tag:andyhedges.com,2005:/blogs/cowboy-crossroads-be6edee9-e634-4f7f-bb70-037f3cd72519?p=4Cowboy Crossroads2024-03-06T20:21:37-06:00Andy Hedgesfalsetag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/73629742024-03-06T20:21:37-06:002024-03-06T20:33:27-06:00Episode 98: Songs of the Cowboys with Rex Rideout<p style="text-align:center;"><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/30265313/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/7f7f7f/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p> </p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/ddb82ea2fd799556895278338de2c29f2115cf17/original/rex.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" height="4032" width="3024" /><p>Old-time musician Rex Rideout discusses the life and times of the first cowboy song collector Jack Thorp. Rex discusses the events that led to Thorp's search for cowboy songs, Thorp's book of Songs of the Cowboys, the story of Little Joe the Wrangler, and Thorp's banjo.</p><p> </p><p>Find out more about Rex at <a class="no-pjax" href="http://www.timetravelmusic.com/">http://www.timetravelmusic.com</a></p><p> </p><p> </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/73345072024-01-15T19:01:48-06:002024-01-16T09:26:01-06:00Episode 97: Boots O'Neal<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29501498/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/070607" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><div class="Ar Au Ao" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:block;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;" id=":133"><div class="Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" style="direction:ltr;min-height:376px;" id=":12z" hidefocus="true" aria-label="Message Body" g_editable="true" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" contenteditable="true" tabindex="1" spellcheck="false" aria-owns=":15d" aria-controls=":15d" aria-expanded="false">
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/c41fe1c4020376e93da2a213884c3416326b3a17/original/tempimagedff9pv.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Photo by Scott Slusher</p>
<p>Ninety-one year-old legendary working cowboy Boots O'Neal talks about his early cowboyin' experiences on the JA Ranch, starting colts with his brother Wes, horse wrecks, and tells stories from a lifetime spent punchin' cows on the most iconic ranches in Texas. Recorded in front of a live audience at the 2023 Ranch Verse event at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. </p>
<div> </div>
<div>This episode is sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at <a class="no-pjax" href="https://ranchingheritage.org/" data-link-type="url">www.ranchingheritage.org</a>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
</div></div><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a member!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/73178842023-12-11T21:17:42-06:002023-12-11T21:33:21-06:00Episode 96: Jay Snider<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29032763/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/070000" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/6b99fc4ceaa5eafcf661b5bfc362f0173d575f13/original/img-0715.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p><span>Oklahoma cowboy poet, rancher, and former bull rider Jay Snider talks about his ranching and rodeo family, the influence of his grandfather, memories from his rodeo career, and the camaraderie of the trail driving era that continues through rodeo and cowboy poetry.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a member!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/72942232023-10-26T22:14:25-05:002023-10-27T08:47:52-05:00Episode 95: Clarence Lanka<p style="text-align:center;"><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/28438808/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/f234acb9f35f1103a5681ddcae822a1fd8fdb579/original/img-6254.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">94-year-old rancher and Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame inductee Clarence Lanka talks about growing up on a ranch in Western Nebraska, riding his horse to a one room school, roping, good horses, and his faith in God. </span></p><p> </p><p><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/72788782023-09-26T11:16:57-05:002023-10-16T09:52:57-05:00Episode 94: Gail Steiger (Part 2)<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/28147958/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/060bf6e0892ce7a39de3a4751074890577c84603/original/20160609-spiderranch-jbl-470.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">Photo by Jessica Lifland.</p><p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">Working cowboy, filmmaker, songwriter, and poet Gail Steiger sends in audio postscripts to continue the conversation from part 1. On this episode Gail talks about his cowboy mentor Bill Murphy, making the film Ranch Album, tracking cattle, handling livestock, international herding cultures, and the friendships he's made through cowboy poetry. </span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">Find out more about Gail Steiger at </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.gailsteigermusic.com/" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">www.gailsteigermusic.com</span></a></p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/72689402023-09-05T10:51:29-05:002023-09-26T11:20:05-05:00Episode 93: Gail Steiger (Part 1)<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27946863/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/3cc6cc7c30840fc4d73381347cf23978de52a648/original/tempimagekj2l5z.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">Photo by Jessica Lifland.</p><p>Working cowboy, filmmaker, songwriter, and poet Gail Steiger talks about his family background, Arizona politics, writing cowboy songs, and tells the fascinating story of how he got into the cow business. </p><p>Find out more about Gail Steiger at <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.gailsteigermusic.com/" data-link-type="url">www.gailsteigermusic.com</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/72505422023-08-01T14:09:47-05:002023-09-26T11:20:31-05:00Bonus Episode: The Story of Jack Thorp<p> </p><p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27626898/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/53b3baf911cdb6a558463c886630e44f3887c7db/original/jack-thorp.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>This bonus episode of Cowboy Crosroads features a segment that Andy Hedges narrated for the American Songcatcher podcast about the first cowboy song collector Jack Thorp. </p><p>In March 1889, Jack Thorp, a born-to-privilege Easterner who had grown into a leather-tough, saddle-wise trail hand, decided to track down the words to songs about cowboy life from cowboys singing in cow camps, at chuck wagons and line camps, in saloons—anywhere Thorp could find them, mostly in New Mexico and Texas. His course proved crucial to the evolution of cowboy culture and the publication of his Songs of the Cowboys, the first collection of folk songs in America in 1908. </p><p> </p><p>Find out more about the American Songcatcher podcast at <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.americansongcatcher.com/">www.americansongcatcher.com</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/72329522023-06-26T19:54:28-05:002023-09-26T11:21:20-05:00Episode 92: The King Ranch (Part 2)<p> </p><p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27283329/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><div class="Ar Au Ao" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:block;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;" id=":16p"><div class="Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" style="direction:ltr;min-height:343px;" id=":16l" hidefocus="true" aria-label="Message Body" g_editable="true" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" contenteditable="true" tabindex="1" spellcheck="true" aria-owns=":197" aria-controls=":197" aria-expanded="false">
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/b608f96e52298deeddda8c27d9814e9c6654e0b1/original/king-ranch-heifers.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Bob Kinnan, the resident historian of the iconic King Ranch gives an overview of the history of the King Ranch from the ending of the Civil War to modern times and discusses the life and legacy of National Golden Spur Award recipient Helen Kleberg Groves. </p>
<div>Find out more about the King Ranch at www.kingranch.com</div>
<div> </div>
<div>This episode is sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at www.ranchingheritage.org</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
</div></div><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/72183152023-05-31T10:06:32-05:002023-09-26T11:21:42-05:00Episode 91: The King Ranch (Part 1)<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27001722/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><div class="Ar Au Ao" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:block;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;" id=":ye"><div class="Ar Au Ao" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:block;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;" id=":ye"><div class="Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" style="direction:ltr;min-height:343px;" id=":ya" hidefocus="true" aria-label="Message Body" g_editable="true" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" contenteditable="true" tabindex="1" spellcheck="true" aria-owns=":113" aria-controls=":113"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/5f466f33bf836fb5b731b6995095cc852b29dfb6/original/king-ranch.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /> <br>Bob Kinnan, the resident historian of the iconic King Ranch discusses his background and interest in ranching history and tells the story of the King Ranch from 1853 to the end of the Civil War. <br><br>Find out more about the King Ranch at <a class="no-pjax" href="https://king-ranch.com/" data-link-type="url">www.kingranch.com</a> <br><br>This episode is sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at <a class="no-pjax" href="https://ranchingheritage.org/" data-link-type="url" contents="www.ranchingheritage.org">www.ranchingheritage.org</a> <br><br> </div></div></div><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/71945352023-04-21T11:18:29-05:002023-09-26T11:22:39-05:00Episode 90: William Matthews<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26613534/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/96a7a2e299b526aea824db67c2c9da1c6c9ccc78/original/tempimagenjllnf.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;">Photo by Jessica Lifland.</p><p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">Legendary western artist William Matthews discusses his early life and influences, traveling the world, painting album covers, using watercolor as a medium, and discovering and painting the buckaroo culture of the Great Basin. </span></p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://williammatthewsstudio.com/" data-link-type="url">Find out more about William Matthews here. </a></p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/71795512023-03-27T22:18:49-05:002023-09-26T11:23:52-05:00Episode 89: Roll On, Cowboys (Part 2)<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26362308/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/6ba9ed3569920454eb742008732ea99316c40815/original/hedges-cd-back.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>Andy Hedges previews his new album "Roll On, Cowboys" and takes a close look at the songs on the second disc with special guests Rod Taylor, Dom Flemons, Pipp Gillette, Corb Lund, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Michael Martin Murphey, Tom Russell, Randy Rieman, Brenn Hill, and Andy Wilkinson. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/71622432023-02-28T10:43:28-06:002023-09-26T11:24:50-05:00Episode 88: Roll On, Cowboys (Part 1)<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26079063/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/74464/e1e62f25ef420e5918d16a2c838d3041e9114382/original/hedges-cd-cover.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><div class="Ar Au Ao" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:block;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;" id=":1tg"><div class="Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" style="direction:ltr;min-height:376px;" id=":1tc" hidefocus="true" aria-label="Message Body" g_editable="true" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" contenteditable="true" tabindex="1" spellcheck="false" aria-owns=":1w7" aria-controls=":1w7"><div class="Ar Au Ao" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:block;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;" id=":1tg"><div class="Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" style="direction:ltr;min-height:376px;" id=":1tc" hidefocus="true" aria-label="Message Body" g_editable="true" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" contenteditable="true" tabindex="1" spellcheck="false" aria-owns=":1w7" aria-controls=":1w7">
<p>Andy previews his new album "Roll On, Cowboys" and takes a close look at the songs with special guests Brenn Hill, Dom Flemons, Corb Lund, Pipp Gillette, Tom Russell, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Brigid Reedy, Waddie Mitchell, and Andy Wilkinson. </p>
<div> </div>
<div>
<a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script>
</div>
</div></div></div></div>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/71389432023-01-16T20:48:46-06:002023-09-26T11:25:15-05:00Episode 87: Bob Moorhouse<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25628688/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/0b1252b6540ec6d61ace5ae17e95c7a2d89c9841/original/bob-moorhouse.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Cowboy, photographer and retired General Manager of the Pitchfork Ranch Bob Moorhouse talks about managing the Pitchfork Ranch, pulling out the wagon, tradition, cowboy etiquette, photography, horses, and preserving the authentic cowboy image. </p><p>This episode is sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at <a class="no-pjax" href="https://ranchingheritage.org/" data-link-type="url" contents="www.ranchingheritage.org">www.ranchingheritage.org</a> </p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/71196922022-12-07T21:10:57-06:002023-09-26T11:25:40-05:00Episode 86: Brigid Reedy<p><iframe style="border-style:none;" allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25263786/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/fc251d39f03a112d250d3b2a2d45b9c19d7d3971/original/brigid-square.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-small">Photo by John Reedy. </span></p><p>Singer, songwriter, poet, and fiddler Brigid Reedy talks about growing up in Montana, the influence of her parents, playing music with her brother, attending the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, reciting poetry with Wallace McRae, playing music with Glenn Ohrlin, building gear with George Holt, and her future with music, poetry, and horses. </p><p>You can find out more about Brigid Reedy at <a class="no-pjax" href="https://brigidreedy.com/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url" contents="www.brigidreedy.com">www.brigidreedy.com</a> </p><p>This episode is sponsored by the Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Alpine, Texas. <a class="no-pjax" href="https://lonestarcowboypoetry.com/" target="_blank" data-link-type="url" contents="www.lonestarcowboypoetry.com&nbsp;">www.lonestarcowboypoetry.com </a></p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/70879512022-10-24T21:06:32-05:002022-10-24T21:51:40-05:00Episode 85: Jon Means<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24790395/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/6e9fe8ce7979b92b898bc99db2352fc779535af6/original/tempimagenlxsgr.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Fourth-generation rancher Jon Means tells stories from a lifetime of ranching in the Davis Mountains of West Texas. Jon talks about his great-grandfather coming to West Texas in 1884, ranching in the desert, stewardship, and the challenges that face ranching today.</p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at <a contents="www.ranchingheritage.org" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ranchingheritage.org/" target="_blank">www.ranchingheritage.org</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a contents="Become a patron!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads" target="_blank">Become a patron!</a></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/70589452022-09-12T21:45:02-05:002022-09-13T10:03:34-05:00Episode 84: Andy Nelson<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24361080/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/39035f306336f5c818123fd19d9ad5f6c60309f3/original/andynelson.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Cowboy poet, humorist, and farrier Andy Nelson talks about traveling the Great Basin with his farrier father, his horse shoeing and cowboy mentors, cowboy humor, and writing poetry.</p>
<p>Find out more about Andy Nelson at <a contents="www.cowpokepoet.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cowpokepoet.com/">www.cowpokepoet.com</a></p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by Flint Custom Hats. Find out more about Flint Hats at <a contents="www.flinthat.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.flinthat.com/" target="_blank">www.flinthat.com</a></p>
<p><a contents="Become a patron!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296" target="_blank">Become a patron!</a></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/70295022022-08-02T20:48:49-05:002022-08-02T22:15:05-05:00Episode 83: Deanna Dickinson McCall<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23943237/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/5168be1c841ff8ea21b78a61afb939991c234c68/original/deanna-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Anita Crane.</p>
<p>Fifth-generation rancher and poet Deanna Dickinson McCall shares stories about her ranching heritage, raising her family on a ranch in the remote Great Basin region of Nevada, and absorbing the cowboy poetry tradition from her Texas grandparents. </p>
<p>Find out more about Deanna Dickinson McCall at <a contents="www.deannadickinsonmccall.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.deannadickinsonmccall.com">www.deannadickinsonmccall.com</a></p>
<p>This episode is sponsored by Jeff Tant with Tant Natural Resources. </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/70031032022-06-27T22:22:33-05:002022-06-27T22:37:31-05:00Episode 82: Jimmie Powell<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23561717/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/a3263f59a0da51c57080c52ddb275ab73373d0b5/original/jimmie-powell-b-w-web.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kathleen Jo Ryan.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>94 year-old, third generation rancher Jimmie Powell shares stories from a lifetime of ranching in West Texas. Jimmie discusses raising sheep and cattle, ranching conservation practices, his friendship with Elmer Kelton, and tells the story of his grandfather settling in West Texas.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This episode is sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at <a contents="www.ranchingheritage.org" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ranchingheritage.org/" target="_blank">www.ranchingheritage.org</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>
<p> </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/69722312022-05-16T10:31:39-05:002022-05-16T10:39:49-05:00Episode 81: Remembering Buck Ramsey (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23126084/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/bc9094d07f11789cb585cc3f5b3b9e05960adb10/original/buck-ramsey-rooster-morris-panhandle-spontaneous-pandomonium-1993.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Kent Reeves." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.kentreeves.com" target="_blank">Kent Reeves.</a></p>
<p>This is the second episode of a two part show exploring the life and work of the late Texas cowboy poet and singer Buck Ramsey. In this second part, cowboy poet Joel Nelson reflects on the importance of Buck Ramsey's book-length poem "Grass."</p>
<p>This episode is sponsored by Jayson Jones Bits & Spurs. Find out more about Jayson Jones at www.jaysonjonesspurs.com</p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/69512832022-04-18T20:08:28-05:002022-04-18T20:24:01-05:00Episode 80: Remembering Buck Ramsey (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22833503/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/523251a11e24b9b0276a996bbef4c22aea412011/original/buck-ramsey-texas-panhandle-1993.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Kent Reeves" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.kentreeves.com" target="_blank">Kent Reeves</a>. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p>This is the first episode of a two part show exploring the life and work of the late Texas cowboy poet and singer Buck Ramsey. In this first part, Buck Ramsey's widow Bette Ramsey shares about Buck's childhood, the influence of his Uncle Ed, his tragic horse wreck, and how Buck found his tribe through cowboy poetry. </p>
<p>This episode is sponsored by Jayson Jones Bits & Spurs. Find out more about Jayson Jones at <a contents="www.jaysonjonesspurs.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.jaysonjonesspurs.com/" target="_blank">www.jaysonjonesspurs.com</a> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/69285372022-03-21T22:07:53-05:002022-03-21T22:26:43-05:00Episode 79: John Lacey<p><br><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22524707/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/9c47abd5c6c51d5027197f84c8db293823dc9ef9/original/john-lacey.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Third-generation California rancher and Golden Spur Award recipient John Lacey talks about his grandfather first coming to the Owens Valley in 1870, the values he learned from his father, raising Quarter Horses, and the challenges in the future for the ranching industry. </p>
<p>This episode is sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at <a contents="www.ranchingheritage.org" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ranchingheritage.org/" target="_blank">www.ranchingheritage.org</a> <br><br> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/68978562022-02-14T20:58:51-06:002022-02-14T21:38:09-06:00Episode 78: The Illustrated Letters of Charles M. Russell (Part 2)<p><br><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="128" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22134632/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/ffffff/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/a47b2aab2afafc8ad61bb71302efa573319fc7fc/original/maney-snows-have-fallen-letter-from-ah-wa-cous-charles-russell-to-short-bull.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Part two with horseman, rawhide braider, and reciter Randy Rieman discussing the life and letters of Charles M. Russell. In this episode, Randy talks about Russell's poetry and reads from letters that touch on Christmas, Buffalo Bill, Hollywood, prohibition, the changing West, and Russell's relationship with pioneer preacher Brother Van.</p>
<p>Find out more about Randy Rieman at <a contents="www.randyrieman.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://randyrieman.com" target="_blank">www.randyrieman.com</a></p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by Flint Custom Hats. Find out more about Flint Custom Hats at <a contents="www.flinthat.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://flinthat.com/" target="_blank">www.flinthat.com</a></p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/68721232022-01-17T20:01:38-06:002022-03-21T22:30:39-05:00Episode 77: The Illustrated Letters of Charles M. Russell (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/21805964/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/0f0f08/" style="border: none" title="Libsyn Player" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/57d753ea17f1c9a059fff793c95385682cadc691/original/charles-marion-russell.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Horseman, braider, and reciter Randy Rieman returns to Cowboy Crossroads to discuss the Illustrated Letters of Charles M. Russell. In part one, Randy talks about Russell's life and work, discusses early Montana history, and reads from a few of Russell's letters.</p>
<p>Find out more about Randy Rieman at <a contents="www.randyrieman.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://randyrieman.com" target="_blank">www.randyrieman.com</a></p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by Jayson Jones Bits & Spurs. Find out more about Jayson Jones at <a contents="www.jaysonjonesspurs.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jaysonjonesspurs.com" target="_blank">www.jaysonjonesspurs.co</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a></p>
<p> </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/68399442021-12-13T20:24:21-06:002021-12-13T23:23:02-06:00Episode 76: Trinity Seely<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/21475568/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/020201/" style="border: none" title="Libsyn Player" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/ef0b4afca62e2028da6024bccd18ae38dc7a587f/original/with-trinity.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Singer/songwriter Trinity Seely talks about growing up in the remote Chilcotin country of British Columbia, working on ranches in Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Montana, becoming the Director of the Horse Program at The Thatcher School, and conveying emotion through music.</p>
<p>Find out more about Trinity Seely at <a contents="www.trinityseely.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://trinityseely.com" target="_blank">www.trinityseely.com</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/68108972021-11-15T20:29:45-06:002021-11-16T09:28:06-06:00Episode 75: Dr. Charles "Bud" Townsend (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/21176522/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" title="Libsyn Player" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/247ec084c361ac10ba9ad7f45841ccf3f876c2fb/original/townsend.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p>Part 2 with rodeo announcer, boot salesman, history professor, and writer Dr. Charles "Bud" Townsend. In this episode Dr. Townsend talks about teaching history, how rodeo influenced his academic career, and how he became a salesman with Olsen-Stelzer Boots.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/67944582021-11-01T20:15:26-05:002021-11-01T21:12:38-05:00Episode 74: Dr. Charles "Bud" Townsend (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/21017702/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" title="Libsyn Player" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/58e21a5c00d6fd3ef51996c49307144c260a0b77/original/color-version-of-dr-townsend.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Dr. Charles Bud Townsend shares stories from a lifetime as a rodeo announcer, boot salesman, history professor, and writer. Tune in to hear about his family history, how he became a rodeo announcer, and the story of writing the definitive biography of Bob Wills. Along the way he tells stories about Jimmie Rodgers, Ruth Roach, and Bob Wills.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/67597592021-09-28T10:21:15-05:002021-10-11T10:04:28-05:00Episode 73: Linda Davis<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/20630804/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/86bdf3c21816a9ca3014ef17379cbf486a122763/original/linda-davis.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Fourth-generation rancher Linda Davis talks about growing up on the Tequesquite Ranch in the 1930s, becoming a part of the Bell Ranch cowboy crew as a 5 year old, and spending her life on the historic CS Ranch in northeastern New Mexico. She tells stories about rattlesnakes, learning to read from cowboys, her father's favorite cowboy poet, and her passion for horses and livestock. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Find out more about Linda Davis and the CS Ranch at <a contents="www.cscattle.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cscattle.com/">www.cscattle.com</a> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at <a contents="www.ranchingheritage.org&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ranchingheritage.org">www.ranchingheritage.org </a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/67316082021-08-30T23:17:31-05:002022-03-08T04:24:15-06:00Episode 72: Dale Burson<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/20317064/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/42b70792fb74699d1c3608de9b79aea5a9e0c8f8/original/dale-burson.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Rancher and musician Dale Burson talks about his deep ranching roots, his love of the ranching lifestyle, playing music with his kids, the cowboy code, and the rich musical traditions of the Texas panhandle.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/66989762021-07-26T23:33:32-05:002021-10-11T10:03:57-05:00Episode 71: Buster Welch<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19941530/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/33ebf01b79f563a9c2cfa06fbb6edba10921f7c4/original/buster-welch.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Jay Dusard. </p>
<p>Legendary cutting horse trainer Buster Welch talks about his family history and childhood in Sterling City, Texas, leavinghome at 14 to work for the Proctor Ranch in Midland, Texas, and shares stories and observations from a lifetime of working with cutting horses. At 93 years old, Buster Welch is a living link to the last of the old-time cowboys and the open range methods of working with cattle and horses.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center. Find out more about them at <a contents="www.ranchingheritage.org" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ranchingheritage.org/" target="_blank">www.ranchingheritage.org</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>
<p> </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/66734182021-06-28T21:05:16-05:002021-10-11T10:03:37-05:00Episode 70: Red Steagall<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19639106/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/f8537083482ee63090b08bc6cf3d19266980d075/original/red.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Texas cowboy poet and songwriter Red Steagall stops by Cowboy Crossroads to talk about growing up in the Texas panhandle, his songwriting career, his rodeo album For All Our Cowboy Friends, writing cowboy poetry, his experiences on the Four Sixes Ranch and the values of the cow country. </p>
<p>Find out more about Red Steagall at <a contents="www.redsteagall.com&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.redsteagall.com/" target="_blank">www.redsteagall.com </a></p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. Find out more about them at <a contents="www.ranchingheritage.org" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ranchingheritage.org/" target="_blank">www.ranchingheritage.org</a> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/66404712021-05-26T09:29:39-05:002021-10-11T10:03:29-05:00Episode 69: Andy Wilkinson<p> </p>
<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19248104/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/71978c7de6fe8b277fcf26d2d6b5e55ebf4307d9/original/andyandandy.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Andy Wilkinson returns to Cowboy Crossroads to talk about the Llano Estacado, Waylon Jennings, Buck Ramsey, and the creative process. He also reads excerpts from his upcoming memoir, <em>Llanero: a boyhood on the 360-of-the-180</em>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Find out more about Andy Wilkinson <a contents="here." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.andywilkinson.org/" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a></p>
<p> </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/66147202021-04-26T21:33:40-05:002021-10-11T10:03:11-05:00Episode 68: Michael Stevens<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18874595/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/2c3c53d4362fcfca17d32ee28750bd5861894f27/original/full-collection1-web.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Amanda Chance.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p>Singer, songwriter, and guitar builder Michael Stevens talks about growing up in the Ohio horse culture, the guitar scene in Berkeley, California, building Junior Brown's guit-steel, and remembers his cowboy father. </p>
<p>Find out more about Michael Stevens <a contents="here.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.stevensguitars.com" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by <a contents="Republic Boot Company." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com/" target="_blank">Republic Boot Company.</a></p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron</a></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/65885662021-03-29T22:20:54-05:002021-10-11T10:02:56-05:00Episode 67: Warner Glenn (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18531506/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/17ad382c56959bcf3b210a7401eec2e476d6a098/original/glenn.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo of Warner Glenn and Kelly Kimbro by Jay Dusard. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Part two with rancher and mountain lion hunter Warner Glenn. Warner talks about the importance of being a steward of the land, the Malpai Borderlands Group, and tells the stories of his encounters with jaguars. Warner's daughter Kelly Kimbro joins the conversation. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>This episode is sponsored by <a contents="Republic Boot Company." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com/">Republic Boot Company.</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/65686002021-03-08T21:39:32-06:002021-10-11T10:02:38-05:00Episode 66: Warner Glenn (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18245999/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/00b875f8c19ee0a9545aa56a765902abc4ee23ca/original/warner-and-wendy.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo of Wendy and Warner Glenn by Jay Dusard. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Rancher and mountain lion hunter Warner Glenn talks about his family coming to Arizona from Texas in 1896 and shares about his experiences hunting lions in the Southern Arizona desert. Warner's daughter Kelly Kimbro joins the conversation.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by <a contents="Republic Boot Company" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com" target="_blank">Republic Boot Company</a>. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/65433282021-02-06T12:00:00-06:002021-10-11T10:02:29-05:00Episode 65: Jay Dusard<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17877173/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/440c5c60d1c8502d80883486094c48b4d23896b5/original/scotts-favorite.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Scott Baxter. </p>
<p>Photographer and writer Jay Dusard discusses his work to chronicle cowboy culture in his book The North American Cowboy: A Portrait. Along the way he tells stories about Warner Glenn, Russell Lee, Ian Tyson, Kurt Markus, Buster Welch and Gail I. Gardner. He also talks about the importance of the working cowboy and shares the secret to learning the structure of a haiku. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Today's episode is sponsored by <a contents="Republic Boot Company." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com/" target="_blank">Republic Boot Company.</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><br><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Jay Dusard's portraits of Buster Welch and Gail I. Gardner:</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/a1a656a9263498f4dd73b22067f400a865e3377c/original/buster-welch.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="Buster Welch" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/ea8bf69eb19ecfe20c163bdc953d16ae43701600/original/gail-gardner.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="Gail I. Gardner" /></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/65244532021-01-18T20:39:13-06:002021-10-11T10:02:07-05:00Episode 64: Baxter Black (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17601317/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/924c4f8b58fd07e2cad11f9bb54c3174dd333953/original/img-1927.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Part two with cowboy poet and humorist Baxter Black. On this episode Baxter talks about cowboy poetry, how he got on National Public Radio, appearing on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, his poem Legacy of a Rodeo Man, and what it means to live on the edge of common sense. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by <a contents="Republic Boot Company.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com/" target="_blank">Republic Boot Company. </a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Find out more about Baxter Black at <a contents="www.baxterblack.com&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://baxter-black.merchmadeeasy.com" target="_blank">www.baxterblack.com </a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=12959296">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a contents="Make a donation to Cowboy Crossroads.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=cowpoet%40gmail.com&cmd=_donations&currency_code=USD&item_name=Donation+to+Andy+Hedges&return=https%3A%2F%2Fandyhedges.com%2Fhome" target="_blank">Make a donation to Cowboy Crossroads. </a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><a contents="Subscribe on iTunes!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cowboy-crossroads/id1190352130" target="_blank">Subscribe on iTunes!</a></p>
<p> </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/65136792021-01-04T22:04:58-06:002021-10-11T09:35:30-05:00Episode 63: Baxter Black (Part 1)<p> </p>
<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17425646/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/350d2a83d615142024a50dec673f4c6a8b8a61f4/original/baxter-on-elbows.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kevin Martini-Fuller</p>
<p>Cowboy poet and former large animal veterinarian Baxter Black talks about his childhood, his decision to go to veterinary school, working for the Simplot Livestock Company, his three requirements for the poetry he writes and the two poets who have inspired him most. </p>
<p>Find out more about Baxter Black at <a contents="www.baxterblack.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://baxter-black.merchmadeeasy.com/">www.baxterblack.com</a> </p>
<p>This episode was sponsored by <a contents="Republic Boot Company" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com/">Republic Boot Company</a> and <a contents="Michael Pardue Silversmith" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://parduesilversmith.com">Michael Pardue Silversmith</a>. </p>
<p><a contents="Become a patron of&nbsp;Cowboy Crossroads." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads">Become a patron of </a><a contents="www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads">Cowboy Crossroads</a><a contents="Become a patron of&nbsp;Cowboy Crossroads." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads">.</a></p>
<p><a contents="Make a donation to Cowboy Crossroads." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=cowpoet%40gmail.com&cmd=_donations&currency_code=USD&item_name=Donation+to+Andy+Hedges&return=https%3A%2F%2Fandyhedges.com%2Fhome">Make a donation to Cowboy Crossroads.</a></p>
<p><a contents="Subscribe on iTunes!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cowboy-crossroads/id1190352130">Subscribe on iTunes!</a></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/64938932020-12-07T20:45:31-06:002021-10-11T10:01:49-05:00Episode 62: Teresa Jordan<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17104787/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/aa662985e41764cec8297cce3d08aa8d2e07d8a1/original/img-2297.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Jessica Lifland.</p>
<p>Teresa Jordan shares about growing up on a Wyoming ranch, the family economy of ranching, the neglected voices of women in the American West, and reads excerpts from her book Riding the White Horse Home.</p>
<p>Find out more about Teresa Jordan at <a contents="www.teresajordan.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://teresajordan.com">www.teresajordan.com</a></p>
<p><a contents="Become a patron of Cowboy Crossroads." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads">Become a patron of Cowboy Crossroads.</a></p>
<p><a contents="Make a donation to Cowboy Crossroads." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?business=cowpoet%40gmail.com&cmd=_donations&currency_code=USD&item_name=Donation+to+Andy+Hedges&return=https%3A%2F%2Fandyhedges.com%2Fhome">Make a donation to Cowboy Crossroads.</a></p>
<p><a contents="Subscribe on iTunes!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cowboy-crossroads/id1190352130">Subscribe on iTunes!</a></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/64747162020-11-11T00:11:59-06:002021-10-11T10:01:28-05:00Episode 61: Remembering Vietnam with Joel Nelson<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16766189/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/32b6f67861c9b961c320137096e9d301d4c20411/original/joelvietnam.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>On this special Veterans Day edition of Cowboy Crossroads, working cowboy and poet Joel Nelson shares his experience and poetry from the Vietnam War.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/64501112020-10-06T10:04:03-05:002021-10-11T09:45:46-05:00Episode 60: Brenn Hill<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16292348/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/fe043f4f0cd7f8fa47303dd10bdca010a32bb68f/original/brenn.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Melissa Mondo.</p>
<p>Utah songwriter Brenn Hill talks about his passion for the Intermountain West, working with Ian Tyson in the studio, the support of the cowboy poetry community, his songwriting process, and plays a brand new song. </p>
<p>This episode is sponsored by <a contents="Flint Custom Hats" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.flinthat.com/" target="_blank">Flint Custom Hats</a>. </p>
<p>Find out more about about Brenn Hill at <a contents="www.brennhill.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.brennhill.com/" target="_blank">www.brennhill.com</a> </p>
<p><a contents="Become a patron of Cowboy Crossroads." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads" target="_blank">Become a patron of Cowboy Crossroads.</a></p>
<p><a contents="Make a donation to Cowboy Crossroads." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?business=cowpoet%40gmail.com&cmd=_donations&currency_code=USD&item_name=Donation+to+Andy+Hedges&return=https%3A%2F%2Fandyhedges.com%2Fhome" target="_blank">Make a donation to Cowboy Crossroads.</a></p>
<p><a contents="Subscribe on iTunes!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cowboy-crossroads/id1190352130" target="_blank">Subscribe on iTunes!</a></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/64274852020-09-07T20:18:37-05:002022-06-01T20:35:21-05:00Episode 59: Gary Morton<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15920834/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/f5ab6c794503b5a7341c4653a20718506fc69578/original/gary-morton-by-bank-langmore.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="" />Photo by Bank Langmore, Bell Ranch, circa 1975.</p>
<p>New Mexico cowboy artist Gary Morton talks about his early days on the Bell Ranch, the responsibilities of a camp man and a wagon boss on a ranch, his journey as an artist, running cattle on the Mescalero Indian Reservation, and the importance of getting details right when representing the working cowboy.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a contents="Subscribe on iTunes&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cowboy-crossroads/id1190352130" target="_blank">Subscribe on iTune</a><a contents="Subscribe on iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cowboy-crossroads/id1190352130" target="_blank">s</a></p>
<p><a contents="Make a Donation to Cowboy Crossroads&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?business=cowpoet%40gmail.com&cmd=_donations&currency_code=USD&item_name=Donation+to+Andy+Hedges&return=https%3A%2F%2Fandyhedges.com%2Fhome" target="_blank">Make a Donation to Cowboy Crossroads </a></p>
<p><a contents="Become a Patron of Cowboy Crossroads" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads" target="_blank">Become a Patron of Cowboy Crossroads</a></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/64117202020-08-17T21:29:33-05:002021-10-29T08:18:08-05:00Episode 58: Ramblin' Jack Elliott<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15653396/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/14476e7637f3bc160bd466be75042ae0699ec2b4/original/ramblin-jack-elliott-andy-hedges-6160-10x8-72.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kevin Martini-Fuller</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The legendary Ramblin' Jack Elliott returns to Cowboy Crossroads and rambles about Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, the Newport Folk Festival, Mississippi John Hurt, Jack Kerouac, songs, guitars, Leadbelly, and much more.</p>
<p><strong><a contents="Subscribe on iTunes!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cowboy-crossroads/id1190352130" target="_blank">Subscribe on iTunes</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a contents="Make a Donation to Cowboy Crossroads" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?business=cowpoet%40gmail.com&cmd=_donations&currency_code=USD&item_name=Donation+to+Andy+Hedges&return=https%3A%2F%2Fandyhedges.com%2Fhome" target="_blank">Make a Donation to Cowboy Crossroads</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a contents="Become a Patron of Cowboy Crossroads" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads" target="_blank">Become a Patron of Cowboy Crossroads</a></strong></p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/63851142020-07-13T21:00:25-05:002021-10-11T10:00:29-05:00Episode 57: Henry Real Bird<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15198563/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/db0d725b5ff3c14daec09bac13ff664011c287db/original/henry-real-bird.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Jessica Lifland. </p>
<p>Montana poet laureate Henry Real Bird shares about growing up on the Crow Reservation, the history of the Crow Tribe, and the power of poetry and thought.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/63388742020-06-01T21:23:10-05:002021-10-11T10:00:17-05:00Episode 56: Elana James<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14660564/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/2a3738/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/c137b2ec3d787088f25960517e76725e6976b0ac/original/elana.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Hot Club of Cowtown's Elana James stops by Cowboy Crossroads to talk about her classical training, her Western swing influences, working with Bob Dylan, wrangling horses in Montana, and interpreting traditional music. Don't miss the fiddle tune at the end!</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/62893742020-04-21T13:56:06-05:002021-10-11T10:00:00-05:00Episode 55: Myrtis Dightman <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14086001/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/23c16ee5303c8c6739611a0ce32552b545e21a7a/original/myrtis.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Myrtis Dightman talks about being the first black cowboy to compete at the National Finals Rodeo in 1964 and shares stories from a lifetime in rodeo. Special guests Pipp Gillette and Waddie Mitchell also share stories and thoughts about Myrtis Dightman. </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/62590692020-03-23T10:34:33-05:002021-10-11T09:59:51-05:00Episode 54: Remembering Gail Gardner<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/13663208/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/141329f196afe07268913fee6629e01911d9efa2/original/gig15c.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo of Gail Gardner, used with permission.</p>
<p>Singer/songwriter and working cowboy Gail Steiger shares stories and memories about his grandfather Gail Gardner. Gail Gardner is one of the classic cowboy poets and he is best known for writing the poem/song "The Sierry Petes," also known as "Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail." </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/62111912020-02-10T21:39:36-06:002021-10-11T09:36:04-05:00Episode 53: DW Groethe<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/13103417/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/4f3ea4322a454a7aab7c1bb7d3de521b9b3339a7/original/dw.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Jessica Lifland.</p>
<p>Montana ranch hand DW Groethe talks about playing music because you have to, becoming a cowboy, the difference in poems and songs, and the isolation of ranch work. </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/60976112020-01-13T22:29:55-06:002021-10-11T09:34:32-05:00Episode 52: Barry Corbin<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12728675/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/896e97c2736713c809dc71f22f8e4c3ab5aad2b3/original/img-3248.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Barry Corbin talks about his career as an actor, his interest in the life of Charlie Goodnight, his creative process, and tells stories from working on the sets of Conagher and No Country for Old Men. Don't miss the Shakespeare recitation at the end!</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/59768202019-11-25T23:14:48-06:002021-10-11T09:59:32-05:00Episode 51: R.W. Hampton<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12180110/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/f695cc7cdfdbad9ad2fa97303b31933fb82cf629/original/img-0930.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Martin HM Schreiber, Quien Sabe Ranch, circa 1979. </p>
<p>New Mexico cowboy singer R.W. Hampton talks about how a town kid became a cowboy, his musical influences, his acting career, Ian Tyson, and what makes a cowboy song.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/59111252019-09-30T23:01:04-05:002021-06-15T16:51:36-05:00Episode 50: Ian Tyson<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11462192/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/bc451dd0b9cea10ae89c430371b6e0547c26ccb6/original/ian-and-andy.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />The legendary Ian Tyson talks about Elko, Nevada, buckaroo culture, Greenwich Village, traditional folk songs, writing songs with Tom Russell, and encountering Bob Dylan.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/58729902019-08-28T11:58:44-05:002020-02-06T23:02:31-06:00Episode 49: Sean Sexton<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11031632/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/05151129393af94fba90e12a4b7f3ecaa96f7d06/original/img-0725.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Jessica Lifland.</p>
<p>Florida rancher and poet Sean Sexton talks about working with his father and son, the Florida cattle business, his writing process, and poetic forms.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/58194502019-07-09T22:43:11-05:002021-10-11T09:45:26-05:00Episode 48: Vess Quinlan<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10466264/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/73f7e1ed5627de7e8bf8b7ea923bf7cbddb7f5a9/original/img-0252.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Jessica Lifland.</p>
<p>Poet Vess Quinlan discusses growing up on small family ranches, contracting polio as a child, occupational poetry, and offers insights into ranch culture.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/57950532019-06-17T20:20:44-05:002022-05-05T10:19:29-05:00Episode 47: Ned LeDoux<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10188383/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/3121ac800a06d5f1fb94008377048f1e2560d17b/original/img-1742.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Ned LeDoux elaborates on growing up in Kaycee, Wyoming, getting started in music, playing drums with the Western Underground, and being the son of Chris LeDoux. Don't miss the new song at the end of the episode.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/57620542019-05-20T23:37:22-05:002021-10-11T09:58:28-05:00Episode 46: Rodney Nelson<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9862475/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/cfe8e82bf04dc9fa6d07ede9131f633974f50ec0/original/img-0104.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Cowboy poet Rodney Nelson of North Dakota talks about his life experiences including ranching, rodeo, poetry, his parents, and the power of music.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/57289642019-04-22T23:39:12-05:002021-12-15T09:43:28-06:00Episode 45: Colter Wall<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9495008/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/9e43a48ee7048a7742a48f8f699b5929a46d2dc9/original/colter-wall.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jessicalifland.com" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland.</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Colter Wall discusses growing up in Saskatchewan, his interest in cowboy culture, old-time cowboy songs, his 1937 Martin guitar, what it means to be a folksinger and his album Songs of the Plains.</p>
<p><strong>Intro</strong></p>
<p>Today's episode is sponsored by <a contents="Republic Boot Company." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com" target="_blank">Republic Boot Company.</a></p>
<p>Andy recites "<a contents='The Sierry Petes" ' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com/gardner.htm#poem" target="_blank">The Sierry Petes" </a>by Gail I. Gardner.</p>
<p><strong>Quotes from this </strong><b>episode</b></p>
<p>“Back at the beginning </p>
<p>of the ‘big folk scare’ about nineteen-sixty-one </p>
<p>singing about the ‘mule skinner’s blues’ </p>
<p>Pastures of Plenty </p>
<p>and Tom Joad </p>
<p>like a character </p>
<p>out of Kerouac’s </p>
<p>“On the Road” </p>
<p>pickin’ guitar </p>
<p>tellin’ jokes </p>
<p>tellin’ lies, mad </p>
<p>as a hatter </p>
<p>we were all wantin’ </p>
<p>to know how it was </p>
<p>where it all came from </p>
<p>Ramblin’ Jack </p>
<p>handed it to us </p>
<p>on a silver platter.”</p>
<p>- Peter Rowan</p>
<p><b>Links for this episode</b></p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Colter Wall" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.colterwall.com" target="_blank">Colter Wall</a>.</p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Republic Boot Company." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com" target="_blank">Republic Boot Company.</a></p>
<p>Order <a contents="Shadow of a Cowboy." data-link-label="Store" data-link-type="page" href="/store" target="_blank">Shadow of a Cowboy.</a></p>
<p><strong>Credits </strong></p>
<p>Recorded, edited, and produced by Andy Hedges. </p>
<p>Theme music: Texas Traveler by Hal Cannon.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/56866982019-03-20T09:44:25-05:002021-10-11T09:58:03-05:00Episode 44: Dave Stamey<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9076856/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/3ccb66d93aca1426fe10014cd652a47f96b572e0/original/img-2020.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland.</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Singer/songwriter Dave Stamey talks about his early life, wranglin' dudes, his rural audience, and his songwriting influences. Don't miss the new song at the end of the episode! </p>
<p><strong>Intro </strong></p>
<p>Today's episode is sponsored by <a contents="Republic Boot Company" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com/" target="_blank">Republic Boot Company</a>. </p>
<p>Andy recites <a contents='"An Old Western Town"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com/kisk.htm#Town" target="_blank">"An Old Western Town"</a> by Bruce Kiskaddon. </p>
<p><strong>Quotes from this episode </strong></p>
<p>So I drawed my gun and throwed it on him, <br>I had to turn my face away. <br>I shot him squarely through the middle, <br>And where he fell I left him lay. </p>
<p>I shorely hated for to do it, <br>For things that’s done you cain’t recall, <br>But when a cowboy turns dude wrangler, <br>He ain’t no good no more at all.</p>
<p>- from "The Dude Wrangler" by Gail I. Gardner</p>
<p>"Someday I'm gonna sell out and get me a place in town<br>Where the mules don't bray and the horses don't neigh<br>And there ain't no dudes around."</p>
<p>- from the "The Dude String Trail" by Dave Stamey</p>
<p>Even now the devastation is begun,<br>And half the business of destruction done;<br>Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand,<br>I see the rural virtues leave the land:</p>
<p>- from "The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith</p>
<p><strong>Links for this Episode </strong></p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Dave Stamey " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.davestamey.com/" target="_blank">Dave Stamey </a></p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Republic Boot Company. " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com/" target="_blank">Republic Boot Company. </a></p>
<p><a contents="Pre-order Shadow of a Cowboy." data-link-label="Store" data-link-type="page" href="/store" target="_blank">Pre-order Shadow of a Cowboy.</a></p>
<p><strong>Credits </strong></p>
<p>Recorded, edited, and produced by Andy Hedges. </p>
<p>Theme music: Texas Traveler by Hal Cannon.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/56388042019-02-11T21:44:06-06:002021-10-11T09:57:50-05:00Episode 43: Remembering S. Omar Barker<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8611289/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/13d1f180d54f413a4feba5de0b0924af5504ded0/original/barker.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>This episode features two guests celebrating the poetry and memory of S. Omar Barker. Barker's grandniece Georgia Snead shares memories, stories, and anecdotes about Barker and cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell tells his story of discovering Barker's poetry and calling him on the phone.</p>
<p><strong>Intro </strong></p>
<p>Today's show is sponsored by the <a contents="Republic Boot Company" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com">Republic Boot Company</a> of Houston, Texas. </p>
<p>Andy recites "<a contents='Purt Near!"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://blog.cowboypoetry.com/category/classic-poems/purt-near-by-s-omar-barker-1895-1985/" target="_blank">Purt Near!"</a> by S. Omar Barker </p>
<p><strong>Links for this episode </strong></p>
<p>Find out more about S. Omar Barker at <a contents="here." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com/sobarker.htm" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
<p>Find out more about Waddie Mitchell <a contents="here." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://waddiemitchell.com/" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
<p>Find out more about the Republic Boot Company <a contents="here." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.republicbootcompany.com" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
<p><strong>Credits </strong></p>
<p>Recorded, edited, and produced by Andy Hedges. </p>
<p>Theme music: Texas Traveler by Hal Cannon.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/55857612019-01-08T00:59:12-06:002021-10-11T09:57:38-05:00Episode 42: Corb Lund<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8174924/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/cc6ffdd569f9a73a99fdf40ed68bc55d0682795d/original/20150129-wfc-jbl-2445.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Show Summary </strong></p>
<p>Canadian singer/songwriter Corb Lund talks about his family history, old cowboy songs, Marty Robbins, Ian Tyson, authenticity, his diverse audience, and tells the story of his parents putting on a rodeo in Zambia. Don't miss his live version of S Lazy H at the end. </p>
<p><strong>Intro </strong></p>
<p>Today's episode is sponsored by the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.</p>
<p>Buy tickets to Bridging the 49th, featuring Corb Lund, Colter Wall, Ian Tyson, and other Canadian cowboy performers <a contents="here.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org/buy-tickets/" target="_blank">here. </a></p>
<p>Andy recites "The Creak of the Leather" by Bruce Kiskaddon </p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/1d31051d7d709c79da285bfb5212a0726ef97baa/original/img-0251.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><strong>Quotes from this Episode</strong></p>
<p>"There's always been groups of people that never could see eye to eye <br>And I always thought if they ever had a chance to sit down and talk face to face <br>They might realize they got a lot in common." - Chris LeDoux, This Cowboy's Hat </p>
<p><strong>Links for this Episode </strong></p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Corb Lund" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.corblund.com" target="_blank">Corb Lund</a>. </p>
<p>Buy tickets to the <a contents="National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org" target="_blank">National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. </a></p>
<p><strong>Credits </strong></p>
<p>Recorded, edited, and produced by Andy Hedges. </p>
<p>Theme music: Texas Traveler by Hal Cannon.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/55383042018-12-04T00:10:50-06:002021-10-11T09:57:00-05:00Episode 41: John Dofflemyer<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7792565/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/b503a8620901d604784fd302508c230d1c621847/original/img-4568.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><strong>Show Summary </strong></p>
<p>Fifth-generation California rancher and poet John Dofflemyer talks about growing up on his family ranch, poetry, his first trip to Elko, Dry Crik Review, endangered species, and more. </p>
<p><strong>Intro </strong></p>
<p>Today’s episode is sponsored by the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. </p>
<p>Andy recites “Merry Christmas to You and Yourn” by Charles M. Russell.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/618882e5805aa2ea01f853072546073ffffe4bd8/original/img-3108.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><br><strong>Quotes from this Episode </strong></p>
<p>“There’s lots of times where I feel that the generations before me are still here. And lots of times I hear voices. Old stories, old conclusions, old opinions, old advice. And you gotta listen. It’s all very magical.” </p>
<p><strong>Links for this Episode </strong></p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="John Dofflemyer.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://drycrikjournal.com" target="_blank">John Dofflemyer. </a></p>
<p>Buy tickets to the <a contents="National Cowboy Poetry Gathering." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org/">National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.</a> </p>
<p><a contents="Online edition of Dry Crik Review." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://drycrikreview.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Online edition of Dry Crik Review.</a></p>
<p><strong>Credits </strong></p>
<p>Recorded, edited, and produced by Andy Hedges. </p>
<p>Theme music: Texas Traveler by Hal Cannon. </p>
<p> </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/55017272018-11-06T09:37:30-06:002021-10-11T09:56:41-05:00Episode 40: Too Slim<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7456778/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/42d6a5e606b0c3270a9bcfe5c86e350a224e2c36/original/20140130-jbl-wfc-1589.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Show Summary </strong></p>
<p>Bass player, vocalist, and humorist Too Slim reflects on his 40 year career with Riders in the Sky. Tune in to hear Slim talk about his early musical influences, the beginning of the band, his role in the Paul is Dead conspiracy theory, the Riders’ stage names, working with Pixar, and more. </p>
<p><strong>Intro </strong></p>
<p>Today’s episode is sponsored by Ear Trumpet Labs! </p>
<p>Andy recites “The Coyote” by S. Omar Barker. </p>
<p><strong>Quotes from this Episode</strong> </p>
<p>"If you've got the dough, we've got the show!" - Too Slim</p>
<p>“I always thought that America would pay to see it. I didn’t really expect they would pay for 40 years to see it. Which is where we are now. But I knew it was entertaining. We entertained ourselves. We were having a great time so even though it didn’t make sense economically at the time, and we were all working other jobs and stuff, it was still so much that we just kept doing it and it was sort of infectious. And people started coming to the shows and dressing like we were dressing and sort of getting wise to what we were doing and it just took sort of took off from there. “– Too Slim </p>
<p><strong>Links for this Episode </strong></p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Too Slim" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ridersinthesky.com/" target="_blank">Too Slim</a>. </p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Ear Trumpet Labs" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.eartrumpetlabs.com/" target="_blank">Ear Trumpet Labs</a>. </p>
<p><a contents="Tammy Wynette singing “The World’s Most Broken Heart.” " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbWRJMC0EF8" target="_blank">Tammy Wynette singing “The World’s Most Broken Heart.” </a></p>
<p><a contents="Paul is Dead Conspiracy Theory, Explained. " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OPFr5ofkq8" target="_blank">Paul is Dead Conspiracy Theory, Explained. </a></p>
<p><a contents="Woody's Roundup from Toy Story. " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv-faHqmiVM" target="_blank">Woody's Roundup from Toy Story. </a></p>
<p><strong>Credits </strong></p>
<p>Recorded, edited, and produced by Andy Hedges. </p>
<p>Theme music: Texas Traveler by <a contents="Hal Cannon" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.halcannon.com/" target="_blank">Hal Cannon</a>. </p>
<p>This episode was recorded backstage at <a contents="Riverbend Live! " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.riverbendlive.org/" target="_blank">Riverbend Live! </a>In Winston, Oregon in the women’s restroom. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/a27596c6bae7b3691f3018d0fe32f86cc0dd55f8/original/img-0137.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Andy with Riders in the Sky after their concert at Riverbend Live! in Winston, Oregon.</p>
<p><strong>Contact </strong></p>
<p>andy@andyhedges.com</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54742782018-10-17T16:31:17-05:002021-10-11T09:44:10-05:00Episode 39: Roots on the Narrow Gauge with Tom Russell<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7223057/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/a990294a30b85c0513a488f8d3a807ae40f2a977/original/img-0622.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><strong>Show Summary </strong></p>
<p>Live from Roots on the Narrow Gauge, Tom Russell shares about his early musical influences, personal encounters with the Beatles and Bob Dylan, living in Nigeria, the making of The Man from God Knows Where and Hotwalker, bad gigs, and his writing process. He tops it off with a new song. </p>
<p><strong>Intro </strong></p>
<p>Train sounds recorded by Andy Hedges on the Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge Railroad in Chama, New Mexico </p>
<p>Andy reads the poem “From a Railway Carriage” by Robert Louis Stevenson, from <a contents="A Child's Garden of Verses&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399555374/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=cowboycrossro-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0399555374&linkId=08b7c44a1459646453378c4267839a68" target="_blank"><em>A Child's Garden of Verses </em></a>(1885).</p>
<p><strong>Quotes from this Episode </strong></p>
<p>“I’m always thinking of songs, 24/7.” – Tom Russell </p>
<p><strong>Links for this Episode </strong></p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Tom Russell" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.tomrussell.com/" target="_blank">Tom Russell</a>. </p>
<p>Find out more about <a contents="Roots on the Rails" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.rootsontherails.com/" target="_blank">Roots on the Rails</a>. </p>
<p>Tom Russell albums: </p>
<p><a contents="The Man From God Knows Where" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000I73E/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=cowboycrossro-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00000I73E&linkId=6cc23289be6f96aa1a9d372b6c4567e5" target="_blank">The Man From God Knows Where</a></p>
<p><a contents="Hotwalker " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007GAENK/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=cowboycrossro-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B0007GAENK&linkId=c192bc0265d85c67a8fae2c4249dbf9c" target="_blank">Hotwalker </a></p>
<p><a contents="The Rose of Roscrae" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TDJUQF8/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=cowboycrossro-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00TDJUQF8&linkId=e8d942ae2c49f9d1e393a7c94971025a" target="_blank">The Rose of Roscrae</a></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/60baca962ba954406d30d343b18f1cca97248106/original/img-0708.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pictured above: Andy Hedges, Nadine & Tom Russell, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott at the Rainbow Man Gallery in Santa Fe during the Roots on the Narrow Gauge train trip. </p>
<p><strong>Credits </strong></p>
<p>Recorded, edited, and produced by Andy Hedges. </p>
<p>Theme music: Texas Traveler by <a contents="Hal Cannon" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.halcannon.com/">Hal Cannon</a>. </p>
<p>This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Silverton, Colorado during the Roots on the Narrow Gauge train trip. </p>
<p><strong>Contact </strong></p>
<p>andy@andyhedges.com</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/b312fa3689c915b45847c5a2cc6401a072a2f7f8/original/img-0624.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pictured above: Tom Russell's setlist from Skidrow, Vancouver. </p>
<p><strong>Transcript</strong></p>
<p>Tom Russell Interview </p>
<p>(Railroad sounds) </p>
<p>Andy: That’s the sound of an old narrow gauge railroad in Chama, New Mexico. Last month I had the privilege of being a part of the Roots on the Narrow Gauge, a train and road trip across New Mexico and Colorado with Tom Russell and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. I drove Ramblin’ Jack from town to town and the three of us played shows every night and I recorded the interview you’re going to listen to today. A big thank you to Tom Russell and the Roots on the Rails folks for inviting me to be a part of the Roots on the Narrow Gauge. I really can’t say enough good things about that trip and if you are interested in going on a trip like that in the future, check out Roots on the Rails at www.rootsontherails.com . I’d like to start today’s show with a poem written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1885. This piece is entitled, “From a Railway Carriage”. </p>
<p>(Andy recites “From a Railway Carriage”) </p>
<p>(Theme music enters) </p>
<p>Andy: Howdy folks, this is Andy Hedges and you’re listening to Cowboy Crossroads. On each episode, I interview a different guest and ask them to share stories and discuss music, poetry, and culture from the working cowboy West and beyond. My guest today is songwriter Tom Russell. I interviewed Tom on the show last year, and if you haven’t listened to that yet, you might want to go back. I recorded today’s interview in front of a live audience inside of the Grand Imperial Hotel in Silverton, Colorado, during the Roots on the Narrow Gauge train trip. Here’s Tom Russell. </p>
<p>(Theme music fades) </p>
<p>Tom: I grew up, you know, born in the late ’40’s and the ’50’s of LA, I’m writing a few songs about it now and working on a novel, as I’ve said for the last fifty years. I had one novel, crime novel, published in Norway that I think it was Carol or someone said they had it. I think it’s in Norwegian, thank God, and I’m working on another just for fun. That’s my third occupation! (laughs) So LA in the fifties and what’s fascinating about it - well many things. My father was an Iowa farm boy, a horseman, that came West, talking a lot about that on a record called The Man From God Knows Where. He came from horse traders that came from Ireland, he had one Norwegian background, got all that on the record. And he headed out West and went for the American Dream, you know, and he ended up in jail for three months. He went to far, some kind of blue collar crime. I was a teenager, very significant. But horses were always there. As I wrote in the book, Ceremonies of the Horseman, my brother’s obsessed with it - Jack knows my brother. My brother’s three or four years older, he’s probably one of the top horsemen in California. He’s a livestock contractor, which means he’s the guy behind the scenes at the rodeos and the high end cutting horse things, if you don’t know what it is. I never got into it, but a lot of people with money, there’s some cattle in the arena, maybe what twenty head of cattle. A guy goes in with a high end quarter horse and the horse does all the work and gets one cow out and keeps it out, and you know it’s not all that exciting to me, but they need a lot of cows so my brother is dealing with a thousand head of cattle every week, where he gets them and this and that. He has a ranch in northern California. Anyway, my brother’s playing cowboy records in the early fifties, he’s got a huge stack of Hank Williams 78’s and Tex Ritter 78’s, first Johnny Cash record, which is called the Hot and Blue Guitars of Johnny Cash, it’s got a deco cover on it, not even Johnny Cash’s picture. He gave it to me, I’ve still got it, it’s got a deco cover of these guitars, and he’s playing all this stuff non stop and he’s the horseman. The minute he sees the horse, I’ve rarely seen him off a horse. My father meanwhile is investing all our money in racing horses, claiming horses, you buy a horse cheap at the track and you try to move em up, you know. So he’s up and down. My brother hangs out at the track, Hollywood Park, which no longer exists. My brother hot walks horses which once the horse comes off the track you have to walk a thoroughbred to cool them down, they’re such hot blooded animals, dangerous animals. But, he got on a horse and never looked back. So we had horses as kid, and he built a bucking barrel in the backyard out of a forty gallon oil drum suspended on garage door springs and that’s how he practiced his bull riding, proceeded to launch the neighborhood kids into outer space and then they decided they didn’t want to be bull riders. You had to do what Pat told you. You have to do, like Casey would or something, “Ride a bull”, you had to say it, all the words right, you know, and he’d launch me, and I knew right away I wasn’t gonna be a rodeo guy. But he played all this music and one summer he ran off into the mountains, the Sierra Nevadas mineral king Yosemite and packed mules for tourists, like Ross Knox did in the Grand Canyon, packed tourists back in for two weeks and every guy that packed had to know twenty cowboy songs at night and recitations, very much like you do - Face on the Bar Room Floor and those old Tex Ritter songs. So he came back with a ton of cowboy songs and meanwhile back at the ranch, back at the house, suburban house in Englewood, my mom’s playing more sophisticated music, Broadway musicals, which I’m also into, that’s where the Rose of Roscrae came from. So we were hearing Oklahoma and Annie Get Your Gun and stuff like that, and going to see the musicals, the Music Man, and this all rubbed off on me. And then her brother, whose passed, whose name is George Malloy, was a classical pianist and a good friend of mine. He never married, he ended up in New York in a rent controlled apartment on 72nd and Broadway, near where John Lennon got shot and I was in town that day, playing behind opera singers and touring the world and at the march on Washington, Martin Luther King march on Washington, Roberta Peters was supposed to sing the national anthem before Dylan and Joan Baez sang. Dylan sang When the Ships Come In and Only Upon In Your Game - that’s on YouTube - and the Star Spangled Banner is on YouTube. You can barely see my uncle, but somebody didn’t show and they called my uncle out of the audience and he played behind this African American singer named Camilla Williams, the Star Spangled Banner. And I learned all this stuff when he was kinda on his death bed. I mean, we knew he was a big time guy. But the other thing was, he played in a couple movies because he was in the union. So, he’d get a call, a western movie downtown. You’re playing, like this guy playing in the saloon in our hotel, bar room cowboy piano. So he’d get a part in a lot of these movies as a pianist. So all this stuff was kinda going around, and then I, kinda the introverted kid believe it or not, got into folk music big time. I was an athlete first, a football player and my room was covered in colored pictures of athletes, boxers, and rodeo guys. And then I got into the Kingston Trio and the Limelighters, the commercial end. And then I discovered Ramblin’ Jack and the blues guys. I got to see Mississippi John Hurt and Mance Lipscomb and Dave Van Ronk and then I got to see Ian and Sylvia at the Ashgrove </p>
<p>Andy: What point in all this did you pick up a guitar yourself? </p>
<p>Tom: Well my brother, God bless him, has kind of atonal voice. He would love to be a singer but he can’t sing in tune and he’s been chewing tobacco since he was twenty. If you met him here, you wouldn’t believe he was my brother because he’s like Slim Pickens. He worked with Casey Tibbs, he worked with a lot of people. And he knows that L.A. horse scene in the fifties and he keeps pushing me to do something about it because he says, “There’s a hundred thousand horses here and no one really remembers all that. Stables and western movies.” But anyway, he had a guitar. He bought it in Tijuana, a gut string guitar and he just wasn’t gettin’ anywhere on it and I stole it from him. Somebody said “You’ve got to stop that godawful noise that’s coming out of your brother’s bedroom.” And so I kinda learned some chords and messed around, but I didn’t have any - you know, I was kinda scared of singing in front of people for a long time. I didn’t develop much stage presence till down the line, you know. I had to pay my dues after college. So I got my first guitar, my first good guitar, before I went to Africa in 1967, back when you could walk, like Guy said, into a pawn shop and there’d be a couple of old Martins. You can’t do that now in a pawn shop. You know it was the 1946 D-18 beat to hell. Whoever was playing this guitar played it, and it’s just like it was except for the bullet hole that’s in the back. Now, we can get to that, but it was a hundred and fifty bucks and its still got the same tuning pegs and everything. And I started to get a little better on that and I took it to Africa with me in 1969 for a year and I started playing and I hung out with so many academic people, I decided I didn’t want to hang out with any more academic people. I was gonna to start at the bottom in the music business and so I ended up on Skid Row in Vancouver. </p>
<p>Andy: Before we get to that, how did the move to Africa happen? And the Criminology degree - where in the world did all that come from? </p>
<p>Tom: I was a genius at one time. (laughs) No, what happened was, if I put it together quickly, well, there were a lot of cool stories. Anyway, I had this career as a kid because I was obsessed with music as the world’s greatest gig crasher. So if I wanted to go see Ramblin’ Jack or Mississippi John or Dylan or the Beatles, I didn’t have enough money, I snuck in somewhere. And I had all these - I don’t know where this came from - but I’d go to the back of the theatre and when the first show let out, I’d walk in backwards talking about I’d lost my wallet or something. I had this stuff that worked. So, I’m going to get to how I got to college, but with the Beatles - I was a big guy, played defensive right end on a really good team, but, 210 pounds or something - the Beatles, I jumped in front of their car in front of the Hollywood Bowl and started telling people to get out of the way and went right in past security. And this is in the newspaper, I got it, in the L.A. Herald. And they thought I was a security guard opening the door let John and Paul get out and John said, “I couldn’t have done it without ya.” And they went on stage. So I was, I don’t know, I was kinda this part time criminal and I met Bob Dylan because I got into his dressing room. (Knocks) “Uh, I got a telegram for Bob Dylan!” And I had a telegram for Bob Dylan, cause I took it from the messenger, who didn’t know who Bob Dylan was. “I work with Bobby, I’ll take it in there.” And he goes, “Are you sure?” He goes, “Nobody but me and gives Bobby this telegram.” I guess it, obviously you can tell from my personality, which I have about ten of ‘em, I could pull it off and I was big enough. And Dylan looked at me and, “Yeah, thanks man.” And after the show, he looked at me cause I stayed near our stage and he laughed when he passed me on the stage. You know, he liked that kind of thing and he rolled down the window in the parking lot, he was with Bobby Neuworth, who I know now and he said, “Hey, telegram boy. Come over here.” I go “Oh shit!” And my friends are going, “Shit man! You shoulda never done that!” He goes, “Let me ask you a question.” And, you know, by this time I’m idolizing the guy, and he goes, “Tell me something. Tell me right now. Where’s the nearest liquor store?” And I go, “I don’t know. I’m fifteen.” You know, and the guy behind me is eighteen driving the guy and he goes, “I know where it is Bobby. Follow us.” So I go, “Shit! What do you do?”, you know, and we get in the car, Dylan follows us, four guys in his car, down Santa Monica Boulevard. It was the Santa Monica civic. First light. Second light. There’s right behind us, you know. I’m going, “You idiot!” He goes, “Man, we’re just going to keep going down the road, we’re travelin’ with Bob Dylan!” I go, “You better find a liquor store!” You know, we’re lookin’ for signs. Fourth light, Dylan’s had enough. He’s in the driver’s seat, he’s already got a bottle of Beaujolais. So he jumps out of the car, and I’ve this affirmed, and dances around our car laughing at us. And we thought, “He’s got a gun” or something. And he was just messing with us. Really cool, you know, like in, got back in the car, they drove around us into history. And I wondered if I dreamt that, and a guy that’s coming to my show next week in LA, he goes, “Everything you said is true. He did that.” You know, so that was the one time I met Dylan. But anyway, then I’ll get you to Nigeria quickly now, because that’s how I got into college. My grades weren’t great, I mean, I went to a Catholic boys school, Loyola High, cause I could play football. And, yeah, it was a good school. Lots of literature. Ten of these guys are coming to my show in LA next Sunday. But, we were the number two team in the nation in 1964 and I have a song about it on Folk Hotel. I met Jack Kennedy at the LA Coliseum. Once again, I was the kid who walked up to his car back when you’d want to do it and stuck my hand and said, you know, I said, “Good luck.” And I had to play a football game in there on the night when he was shot. So I have a song about that called Rise Up Handsome Johnny. So, I didn’t have good enough grades to get into the University of California Santa Barbara. I don’t know why, I think I’m doing a police report here. (Laughs) But I think it’s kinda funny, but I told them I had a letter from Mayor Sam Yorty of LA. And so I wrote Sam Yorty and said, “You know, I helped you on your campaign. Can you write me a letter of recommendation?” And he did. And it got me into the university, which I was not really qualified to take these classes and I flunked out in six months. Went to junior college for a year. Got interested in sociology, got a little more mature and came back to the University of California. Met a guy - and this will get us to Africa - named Bill Chambliss, high, very high end criminologist, and, he’s passed away five or six years ago. Cool dude, he played Leonard Cohen songs. We drank wine together, we played Leonard Cohen songs, we bought horses together. He was my kind of guy, you know. He had a wife and three kids. So he gets a gig from the Rockefeller Foundation in Africa in Nigeria for a year. So he wants to take some African American guys over. Well, meanwhile, the riots are started all over and they’re burning the university down and they’re burning the Bank of America down and none of these guys could go so he finally asked me, “You wanna go as my student teacher to Nigeria?” Well I didn’t really know where Nigeria was at the time. I go, “Ok.” And he said ok, blah, blah, blah, we’ll get you the money and it came through, and the gig came through. And what I didn’t know, what I wasn’t aware of at the time was they were just finishing up the Biafran War, which was a hairy, one of the worst wars of all time. I don’t know how many millions of people were killed. It was a tribal war between the Yoruba, the dominant tribe, and the Igbos, which are down in eastern Nigeria, and it had a lot to do with oil. There’s a lot of oil down there. We were two hundred miles from the front line but still there was a lot of gun - I got arrested coming off the plane for taking pictures in a war zone and I had no clue. And a Rockefeller guy grabbed the guy right away and bribed him, and so they let me in the country. I got arrested going out of the country a year later for something, and I learned how to bribe. Always people were pointing guns in your face, you know, so we kinda hid near the university. I started playing more guitar and teaching a little, but it was in the middle of a war so you kinda tried to stay away from trouble. But, I’d go down to some of these bars I’d get to play with King Sunni Ade who had a steel guitar player, “Get that white kid up here!” I’d play one chord, they’d play a song that last for an hour and a half. You wouldn’t hear this on a record. And one day they kinda end up with the talking drum thing. The university had twenty talking drummers at an exhibition playing this beautiful drum music and standing in back was a white woman - look like Betty Davis - elderly white woman. At the time I thought that she was around sixty. I asked somebody, “Who’s that? She’s telling the drummers what to do?” They said, “That's Susanne Wenger. Don’t go over to her. She won’t talk to you in English. She speaks Yoruba.” Well it turned out she went over there with a white anthropologist and ran off with a primitive Nigerian drummer and went into the forrest and became a white priestess up in Oshogbo which is in my song “East of Woodstock” and developed this art community up country. So I got up and went up and tried to talk to her once, but she didn’t speak English. But you can see her on YouTube. She passed away. She was 100, heavy duty person. All this stuff was going down to the marketplace and got a guy to teach me how to carve wood cause I knew I wasn’t going to go any further in the academic trade so I played. Came back a year later and with a lot of African art and ended up in Vancouver on Skid Row with my band, the Mule Train Review - Skid Row’s finest band. </p>
<p>(Theme Music enters) </p>
<p>Andy: Tom Russell has three concept records that he’s referred to as his “American Trilogy”. This includes the albums The Man From God Knows Where, Hotwalker, and The Rose of Roscrae. These recordings are unlike anything else you’ve ever heard and are favorites among Tom Russell fans. I asked Tom to talk about where those concepts came from. </p>
<p>(Theme Music fades) </p>
<p>Tom: Well two things, going back to when I talked about what I listened to as a kid - folk music, cowboy music, but Broadway musicals. I was obsessed, kind of, with the Broadway musicals of the ’40’s and ’50’s. Those were the good years, you know. And Rogers & Hammerstein, and - who is the other guy - Lerner and Loewe. I just read Lerner’s books, I should’ve known that. They did GiGi and they did My Fair Lady, which we just saw on Broadway. What I always liked were the minor characters. They’d steal the shows. And when Les Mis, Master of the House - it’s the minor characters. The writing in those musicals, it’s just tremendous. Recently I met a great great musical singer from Germany named Florian Schneider who sings, who is a big star in Germany and Switzerland. He and I are going to do a record. We’re going to go back and forth with some Irish songs. A tremendous singer, but anyway, I was kinda obsessed with the form of taking a group of 10 or 15 songs and making a musical out of it. Man From God Knows Where, thank God it was funded by a Christian, Norwegian Christian label in Norway, which had a lot of money. Told them I wanted to do a song cycle about my ancestors, most of whom came from Ireland. But one main guy came from Bergen, Norway; and I’ve always connected with Norway and done pretty well there. Used to play there two months at a time with Andy and the band and Fats. But, so, this was 15 years ago - I don’t know when that record came out. But he said “Let’s do it if you’ve got the songs.” And I said, “I must’ve because it comes right out of my ancestors mouth.” I had the journals and everything. “We came here and it was rough. And we cleared forty acres of land. And the people from the Civil War came back. And we made whiskey.” I had all of the information, ending up with my old man in jail and the horse stuff there. Throwing horse shoes at the moon. So he says, “Let’s do it.” So he rents a farmhouse, a historic farmhouse on the West coast of Norway near the Hardangerfjord and he hires the best folk musicians in Norway and the best singers and brings some people over from Ireland, including Dolores Keane, one of the greatest singers that ever came out of Ireland. She’s still alive and quite a drinker. And I’ve got a lot of good stories about her. She traveled with Nancy Griffith. But, Dave Van Ronk is the only one, he did his part in New York because he couldn’t come over. And Iris Dement came over. And we lived in this farmhouse for two weeks and it had a setup in the ballroom like this, and we would have a catered dinner and breakfast every day. And then we’d go in with these great musicians. I’d show em the song and then he put the record together. And it went out and I guess it was on HighTone. It was on the Norwegian record label and then HighTone.. It actually did very well. It was reviewed in the New York Times and Atlantic Monthly. So I had the urge to do that, not ever thinking. I thought it might end up as a musical, which I guess it’s been in a few productions in colleges. And Hotwalker came from, I was working on another record - I think Borderland - and somehow I heard the voice of Little Jack Horton. “Don’t you start on me! Some people creep me out.” And he just kept talking to me, and talking to me. I thought, “Man, I want to do a spoken word record and get some of my heroes in there.” I knew Charles Bukowsky and met him once - that’s a whole other funny story - on Hollywood & Vine. Corresponded for forty years, thirty years, and there’s a book of our correspondence out. But, he’s on the record, a funny vignette. Kerouac is on the record. God, a dozen American voices that spoke to me and we got the ok to use them as songs. We didn’t go beyond two minutes or something. And Edward Abbey’s on the record. And I wove music and Little Jack’s voice in there as the narrator. There’s two main songs on there. There’s Grapevine, that’s about when you come over the grapevine hill from LA down into the great San Joaquin Valley. There’s Bakersfield over here. I didn’t mention that music. That’s another music I grew up on. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart. That’s going to be the sound of my next record that I’m cutting in a few weeks in Austin with Bill Kerchen. Nadine loves Bakersfield music and she loves Bill Kerchen, so we’re going to get that sound. I’m writing some country songs. So Grapevine is on that record and a song about Woody Guthrie I think. Called up Ramblin’ Jack in the middle of the night and I said, “I’m going to record this, Jack. Tell me about Woody.” And you can hear him on there go, “Well Woody, he was a strange guy. Nobody really liked him much, except for his songs.” And then I go into this song Woodrow. And see, that’s stuff that I like that, because not a lot of people - Pete Seeger wouldn’t say that. And Woody was a strange guy. Like, his wife said he’d go out for a cigarette and he’d be gone for two months, you know. He’d run off with a woman or something. Woody had some wild side. Same way with Phil Ochs. Everybody worships Phil Ochs, except when he was down and out, as Dave Van Ronk, who you dig I know, and Dave was a good friend of mine, said, “They didn’t really want to know Phil when he was lyin’ in the gutter. They stepped over him.” To me, that’s heartbreaking. So I tried to get out somewhere. </p>
<p>(Theme music enters) </p>
<p>Andy: On my last interview with Tom, he shared some stories of bad gigs and later mentioned to me that there were plenty more for another episode. </p>
<p>(Theme music fades) </p>
<p>Tom: I mean, just last month, a month ago. A couple of things. Every night on Skid Row could have been a bad gig. You’d look out, a cop came in one night said, “There are eight felonies a night committed in this club. We’re going to close it down.” Because you could see people being rolled and thrown out in the alley. The alley was horrible, you know. Skid death row. Meth and all that stuff. And then Onyx and Pharaoh and Onyx’s lover got shot one night in a club. But just last month, two months ago, cause it can happen anytime, but I had this concept, we’re over in Switzerland all summer. We played Holland, Norway, Finland, Germany. But then I was kinda idle, and I was writing songs, painting, but I wanted to play. I figured I’d create this alter ego called “Country" Johnny from Ft. Worth, USA, playing “Country” music. And I was going to go down to these country bars near us in Bern that featured these guys that don’t really make it in the States. So they go over to Europe, and just because they say they’re from Fort Worth. And then they play background music like we did in country bars and get paid fifty bucks a night. And I go, “I’ll do that just for kicks! Cause I can sing all these songs.” And my wife - and everybody’s- kinda, “I don’t know.” And we go back to one of the gigs I used to play when I had a band. And he says, “Tom, I don’t know. People are gonna know who you are. I don’t think you can pull this off.” And I go, “Yeah, but it’d be funny.” And he goes, “I don’t know Tom.” So a guy across the street from our apartment has his sixtieth birthday and we meet him in New York. He’s coming back to Switzerland and he says, “Why don’t you sing some songs?” And he’s about fifty employees, young guys, woodworkers, having a hundred people there, a catered BBQ and he says, “You can be the entertainment!” And I go, “Yeah, Country Johnny!” (laughs). So we give ‘em a wrap. He doesn’t speak English that good. “Don’t tell these people who Tom is really, cause, you know, Tom has records out. He was on Letterman. I don’t want people coming around the apartment. But you can tell ‘em, when you introduce ‘em, you can say ‘He has records.’” So he does the opposite. They build a big stage. They get a PA system. There’s a hundred people there, drinking beer; and the guys, the young guys, who I know are gonna be trouble are down there on the other end of the room cause it’s World Cup time. I think it’s near the end of World Cup time. All they wanna do is drink the free beer and watch the soccer game. I don’t blame them. Then here’s all these tables that he expects are gonna fill up with people that are gonna go nuts, you know. He gets up there and she would have to translate what he’s saying, but he basically said, “Well, there’s some American guy, lives next door, that wants to sing some songs.” People are going, “What?” He goes, “Hey, my next door neighbor wants to sing. Can he get up and sing?” So they went further into the corner and were talking, all these guys, and watching soccer. Nadine and her mom are sitting in front of me, along with the guy. I didn’t realize till later what he said, but I’d of course be over in the corner too drinking beer. I slowly won about ten people over, you know, and some gals started dancing, and some of the guys saying, “Hey, he’s pretty good!” But after 35, 40 minutes of doing Folsom Prison Blues and every trick in the book, I was pretty much done. I got off stage. Her mom asked me, “So Country Johnny, when’s the next gig?” (Laughs) That’s it! So you learn a bad gig can happen - it doesn’t happen that much any more - but I’ve learned to deal with it. I worked in a comedy bar once in San Francisco in the late ’70’s when I got out of music for a little while. Robin Williams would come in to work on his chops. He was in Mork & Mindy, he was starting to be really famous. He’d come in and get behind the bar with me and pour beer and do routines. I saw him take somebody apart one night on stage, just a little fifty seat club. A woman started heckling him. I watched him artistically take her apart in about twenty minutes so when she left the club she looked like fifty years older than when she walked in. I was absorbing all this. Like whoa man. I don’t get heckled much any more. We had a sold out show in Santa Fe a few years ago and one of my fans - a lady fan - I didn’t know she was a fan. Why someone would pay thirty or forty dollars to come in and heckle you? She was about ten feet away, drunk, and give me a bad time. You know, the thing about handling a heckler is, in the end you know you’re alone mostly. A security guy isn’t going to come down, and you’re making the rest of the audience uncomfortable if you get angry. You can’t get angry. You’ve got to do it in a humorous way. So I had repartee with her and eventually calmed her down, you know, but people were getting nervous. And then it got funny, and when it gets funny the tension goes away. A bad gig can happen eventually. </p>
<p>Andy: How’d you get the hole in that guitar? </p>
<p>Tom: Well, during that time I was driving cab in New York when the first group broke up - Hardin and Russell - Patricia Hardin was a classical pianist from Texas and I moved from Vancouver to Austin because I heard about the Austin scene. I took a Greyhound Ameripass bus pass across the US and sang on the Grand Ole Opry with Kinky Friedman. I told that story to somebody. Stopped in Austin in 1972 and all these people were coming there like Willie was showing up and Townes and Guy. I knew these guys were the real thing, you know. Big time songwriters. Jerry Jeff. I was just starting to write songs and I thought moving to Austin.. and met Patricia Hardin, she was in a band and we formed a duo and we were getting pretty good. We had a record offer from Vanguard Records that had Joan Baez, had turned down Bob Dylan before he went to Columbia. We thought we’d hit the big time right off the bat and we got, I don’t know what we did, but we got too pushy with them and wanted to hire a producer they didn’t want to hire, and they didn’t do the deal. So we made two records on our own. Only record I’ve had reviewed in the Rolling Stone was the first record called Ring of Bone. This was interesting. She was a very good musician and a very good singer and we won the Kerrville New Folk in ’73 or ’74. Anyway, broke up in San Francisco. Worked in a comedy bar. Moved to New York to try to start over and started driving cab. Later I picked up Robert Hunger, but I got kinda down and out cause I was driving six at night until six at morning which made you kinda nuts cause you couldn’t find your sleep cycle anymore. So I was gettin’ kinda out there and a guy came to New York that I knew from San Francisco, whose father owned a carnival, a traveling carnival. He was from Montreal and he was going to set up the biggest carnival in world in Puerto Rico - San Juan, Puerto Rico. This was ’81,’82, the time of the great urban cowboy scare. You had mechanical bucking bulls in bars and you had to play Cotton Eyed Joe on the fiddle cause that movie with John Travolta was a big deal that started the two step and the line dancing phase in the ’80’s and the bucking bulls. So they had a bucking bull down at this carnival and a huge tent and they needed a country singer. So he said, “You wanna go down there? We’ll pay you five hundred bucks a week for two months.” And we got a band and everybody around in New York was saying, “Go, go! Get back into the business, man. You’re going nuts.” So I flew down there and most of it’s in the song called The Road to (?). And the band turned out to be a ten piece disco band from Montreal and they weren’t really into Tom Russell’s Johnny Cash imitations. (Laughs). I had written Gallo De Cielo by then, which I sang for Robert Hunter - that got me back into the business. I was singing Gallo every night. The band, they were called Fussy Cussy. They were from Montreal. Famous. They weren’t into the band, the stuff I was doing. Drinking, a lot of drinking was going on. The Puerto Ricans weren’t much into either. They were into salsa and “When’s the music start?” So it was a lot of aggravation. A lot of the carnies liked me. I learned a lot about the carnival business. There was a big woman named Gypsy, weighed about four hundred pounds, took care of me kinda. Like, “Don’t give Tom any shit. I like what he’s doin’.” But the security guards didn’t like me, so I made the mistake one night of leaving my D18 in the dressing room and some guy used it for target practice, his buddy told me. They put it up on the wall and shot it with, put a 22 pistol in the sound hole and shot the back out. Said, “Tell ‘em next time, he’ll be playin’ it.” Yikes. So the vibe started going bad and then the tropical storm started. And a lot of the carnies - and there were hundreds of them - they’re different people with a different language like little Jack. They started getting violent and some guy got up on a high wire - there was a high wire going across the whole carnival, and some drunk got up there one night and fell off. Things like that started happening. They had a freak show, two headed cow or something, and somebody stole it. The vibes were rotten and I knew the owner of the carnival and he says, “Time for you to get out of here, it’s gonna get bad.” His wife went around somewhere and got me a big shopping bag full of fives and ones and twenties and said, “Catch the next flight out.” And there’s about a thousand bucks in there. And I went home finally, a month in to the carnie with my shot up guitar. </p>
<p>(Theme music enters) </p>
<p>(Theme music fades) </p>
<p>Andy: I’d like to talk about your writing a bit. I’m curious about what your writing process looks like these days - if you write on the road or at home or certain times of the day or if you have a routine or just wait for the inspiration to strike. </p>
<p>Tom: Both, both. Yeah, I mean both. A little of both. But, I do work every day. As I say, we live part time in Switzerland in a farm town where there’s a lot of horses and cows and I like the atmostpheere. There’s pretty of road houses down the road with plenty of good food. But it’s inspirational. And then we’ve been living in Santa Fe, which is inspirational too. We built me a big studio and I’m looking out at the desert and I have my painting studio and that’s going really well cause my biggest gallery - which we are going to go thru at the end of this sojourn - is in downtown Santa Fe called the Rainbow Man. Interesting gallery, because beyond the Tom Russell room is the Edward Curtis photographs. This guy’s an authority on him and Edward Curtis did all the famous photos of Native Americans back at the turn of the century; and he’s also an authority on Pendleton trade blankets. And he’ll be there. Bob Capone, give you a little talk. Interesting guy. And I’ll show you my stuff. So I get up in the morning and do a little yoga. Nadine’s a yoga instructor and she knows a lot about exercise and food and that helps on the road. And we walk, you know, usually walk an hour a day, and then it’s time to go to work. Usually a paint a little to loosen up and then I have to play guitar every day. So I pick up - it’s a physical - it’s something I told Tyson last week, “Are you playing guitar?” You know, cause Jack is amazing, I think he’s still playing damn good. But you have to play every day because of your hands and your callouses and your wrists. So I play, try to play 30, 40 minutes a day. It can be boring because there’s no feedback. You’re playing to the wall, but generally that starts a song or I’ll have a big stack of papers here. I’ve got about 12 songs for the next record and I’m working on them constantly to try to tighten them up. I just demoed them in Santa Fe and now I want to listen to them on the road and see if they hold up before I play them for a band. So I’m probably working on songs… There’s a lot of time in Switzerland because there’s nothing else, no TV. Nadine goes out, does a lot of yoga. They have a routine. So I work two or three hours every day at writing and I’m working on a western novel for fun again. I’m always working on an essay. Somebody like Range Magazine or Folk magazine will ask me to write about something and I’ll be happy to because I like the process. I have that book of essays “Ceremonies of the Horseman” when I was writing five thousand word pieces for Bill Reynolds and that was a great magazine, it was just, he put too much money into it. It was so good. So I’m working on essays and the novel a little bit and the songs. The songs are number one, always number one. And then paintings probably number two because it’s so peaceful. And she’s got me standing up all day. I never sit down anymore. So the computer, if I’m writing on the computer, it’s stacked up here, you know, on books. Cause, like, Hemmingway, when I got into his house in Cuba, Hemmingway always wrote standing up. You know, there’s something about it, but it works. You don’t get tired as much and man, you get a break. So, I’m going around in a circle, kind of, I’m painting a small room in Switzerland, a big room in Santa Fe. Working on this painting of Ramblin’ Jack, working on a song, then an essay. That goes on four or five hours a day until happy hour. Man, God created happy hour. And then, you know, cause for a good reason - I don’t drink that much - but, the same way after the show, I like to have a good drink because there’s a time when you want to unplug. Because I’m always thinking of songs. 24/7. And, you know, I can’t do that all night long. The process is something like that. </p>
<p>Andy: When we were emailing you said to ask you about a couple of cowboy tunes you’re working on. </p>
<p>Tom: The record starts off with a song about Kerouac that’s got a country beat, and a good friend, whose become a good friend, I’ve never met him, is Douglas Brinkley, who lives in Austin, he’s a CNN commentator. Douglas knows Ramblin’ Jack and Douglas edited Jack Kerouac journals, which are quite fascinating. You don’t get a real idea of Kerouac until you read his journals, about how hard he worked. Sleeping with his mother out on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn and writing sundown to sunup before he even published a novel. But anyways, a song about Kerouac and a song called Small Engine Repair, that I talked about, about a guy that fixed my lawnmower. There’s a song called Isodore Gonzalez. He’s mentioned in my essay on Buffalo Bill in Europe. And Isodore Gonzales was a real person. He was a Mexican guy who dressed up, you know, in a sombrero, and the big thing, and rode a bronc thru the arena. Two shows a day, and a horse rode over on him and he got killed. He’s buried in Bristol, England. He was from Monterrey, Mexico. So I wrote a corrido about him that will have accordion. It's a cowboy song. And then - this is good - there’s a song called Pass Me the Gun Billy. I don’t know if we talked about this, but I’m living with my brother Pat when I flunked out of college for the first time. Went up to play football at a junior college in San Luis Obispo called Cuesta and that’s when I quit my football career. I wasn’t into playing in 110 heat, you know. I wanted to play guitar. Anyway, I’m living with my brother out on at the end of Edna Road in San Luis Obispo and my brother’s always up for trouble of any kind - cowboy trouble. And we’re watching TV and he says, “Turn the TV down. I just heard a gun shot.” I go, “What?” I go, “Oh God.” He goes, “Somebody’s poaching cattle out in the pasture. Call Billy.” Billy Milla, who still works with him. “Call Billy down the road and tell him to cut the road off.” He looks out and he sees a car out there. Some kind of Hudson, some creepy old car. Somebody has shot something on his property. You don’t do that to a cowboy rancher. And he goes, “Get your stuff, we’re going after him.” Jump in the truck with my brother and he takes off and down, out the front gate. He’s got a dog in the back, Australian Shepherd. Down the road to Billy Milla’s house. Well, Billy’s out there waiting and Billy jumps in and he goes, “Where are they? They didn't come by here." They went the side road to the Pacific Ocean to a place called Okie Flats, Oso Flaco. “Let's go, get in Billy!” He takes off, 90 miles an hour down that side road, and I'm in the middle going, "Holy shit, let me out of here!" Cause he gets right up on the guys. I could tell right away this is gonna go bad cause this guy turns around and looks. There’s two of ‘em, and right away I know it’s going to be Deliverance and we’re going to be bent over the log (laughs), cause that's what these guys looks like. And my brother’s playing the big tough cowboy, “C’mon Billy.” Boom. We hit the Pacific Coast. We go over 101. They go under 101 and they pull off into the ditch and wildflower bed. I'm rhyming all this into the song I'm working on. There's four of 'em in the car and tree of them get out with shotguns and aim it right at the truck and our truck comes to a halt about five, ten yards away. One of those things when a phrase comes into your life that you never forget, when my brother turns over, pushes me out of the way, and goes, “Pass me the gun Billy!” And Billy goes, "Pat, we ain't got no gun!" And I go, "Holy shit!” And I put my head under the dashboard and my brother’s put in the car and he goes, "Billy, where the hell's the gun?” And he goes, “Pat, we ain't never got a gun!” (Laughs) And they're about ready to, and they don't shoot. And the end of the story - and this is all gonna be in the song - (sings) “Pass me the gun Billy. We ain’t got no gun" - my brother's gonna love this. And Billy, who shows up at the gigs, every time I mention that story, everybody goes, “Did that happen?" It's like the same way people ask me about the Bob Dylan. Well, yeah, that happened. So we pull off, get away, call the cops. The cops come, they take us to the guy's house, and they've got 'em in handcuffs. It turns out they've got to be identified. Old man is up at the house, got a bonfire ready, guy is from Arkansas. They just robbed two liquor stores. You could tell these people were bad, bad trouble, you know. Last thing the cop says to my brother, "Next time you boys go to chasing poachers, you might wanna pack your gun." So that's all in the song. So those are two cowboy kind of songs. You had to have been there to have felt the tension. </p>
<p>(Theme music enters) </p>
<p>(Theme music fades) </p>
<p>Tom: So I was just working, and this was just kinda funny, so I’ll do it and it’s kinda cowboy. It’s my GPS love song. You know how addicted we have to be to GPSs and it makes me nervous cause I was, you know, from the old day of atlases. I like to see the distance between El Paso and New York, which is approximately 3,600 miles. 1,800 miles of it is Texas. I like to see it. Well, those days are gone, you know. I looked out on our balcony in Switzerland and every day this same old hawk comes over and says hello. And every time I’m out on the interstate I see a hawk out there and these are the guys that really have a GPS; so here’s my GPS love song. I hope nobody steals it. I’ll try to remember it. It’s called The Back Streets of Love. <br>(Plays The Back Streets of Love) <br>(Audience claps) </p>
<p>(Theme music enters) <br>Andy: Alright folks, that’s it for today’s episode. I’d like to thank Tom Russell for taking the time to visit with me. You can find out more about Tom at www.tomrussell.com . I’d like to thank the folks with Roots on the Rails for arranging for me to do this live interview with Tom. You can find out more about Roots on the Rails at www.rootsontherails.com . You can find out more about me and this show at www.andyhedges.com . If you’re enjoying this show and would like to help me keep it going, you can make a donation on the website; or, you can take the time to leave a review and a five star rating on the iTunes store; and you can take the time to tell a friend to give this show a listen. If you’d like to contact me with a question or a comment, or a story, I’d love to hear from you. Send an email to andy@andyhedges.com . Thank you for listening to Cowboy Crossroads. </p>
<p>(Theme music fades)</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54345452018-09-18T22:43:50-05:002021-10-11T09:56:19-05:00Episode 38: Joel Nelson (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7063545/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/8eaf5996167c7671a32e500ae54d1b0dc4bdf293/original/joel-nelson-the-breaker-in-the-pen-1993.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kent Reeves</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Show Summary</strong></p>
<p>Part 2 of the interview with NEA Fellow and poet Joel Nelson. In this episode, Joel talks about his lifelong journey into poetry from his earliest exposures to literature to writing his own poetry. Listen to the end to hear Joel recite his poem "Awakenings."</p>
<p><strong>Intro</strong></p>
<p>Andy recites the poem "On Finding Someone", available on the album <a href="https://andyhedges.com/product/206823" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Cowboy Recitations.</a> </p>
<p><strong>Quotes from this Episode</strong></p>
<p>"Now days, I believe if one were to ask almost any working cowboy about Joel Nelson, they'd likely respond saying, 'He'd do to ride the river with.' In cowboy lingo, that means he's the 'best of the best' and you could trust him with your life." - Betty Ramsey, <a href="https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/joel-nelson" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NEA National Heritage Fellowship Bio</a></p>
<p>"Now days, I believe if one were to ask almost any working cowboy about Joel Nelson, they'd likely respond saying, 'He'd do to ride the river with.' In cowboy lingo, that means he's the 'best of the best' and you could trust him with your life." - Joel Nelson, <a href="https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/joel-nelson" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NEA National Heritage Fellowship Interview</a></p>
<p>"Poetry to a poet is the most rewarding work in the world. A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him." - Dylan Thomas, <a href="https://amzn.to/2pjcqGr" rel="noopener" target="_blank">On the Air with Dylan Thomas: The Broadcasts</a></p>
<p><strong>Links for this Episode</strong></p>
<p>Find out more about <a href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com/joelnelson.htm" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Joel Nelson.</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com/joelnelson.htm#Awakenings" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Read Joel's poem "Awakenings."</a></p>
<p><strong>Credits</strong></p>
<p>Recorded, edited, and produced by <a href="https://andyhedges.com/home" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Andy Hedges.</a></p>
<p>Theme music: Texas Traveler by <a href="http://www.halcannon.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hal Cannon</a></p>
<p><strong>Contact</strong></p>
<p>andy@andyhedges.com</p>
<p> </p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169212018-09-04T19:39:19-05:002021-10-11T09:56:01-05:00Episode 37: Joel Nelson (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7007144/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/e505b71ff6246b6418cedb53e0e6289235e03c88/original/joel-nelson-king-ranch-1993.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kent Reeves.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p><strong>Show Summary</strong></p>
<p>NEA National Heritage Fellow and poet Joel Nelson recalls his childhood memories, how he ended up in Alpine, Texas, and his early days as a working cowboy on the 06 Ranch.</p>
<p><strong>Intro</strong></p>
<p>Andy recites "<a contents='Cattle"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://blog.cowboypoetry.com/2018/09/10/cattle2018/" target="_blank">Cattle"</a> by Berta Harte Nance</p>
<p>“The map of Texas looks somewhat like a roughly skinned cowhide spread out on the ground, the tail represented by the tapering peninsula at the mouth of the Rio Grande, the broad head by the Panhandle. But ‘Cattle,’ by Berta Hart Nance, goes deeper than the map.” - J. Frank Dobie, <a contents="The Longhorns" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/029274627X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=cowboycrossro-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=029274627X&linkId=05a6af2353f8b5e155be38dd61067b85" target="_blank">The Longhorns</a> (thanks to <a contents="Cowboypoetry.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com" target="_blank">Cowboypoetry.com</a> for finding this quote)</p>
<p><strong>Quotes from this Episode</strong></p>
<p>"Joel Nelson raised the bar for cowboy poetry for 1000 years. " - <a contents="Baxter Black" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://baxterblack.com" target="_blank">Baxter Black</a></p>
<p><strong>Links for this Episode</strong></p>
<p>Find out more about Joel Nelson <a contents="here." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cowboypoetry.com/joelnelson.htm" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
<p><a contents="The Kokernot 06 Ranch." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://o6ranch.com" target="_blank">The Kokernot 06 Ranch.</a></p>
<p><a contents="Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering Gathering." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://texascowboypoetry.com" target="_blank">Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering Gathering.</a></p>
<p><strong>Credits</strong></p>
<p>Recorded at the <a contents="Museum of the Big Bend" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.museumofthebigbend.com" target="_blank">Museum of the Big Bend</a> on the campus of <a contents="Sul Ross University" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.sulross.edu" target="_blank">Sul Ross University</a>.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169222018-07-31T21:14:01-05:002019-05-24T10:15:27-05:00Episode 36: Amy Hale Auker<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6873541/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/e50ee827443205411c9fba242df32b3d53fc8c66/original/amy-hale-auker.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland.</a></p>
<p>Working cowboy, author, and poet Amy Hale Auker stops by Cowboy Crossroads and talks about her father, her history, her writing process, and her work with Andy Wilkinson. Listen to the end of the episode to hear Amy recite the title poem from her new book Livestock Man.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169232018-07-09T22:27:23-05:002021-10-11T09:55:45-05:00Episode 35: Australian Bush Poetry with Jack Sammon<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6792620/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/faece4f97fadf4b703c2b52d33c2ffa662b4f105/original/jack-sammon.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>One of the last of the old-time Australian drovers, bush poet Jack Sammon talks about his fascinating life as a drover and coal miner. Tune in to hear about the similarities between Australian bush poetry and American cowboy poetry.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169242018-06-18T22:26:41-05:002021-10-11T09:54:12-05:00Episode 34: Westfest with Michael Martin Murphey<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6720002/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/16fb07cefa8168d49691d02d28feae0af0b633d1/original/michaelmartinmurphey.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland</a>.</p>
<p>Michael Martin Murphey returns to Cowboy Crossroads to talk about the history of Westfest and the influence of Buffalo Bill Cody. Tune in and hear Murphey play an acoustic version of his song "Wild West Show" at the end of the episode!</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169252018-05-31T00:07:51-05:002021-10-11T09:54:00-05:00Episode 33: Wally McRae<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6652795/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/958c1242f77d0f36580efd3aae516171f96399a1/original/img-2660.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Cowboy poet and rancher Wally McRae talks with Andy about his father and grandfather, the story behind his poem "Reincarnation", the influence of theater on his work, and his friendship with Paul Zarzyski.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169262018-04-25T01:25:33-05:002021-10-11T09:53:48-05:00Episode 32: John Erickson<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6519802/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/a7b055568d3a537318a61a4e2b08c4dcfe0aae5d/original/john-erickson.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Hank the Cowdog author John Erickson talks about his deep ranching roots, the inspiration for Hank the Cowdog, sense of place, and the oral tradition of storytelling.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169272018-04-09T21:04:38-05:002021-10-11T09:53:39-05:00Episode 31: Coal Miners and Cowboys with Jerry Brooks<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6463245/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/bba2b9be4b357a338c71c0a399ac1d6a01e3e260/original/jerry-brooks.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Jerry Brooks shares about working as a woman in a coal mine for 26 years, coal miners & cowboys, the spoken word, and cowboy poetry.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169282018-03-19T23:48:22-05:002021-10-11T09:53:23-05:00Episode 30: Riders in the Sky<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6384638/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/7dcd41e02ae2bd907d2aa344164d8a5be92b743b/original/img-2872.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland</a>.</p>
<p>Recorded live from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV, Riders in the Sky make the 7216th performance of their career on Cowboy Crossroads! Tune in to hear stories about their early days as a band, their worst gigs, and a few classic songs.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169292018-02-26T21:08:06-06:002020-08-25T22:47:39-05:00Episode 29: Charlie Goodnight with Andy Wilkinson (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6305150/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/cd8c7181864e8fbc8ab408277b3e35ee53601b0a/original/with-wilkinson.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>On part 2, Andy Wilkinson discusses his personal relation to Charlie Goodnight, the making of his Charlie Goodnight album, and sings his song "Palo Duro Farewell."</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169302018-02-12T22:56:45-06:002021-10-11T09:52:57-05:00Episode 28: Charlie Goodnight with Andy Wilkinson (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6254259/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/8e1f34f9177a548431c72d8649c4db261bf663a9/original/charlie-goodnight.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Lubbock songwriter Andy Wilkinson shares stories, observations, and anecdotes about his distant uncle Charlie Goodnight. Tune in to hear about the Goodnight-Loving Trail, the first chuckwagon, and the death of Charlie Goodnight.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169312018-01-09T00:30:00-06:002021-10-11T09:52:41-05:00Episode 27: The Old Double Diamond with Gary McMahan<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6129287/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/0ab8106316219dab08dabd7eaef6235436b4ae91/original/gary-mcmahan.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>"The Old Double Diamond" is one of the few modern cowboy songs to become a classic. In this episode, Gary McMahan tells the story behind his classic song. Along the way, he discusses his musical influences, the cattle feeding and trucking business, and the cowmen and cowboys he writes for.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169322017-11-20T23:00:00-06:002018-10-22T15:04:25-05:00Episode 26: Cowboys, Minstrels, and Medicine Shows with Pipp Gillette (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5964021/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/080a236e08b31392ddd3d95264e77ea35926c9ce/original/pipp-gillette.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>East Texas rancher Pipp Gillette talks about the roots, influences, and origins of traditional cowboy music and reflects on minstrelsy, blackface, medicine shows, Jack Thorp, and banjos.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169332017-11-06T22:01:10-06:002018-10-22T15:06:11-05:00Episode 25: New York to Texas with Pipp Gillette (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5918334/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/91dfa7654124087babe66f682276b3948cbea7c0/original/gillette.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Texas rancher and musician Pipp Gillette talks about the beginnings of his grandfather's ranch in East Texas, his parents meeting in New York City, spending childhood summers in Texas with his brother, and ultimately coming home to the family ranch.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169342017-10-23T22:27:18-05:002021-10-11T09:52:10-05:00Episode 24: Rod Taylor<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5870740/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/15c0908a1679651a69fc167c80d81fadb9fbd7b3/original/6.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Martin Schreiber" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.mhmschreiber.photo/folio/21/cowboys.html?fbclid=IwAR0WFxT2VfXOQIEMCEGDnTtHXk1vGL7pebf0JYLNpwlgXOzH2gl_sC7yvxs" target="_blank">Martin Schreiber</a>.</p>
<p>New Mexico cowpuncher and musician Rod Taylor talks about the beginnings of his cowboy career, being a camp man, roping a buffalo, acting in a Toyota commercial, and his friendship with cowboy poet J.B. Allen.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169352017-10-10T09:16:03-05:002019-02-25T15:08:28-06:00Episode 23: Hal Cannon<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5825656/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/3298e26c823533cec1b905d9cf9cb08a3798ad0c/original/img-1020.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Betty Rodgers</p>
<p>Folklorist and musician Hal Cannon talks about growing up in the Salt Lake City folk scene, the founding of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and the influence of tradition.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169362017-09-18T23:30:00-05:002021-11-27T02:21:55-06:00Episode 22: Mike Beck (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5751531/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/2f36a51caea6e54b94ffdf31e4d43024446a7aef/original/img-1021.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Mike Beck returns in part 2 of his interview and speaks with passion on the Dorrance brothers, horses, music, and plays a song from the California coast.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169372017-09-11T22:26:45-05:002021-10-11T09:51:41-05:00Episode 21: Mike Beck (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5730865/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/67c077a4d300489d573a1e1bdabac368e41b3a71/original/img-1022.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>California songwriter and horseman Mike Beck talks about growing up in Monterey, California, working with Tom and Bill Dorrance, cowboyin' on the Spanish Ranch, and shares a new song written for Merle Haggard.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169382017-08-29T01:04:11-05:002021-10-11T09:50:44-05:00Episode 20: Chuck Hawthorne<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5685638/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/66a44adde314396ce60137af3e256590b0912e8e/original/img-1023.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Chuck Hawthorne talks about the three passions of his life: cowboy culture, the military, and music. He also shares the story of how he never met Buck Ramsey and plays a stirring version of a new song.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169392017-08-22T00:00:00-05:002021-10-11T09:50:19-05:00Episode 19: Don Edwards<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5664747/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/11a6f039459cf81d74dd6359c73b7a5af46e5537/original/img-1024.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Grammy nominated cowboy singer Don Edwards talks about his early days, the White Elephant Saloon, the importance of Jack Thorp, cowboy music and the blues, the solo tradition, guitar playing, and more.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169402017-08-07T23:30:00-05:002018-10-22T15:24:28-05:00Episode 18: Tom Russell<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5618934/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/7c762ab470732634a80a4e4f875e5df7f63efb67/original/img-2293.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Tom Russell shares stories about picking up Robert Hunter in a taxicab, writing songs with Ian Tyson, playing music behind a snake handler, the advice he would give a young songwriter and more! This episode also includes a live performance of a brand new song about Ian Tyson from the upcoming album, Folk Hotel.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169412017-07-31T23:00:00-05:002021-10-11T09:49:54-05:00Episode 17: On the Road with Ramblin' Jack<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5597659/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/dd6b7c54dec739ce220aea8fff40f93b156bde26/original/img-1025.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Rick Hastie shares stories from 28 years of friendship with the legendary Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Rick is a horseman, sailor, and part-time road manager for Ramblin' Jack.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169422017-07-17T22:31:14-05:002021-10-11T09:46:51-05:00Episode 16: Last of the Vaudeville Cowboys with Sourdough Slim<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/e8919fe522ba2459cb6b4caa37f604043f9b0c83/original/img-1027.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583860/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p>Sourdough Slim's passion for the music and culture of the 1920s is contagious! Listen in to hear Slim talk about vaudeville cowboys, hobo singers, the inspiration behind his name, bad gigs and more.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169432017-07-05T08:05:20-05:002021-10-11T09:49:37-05:00Episode 15: Old-Time Cowboy Songs with Don Hedgpeth<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583861/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/b2a38afc209cfa81d351aab6fe737efbf6ee9a51/original/img-1029.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Old-time cowboy singer and author Don Hedgpeth discusses traditional cowboy songs, minstrels, why we have cowboy poetry gatherings and more.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169442017-06-19T22:27:52-05:002021-10-11T09:49:21-05:00Episode 14: Randy Rieman (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583862/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/f4a1b62193570e13cc86e626512bb13079a7e82c/original/randy-rieman.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland</a>.</p>
<p>Randy Rieman explains the process of braiding a rawhide reata, shares about his passion for the spoken word, and recites a horse poem from the Australian tradition.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169452017-06-12T22:19:18-05:002021-10-11T09:34:50-05:00Episode 13: Randy Rieman (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583863/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/38d6639839cd97cfc0ed356ecbd9e41ca48e7cf9/original/img-1030.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Respected horseman, rawhide braider, and reciter, Randy Rieman, reflects on the beginnings of his cowboy career in Montana, his early mentors, and the influence of legendary horsemen, Tom & Bill Dorrance.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169462017-05-30T23:34:07-05:002018-10-22T15:36:39-05:00Episode 12: Paul Zarzyski (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583864/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/98126375d9e8193172eeab7850c894496c5a469f/original/img-1031.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Rodeo poet Paul Zarzyski talks about falling in love with the sound of words, writing songs with Ian Tyson and Wylie Gustafson, how to become an extreme creativist, and reads a brand new song lyric.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169472017-05-22T23:39:22-05:002021-10-11T09:49:04-05:00Episode 11: Paul Zarzyski (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583865/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/a65f507745a388d880931eacdf2b740aa399064a/original/img-1032.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Paul Zarzyski talks about watching westerns with his father, how he became a bronc rider, giving of yourself as an artist, adopted humpback whales, and more!</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169482017-05-08T21:49:16-05:002021-10-11T09:48:55-05:00Episode 10: Ranch Work Meets Music with Martha Scanlan<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583866/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/0d2f19b6f56122e4c8887f25ea42b84f988034d2/original/img-1033.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Martha Scanlan talks about the first song she wrote, finding the groove in ranch work and music, and plays a stunning version of her song, "The Shape Of Things Gone Missing, The Shape Of Things to Come."</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169492017-05-02T01:56:47-05:002018-10-22T15:39:00-05:00Episode 9: Black Cowboy Songs with Dom Flemons<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583867/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/0fc8d84dfba32d5c1e5b451cc1d44bc57d540374/original/img-1034.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Dom Flemons talks with Andy about the African American influence on country music and cowboy songs and plays a soulful rendition of "Goodbye Old Paint."</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169502017-04-18T00:11:03-05:002021-10-11T09:48:43-05:00Episode 8: Ramblin' Jack Elliott (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583868/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/67e6cba926879846457af90f4b59fe53253b330f/original/img-1035.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>The legendary Ramblin' Jack Elliott tells stories about a singing rodeo clown, Buck Ramsey, the White House, Gregory Peck, and Bill & Hillary Clinton.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169512017-04-03T23:43:02-05:002018-10-22T15:43:30-05:00Episode 7: Ramblin' Jack Elliott (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583870/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/ece57bfb4b032a18c8213f02b46d897cb384aa74/original/20170203-wfc-jbl-0889.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland</a>.</p>
<p>Ever wondered what Ramblin' Jack Elliott's response would be to a smoke alarm going off? Listen to find out and and hear Jack talk about Brooklyn, baseball, dogs, bronc ridin', and Casey Tibbs.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169522017-03-20T22:00:09-05:002021-10-11T09:48:17-05:00Episode 6: Writing Songs and Building Guitars with Guy Clark<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583871/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/ed5a249b2991e23ead91cdc5ff041103b1c86b5f/original/img-1042.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Noel McKay.</p>
<p>Noel McKay tells stories about his friendship with Guy Clark and plays a song that they co-wrote.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169532017-03-06T22:41:58-06:002021-10-11T09:47:57-05:00Episode 5: Michael Martin Murphey (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583872/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/ce76b73dba5dc2aac211e2fc324ce1282b9c6716/original/img-1037.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Michael Martin Murphey talks about the making of Geronimo's Cadillac, his worst gig, and his first trip to the Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169542017-02-20T23:53:51-06:002021-10-11T09:47:48-05:00Episode 4: Michael Martin Murphey (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583873/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/3dcbb9ece083228ab1fd7837ccb7b863d05b0bc7/original/img-1038.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Michael Martin Murphey talks about learning cowboy songs as a kid in Texas and his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169562017-02-06T23:29:12-06:002021-10-11T09:47:39-05:00Episode 3: Ross Knox<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583874/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/8ab96c9e688eaf7b7d53b3f91fce481d74b1f91e/original/img-1040.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kurt Markus.</p>
<p>Ross Knox talks about cowboyin' on big outfits, packing mules in the Grand Canyon, and writing a song with Ian Tyson.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169572017-01-16T22:14:00-06:002021-10-11T09:47:25-05:00Episode 2: Waddie Mitchell (Part 2)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583875/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/dc5e8e2309fa1405a86c76f0c1264f43bb318ed0/original/img-1041.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>The second part of the interview with Waddie Mitchell where he tells stories about the first cowboy poem he ever heard, his love of literature, and appearing on the Johnny Carson show.</p>Andy Hedgestag:andyhedges.com,2005:Post/54169582016-12-28T11:39:03-06:002021-10-11T09:47:16-05:00Episode 1: Waddie Mitchell (Part 1)<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5583876/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" style="border: none" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/74464/e03b8d30f221d3ca1c1cfc4ad04f7e1756077d70/original/30728145-10156333393595859-2969762945069744128-n.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a contents="Jessica Brandi Lifland" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicalifland.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Brandi Lifland</a>.</p>
<p>Cowboy poet, Waddie Mitchell talks about his early days as a working cowboy, attending the very first Ray Hunt clinic, and reads a brand new poem.</p>Andy Hedges