" (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend " [a] is a country and western song written in 1948 by American songwriter Stan Jones. [2] A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949, the most successful being by Vaughn Monroe. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as the greatest western song of all time. [3] The song tells a folk tale of a cowboy who has a vision of red-eyed, steel-hooved cattle thundering across the sky, being chased by the spirits of damned cowboys. · Ghostriders who came from the sky, driven by demons. For Texans, that’s the origin myth of one of the staples of American song: “ (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend”. · Songwriter Stan Jones drew inspiration from an Arizona folk tale about ghostriders storming the sky for the country staple, ' (Ghost) Riders in the Sky'. “Ghost Riders in the Sky” was written in 1948 by American songwriter Stan Jones. The song is a cautionary tale warning a cowboy that if he doesn’t change his ways, he will one day join the damned cowboys doomed to try to “catch the Devil’s herd across these endless skies.” " (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones. A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949, the most successful being by Vaughn Monroe.
