Archives for “Cowboy Music”
The Yellow Rose of Texas has to be one of the most famous “Texas” songs ever written. However, as I started reading about its history, I was shocked at how much I didn’t know about the song. As many folks songs do, The Yellow Rose evolved over time. The first recorded lyrics appeared in Christy’s Plantation [...]
Little did I know that when writing Jackson Worth’s story that he’d have a weakness for a woman in boots. Enter, Sammie Gold, just your normal run of the mill wholesome girl, who is a good friend of the Worth family. Not only is our Sammie, Callie Worth’s best friend, she is a [...]
Honky-tonk: a cheap, noisy saloon or dancehall. Okay, I’ll go along with the online definition for honky-tonk as a noisy bar or dancehall. But cheap? I don’t think so. As a plot-moving literary venue, a good honky-tonk is worth its weight in gold. It’s a place where characters gather to gossip, hook up, or plan [...]
I’ve sung “Streets of Laredo” since grade school, and have long wondered where the song came from. The answer’s interesting but complicated. There are many versions of this song, also known as “Cowboy’s Lament.” Here’s one of the most familiar. “As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo [...]
Does the name Dr. Brewster Higley ring a bell? It didn’t with me until I researched the subject of this blog. Now I’ll never forget it. Dr. Higley, an Indiana physician and lawyer, left his practice in 1871 to move to the Kansas prairie. He built a cabin on some land awarded him by the Homestead [...]
As we find ourselves with Christmas less than a week away, I’m sure many of you are as busy with last minute shopping and preparations as I am. I thought this would be a good time to pause for a few minutes to reflect on the meaning behind all the hustle and bustle of Christmas. [...]
First off, HAPPY THANKSGIVING to my fellow Canucks! I hope you’ve stuffed yourselves full of turkey and cranberry sauce this weekend! When I was a girl, I lived on a farm, so we never really vacationed much. In the summer time, it was too busy. In the late fall and winter, I was in school. [...]
Living in Lexington, Kentucky, my husband and I see horses all the time. We were driving down New Circle Road the other day, not paying attention to anything, when a truck with a horse trailer pulled up next to us. The horse neighed at the top of its lungs and startled us both. My husband, [...]
With the issuance of the “Cowboys of the Silver Screen” stamps, the U.S. Postal Service honors four extraordinary performers who helped make the American Western a popular form of entertainment. Film stars from the silent era through the singing era are featured on the stamps: William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers. [...]
Not much happened in the telegraphy office of the St. Louis-San Francisco railroad, especially not on the late shift. To pass the time, the young clerk brought his guitar and played to amuse himself. On one of those lonely nights, he received a visitor. That visitor was legendary humorist Will Rogers, and Rogers liked what [...]
Oh the buzzin’ of the bees In the cigarette trees Near the soda water fountain At the lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings On the Big Rock Candy mountain If you’re anywhere near as old as I am, you may recognize this song, attributed to Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock and made famous in a 1950s [...]
Nancy Ruybal, along with her husband Wes, perform Western Americana, Cowboy Poetry and Gospel. With a pure, uncomplicated style, they present renditions and recitations about the American West and its people from the modern day working cowboy the to its original settlers. Nancy, a country girl from Ohio, began writing and performing folk music at [...]
Found this video of Tricia Yearwood and had to share it with all the fillies.
