093075000327

Cowboy Poetry Classics

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW50003

Release Date:  23 January 2003

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093075000327

Genres:  Spoken Word  

  • Description

    In bunkhouses, bars, and hotels and around campfires and corrals, cowboy poetry flourished during its golden age between 1905 and 1935. Impelled by the development of the cowboy hero in print and on film and the idea that a unique way of life was fast disappearing, writers—cowboys and non-cowboys alike—began memorializing life on the range. The widespread popularity of these poems captured the spirit and adventure of life in the American West. Produced in conjunction with the Western Folklife Center and featuring the recitations of many popular performers from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, this remarkable collection brings new vitality to the poetry and voices of these American icons.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Epilogue - Baxter Black
      • 2. The Sierry Petes - Gail Steiger
      • 3. A Cowboy's Aoliloquy - Wallace McRae
      • 4. The Smell Of Rain - Virginia Bennett
      • 5. El Corrido De Kiansas - Anastacio Castillo
      • 6. A Cowboy's Dance Song - Glenn Ohrlin
      • 7. When You're Throwed - Sunny Hancock
      • 8. Our Last Ride - Echo Roy
      • 9. Forgotten - Ross Knox
      • 10. Where The Ponies Come To Drink - Tom Sharpe
      • 11. Purt Near! - Peggy Godfrey
      • 12. The Old Night Hawk - J.B. Allen
      • 13. From Town - John Dofflemyer
      • 14. The Moonshine Steer - Georgie Sicking
      • 15. Rain On The Range - Bill Wood
      • 16. Bob Sears - Red Steagall
      • 17. They Keep A-Stealing On You In The Night - Doris Daley
      • 18. The Strawberry Roan - Ray Lashley
      • 19. When They've Finished Shippin' Cattle In The Fall - Waddie Mitchell
      • 20. The Smoke-Blue Plains - Elizebeth Ebert
      • 21. Boomer Johnson - Randy Rieman
      • 22. In The Droving Days - Milton Taylor
      • 23. The Legend Of Boastful Bill - Paul Zarzyski
      • 24. Anthem - Joel Nelson