ep04 First Tune - His Trademarks: Red Horse Ranch

“ep04 First Tune - His Trademarks” is an episode of Red Horse Ranch, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

The cowhands of the Red Horse Ranch gather in the bunkhouse to rehearse songs for a barn dance in honor of Rose Carter, the owner's daughter, who has just returned from school. The boys sing and play for her, and she takes an interest in Alabama's new horse, Red. Rose later notices that her father seems troubled and asks Alabama what is wrong, but he tells her there is nothing to worry about. The men close the scene by hinting that some trouble may be brewing at the ranch.

The Red Horse Ranch, in the bunkhouse, the corral and the grounds around the ranch house

Characters: Rose Carter, Alabama, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Tenderfoot, Tech Solons

Listen for: Rose's question to Alabama about her father, and the hint of trouble at the ranch in the closing lines

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.