Public Cowboy #1 is a studio recording released on CD by the Western band Riders in the Sky on October 22, 1996.

[1] The songs are done reverently but with a real sense of fun, essentially the same balancing act that has made them a success on stage and television.

Their main innovations are the harmony singing, which works well throughout, and a jazzy approach to Jimmie Rodgers' "Can't Shake The Sands of Texas From My Shoes."

[1]In another review, James H. Nottage wrote: Gene Autry's music was always more than something which fed childhood fantasies.

We are fortunate that the Riders are of our time and have offered such an instrumental and vocal tribute which stands as a respectful interpretation of Gene Autry's cowboy classics.