<sod>'''"Detour (There's A Muddy Road Ahead)"''' is a Western swing ballad written by [[Paul Westmoreland]] in [[1945 in music|1945]]. The original version was by [[Ernest E. "Jimmy" Walker|Jimmy Walker]] with Paul Westmoreland and His Pecos River Boys, issued around the beginning of November 1945.<ref>Billboard, November 3, 1945</ref><eod>
<sod>'''"Detour (There's A Muddy Road Ahead)"''' is a [[Western swing]] ballad written by [[Paul Westmoreland]] in [[1945 in music|1945]]. The original version was by [[Ernest E. "Jimmy" Walker|Jimmy Walker]] with Paul Westmoreland and His Pecos River Boys, issued around the beginning of November 1945.<ref>Billboard, November 3, 1945</ref><eod>