cowboy songs and Western movies, particularly since the songs are alternately idealistic and adventurous. Sure, "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" doesn't deal in reality, but it is grounded in myth. It just happens to be one of the most effective and romantic statements of the cowboy mythology recorded in the late '50s and early '60s”. AllMusic Guide.
Por mi parte, decir que es uno de mis discos preferidos, de los que más oigo. Las canciones de cowboy con alguna guitarra slide con cierto toque hawaiiano, me superan. Mención especial le haría a “Running Gun”, canción que, definitivamente, carga mis Colt 45 y rellena de alfalfa el estómago de mi caballo. Ojalá os guste.
Como diria Marty, "a woman's love is wasted when she loves a running gun...".
