From the original Playhouse archives

You know... the Country Bear Players were not always the wonderful band that we know today. There was a time when they were nothing more than an idea in the mind of an Imagineer. Then, one day, based on that idea, concepts and drawings began to come to life. Songs were written and recorded. Some ideas made it into the final product... Some didn't. This section is dedicated to a few of those ideas (songs in particular) that were part of the evolution of the Country Bear Players as they went from idea and concept to reality.

In this section, you will find a few links to sound clips of the bears which were recorded for the original bear show, as well as a few links to some instrumental tracks recorded for the Country Bear Vacation Hoedown show. When this section was first published, these recordings offered visitors a rare opportunity to hear the Country Bears’ creative process. They were either edited together with other tracks (such as vocal tracks) or were never used at all. One of the tracks, “Bear Band Serenade,” was completely rerecorded with revised lyrics and remixed before being included in the original Jamboree show, which opened at Walt Disney World in 1971.

We are VERY lucky to have these sounds to present to you, and we thank all the Imagineers, songwriters, and musicians whose hard work and dedication are very evident in these wonderful pieces of Disney History.

The introduction above preserves the original site's account of these recordings.