Clarke Wright | Western Swing, Bluegrass and Country Fiddle Colorado

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Life Is A Song (2025)

Stardust Melodies with Clarke and Beth produced their first CD, “Life is a Song” after many years of talking about doing it. As we all know, time goes very fast, the older we grow.

We call our music Americlassic Heartstring Swing. Americlassic is a made-up word that to us, means Classic Americana, which is where we find most of our songs. The Heartstring part is because we like to play lots of love songs and happy music. The Swing part is self-evident. We love Western Swing music and try to flavor most of our songs with this style.

Song List (sample them HERE)

1. Doin’ the Uptown Lowdown (1:55)

1933 – (Harry Revel & Mack Gordon) from “Broadway Through A Keyhole”

2. It’s All Your Fault (2:37)

1942 – (Cindy Walker)

3. Moonlight Serenade (3:12)

1939 – (Glenn Miller)

4. On Silver Wings to San Antone (2:57)

1947 – (Cindy Walker)

5. Stardust (3:40)

1927 – (Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish)

6. It’s a Good Day (2:33)

1946 – (Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour) Billboard #16 in 1947

7. Dreamer’s Lullaby (2:42)

1999 – (G. Fred Swanson) (BMI)

8. Begin the Beguine (2:39)

1935 – (Cole Porter) Swing version by Artie Shaw & Jerry Gray 1938

9. Dream a Little Dream of Me (3:24)

1931 – (Fabian Andre - Wilbur Schwandt - Gus Kahn) Recorded by Ozzie Nelson in 1931

10. Along the Illinois (1:56)

1971 – (D. Gyles) Fiddle instrumental recorded by Bobby Puckett

11. Was It a Dream (3:09)

1928 – (Sam Coslow - Larry Spier - Addy Britt)

12. Whispering (1:52)

1920 – (John Schonberger & Malvin Schonberger) Recorded by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra

13. Western Sky (3:15)

1986 – (G. Fred Swanson) (BMI)

14. You Were Meant for Me (2:56)

1929 – (Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed)

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Darren Radach at
Stout Studios, Ft. Collins, CO in 2024

You can sample and find links to streaming platforms such as Pandora, iTunes, Amazon Music and more using the link HERE.

Thanks for your interest and support!

Fiddleride (2011)

Clarke Wright's first solo CD, “Fiddleride” was made with help from his hugely talented friends. It has Western Swing and Bluegrass standards as well as some originals. He picks guitar on a couple of songs too.

“What a Fiddleride it has been creating this CD. Selecting the 14 songs was hard to narrow down, but there was no debate about who I wanted to pick with on them.”

Song List

1. Big Beaver (Bob Wills) 3:20

2. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields) 3:52

3. Forked Deer / Fishers Hornpipe (Traditional) 3:28

4. Westphalia Waltz (Cotton Collins) 4:36

5. Pawn Shoppe Special (Traditional,
Arr. Clarke Wright) 4:53

6. Temptation Rag (Henry Lodge) 2:34

7. Dance of the Goldenrod (John H. Tower) 2:56

8. Gimme Five (Clarke Wright) 3:11

9. Hamilton County Breakdown(Traditional) 2:50

10. One Six Right (Nathan Wang) 4:00

11. Mississippi Sawyer / St. Anne’s Reel (Traditional) 4:26

12. Hot Potato (Clarke Wright) 2:59

13. East Tennessee (Traditional) 3:13

14. Till Then (Eddie Seller, Sol Marcus and Guy Wood) 2:22

Total Time 48:58

Last Round-Up (2019)

HWH's farewell recording is a mixture of Western Swing, Bluegrass and Cowboy music, including two original songs. It also features three songs by our song-writer hero, Cindy Walker.

Clarke Wright: Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Bass Fiddle, vocals

G. Fred Swanson; Vocals, Bass Fiddle, Guitar

EP Davis: Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Steel Guitar, vocals

Special Guests: Ernie Martinez on Steel Guitar and Dobro, Glenn Zankey on Vocals, Dave Dale on Bass Fiddle and Kevin Packard on Piano.

Blue Bonnet Lane
Fireball Mail
Vistida De Blanco
Silverbell
It’s All Your Fault
Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
Long Dark Night
Lusty Glaze
Pecos Bill
Dixie Breakdown
Blue Canadian Rockies

Produced by EP Davis & Clarke Wright

Recorded at North Wimpole in Fort Collins, Colorado

Mastered by EP Davis at Haleep, Hanalei, Hawaii

Hollywood Rodeo Band (2014)

"Cowboy-Bluegrass Honky-tonk Dancehall Music"

This CD is the best of four Cassette albums that were recorded in the 1980s at Colorado Sound in Denver. The tracks were remastered by David Glasser at Airshow in Boulder, Colorado

These recordings were made "Studio Live" in the mid 1980s. There were no overdubs, remixes, auto-tune, "punches" or other modern studio tricks. What you hear on this CD is what we sounded like live in a dance hall, concert or any live situation. By recording in this manner, we captured the energy of a live performance in the studio. Each of the four albums from which these tracks are taken, was recorded in one day.

The HRB featured original songs, mostly written by Matt Clayton and G. Fred Swanson, as well as many covers of classic Country and Rock-a-Billy dance tunes.

Fading Romance 2:32
Like The First Time 3:11
All My Love 3:19
Western Sky 2:34
Ridin' Down The Rio Grande 2:50
Mexicali Rose 3:38
Dear Old Dixie 1:53
In A Matter Of Time 3:23
The Calico Angel 2:43
What Are You Going To Do Then? 2:04
Just Like Long Ago 3:28
Hot Potato Breakdown 1:49
On The Western Trail 2:39
My Saddle Pals And I 1:53
Jingle Jangle Jingle 3:18
Tired Of Dreaming On You
Along The Navajo Trail 2:39
Hamilton County Breakdown 2:28
Along The Navajo Trail 2:39
Stampede 2:47
All Over Again 3:54
We Can Make A Wrong Thing Turn Out Right 3:43
Lights Of Cheyenne 3:14

Produced by EP Davis & Clarke Wright

Dreamer’s Lullaby (2001)

Mostly original tunes written by G. Fred Swanson. Great Steel Guitar by Ernie Martinez. Dreamy and mellow

I’ll Love You Till The End Of Time

Here I Am, There I Go

Dreamer’s Lullaby

Vedauwoo

Only You Can Make Love Stay

Little Red Wagon

Calling Me Back Home

Never Sunshine, Always Rain

I Want To Be With You

Sagebrush

Dreamer’s Farewell

High, Wide and Handsome (1998)

Great classic country and bluegrass. Recorded by Charles Sawtelle at Rancho DeVille. Special guests: Ernie Martinez on Steel, Jo Gable on Accordion and Mollie O’Brien, courtesy of Sugar Hill Records.

One Dozen Roses

My Hillbilly Gal

Soldiers Joy

Doggone Cowboy

Cowbell Polka

Western Sky

Will You Be Loving Another Man?

Coridino

Down The Trail To San Antoine

Jerusalem Ridge

Lights of Old Santa Fe

Thunder and Lightning

Recording History

1972 - 1975: David Ferretta’s Sunday River Bluegrass Show

LP “You Can Dress Um Up” Biscuit City Records

1975 - 1976: Silverball Country Band

45 RMP Record “Mexico“ flip side “Togary Mountain”

1977 - 1995: Hollywood Rodeo Band

LP “I Haven’t Learned a Thing” 1983

CLP “On The Western Trail” 1985

CLP “Saddle Up” 1986

CLP “Fading Romance” 1986

45 RPM “Fading Romance” 1986

CLP “Born Ready” 1987

CLP “Looking At The World” 1991

CD “The Essential Hollywood Rodeo Band, Volume I” 1994

1996 - 2009: High, Wide and Handsome

CD “High, Wide and Handsome” 1998 Recorded by Charles Sawtelle, Rancho DeVille

CD “Dreamer’s Lullaby” 2001

CD "Last Roundup" 2019

CD Clarke Wright's “Fiddleride” 2011

CD Stardust Melodies with Clarke and Beth "Life is a Song" 2025