I had just finished watching Gene Autry in "Rancho Grande" on the Western Channel when I noticed that the Western Channel was going to show "Hoedown" immediately following "Rancho Grande". Starting watching "Hoedown" and nearly fell over when Jock Mahoney, playing a cowboy singing star, started to sing and the voice was that of Gene Autry...Fairly funny and interesting inside Hollywood joke and pretty good tongue in cheek acting by Mahoney, especially when he sings in his own voice. Carolina Cotton and Eddy Arnold are ok also. It's not often that one either sees or hears Gene Autry as a guest star or making an uncredited appearance as he does in this film. Of course since this is a Columbia film and Gene was producing his own films at Columbia and had ties to Jock Mahoney (later the star of Autry's Range Rider series) it all makes sense. Pretty good film if one is inclined toward this genre.
