"In those days Marty traveled in two cars, or sometimes station wagons. He carried as many as 10 people, with 5 in each car. I rode in the first car, along with Marty, Jim Farmer (steel guitar player) Bobby Sykes, (rhythm guitar player and front man who opened the shows), and Louie Dunn, (drums). Marty carried a little ukulele, made by the Martin Guitar company, and would often pass the hours and miles by singing every song he could think of, with Bobby and me adding harmony. Many of the songs were Western songs, and it was during this time that Marty decided to do an album of these songs-half of which would be the old standards made famous by the Sons of the Pioneers and the Riders of the Purple Sage-and the other half new songs. But it was Marty who wrote what I believe is the greatest Western song of all time, “El Paso.” The song took him several months to write, and each time we went out on tour, Marty would sing the latest verses. I laid out the harmony and sang tenor and Bobby Sykes sang the baritone part. By the time we accompanied Marty into the studio to record the song, we had it down so well that it only took 4 takes to get the final version, and 2 of those were false starts."

Written by Jim Glaser

THE GUNFIGHTER SERIES
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
(September 1959) CL 1349.(Mono CS- 8158) (Stereo- PC 8158)-
"Running Gun"-  Written by Jim and Tompall Glaser.

More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
(September 1960) (CL 1481-Mono) (CS 8272-Stereo)-
"This Peaceful Sod"-  Written by Jim Glaser.

Return of the Gunfighter
(1963) (CL 2072-Mono)  (CS 8872-Stereo)-
"The Fastest Gun Around"- Written by Jim Glaser and Jeanne Pruett.

The following are other albums released by Marty which include songs written or co-written by Jim, also background vocals performed.

"El Paso"- Backup vocals- Jim Glaser & Bobby Sykes

Additional credits to Jim: (from Marty Robbins 45's)