DESCRIPTION:
My arrangement of "Old Trails".....the Gunsmoke radio theme song, and later TV theme. It was also known as "Boothill." The theme was written by Rex Koury & Glenn Spencer. The original radio version was conducted by Rex Koury. My version is based on the radio program's ending theme song.


The radio series first aired on April 26, 1952 ("Billy the Kid," written by Walter Newman) and ran until June 18, 1961 on CBS. It starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon; Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams; Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell; and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant Chester Proudfoot.

Here's a link to a great site that has a lot of old radio programs...including the "Gunsmoke" radio programs. It's a free site... http://www.radiolovers.com/ or if you'd just like to go directly to the Gunsmoke shows click here... http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/gunsmoke.htm

Some of us still remember sitting around listening to some great radio programs before television came along! Although the Gunsmoke radio show started after television became a reality...it was still a very popular show! "Theater of the mind!"

The photos are of ghost towns in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and Montana.

I hope that you enjoy my arrangement of the Gunsmoke theme song! Please feel free to comment, and to "PLEASE RATE" the video..."THANKS!"