Slim McNaught's
CD, Reminiscin', includes eleven tracks of cowboy poetry
written and recited by Slim McNaught, with background music and sound
effects. Music and singing is by Joel Gothard, and the CD was recorded
and published by Prairie Sage Publishing, Lew Vasquez, Gillette,
Wyoming.
Slim notes that the cover "picture of
me on the horse was taken in 1949 and that horse is a full brother to
the mare in the poem 'Tom Cat Wreck,' who was a year older." See the entire track list
here.
Read
some of Slim's poetry
here
at CowboyPoetry.com and at his
MySpace page, where
there are audio tracks.
Reminiscin' is available for $18.50 postpaid from
Slim's
web site or by mail: Slim McNaught, P.O. Box 274, New Underwood, SD 57761;
605-754-6103.
Posted 10/8
Colorado poet
Slim Farnsworth's
new CD,
Cows Are People Too,
includes 17 tracks of cowboy poetry, including "Directions," "The
Big City Cattle Buyer," "The End of the Trail," "Little Green Men
at the Bar T Ranch," "Bovine CPR," "The Toast," "Cowboy Math," and
more.
Read some of Slim Farnsworth's poetry
here
and at his
web site.
Cows Are People Too
is available
for $18 postpaid from: West Elk Cowboy Company, 199 SW 12th
Street, Cedaredge, CO 81413, 970-856-3690,
www.slimfarnsworthcowboypoetry.com
Posted 10/7
Nebraska rancher and writer
Willard Hollopeter
has a new book, Lost Trails. He
describes the book, "108 pages of original poetry, some humorous, some
serious and some tear jerkin' sad. And factual stories. Some about
wrecks, which weren't near as funny at the time of their happening. It
has photos, some really old to go along with the 'Lost Trails' title,
and some cartoon-type drawings."
The book includes historical and family photos (the
cover photo is of Willard Hollopeter's grandfather and uncle)
and illustrations by David Dorsey.
Lost Trails
is available for $15.00 plus $2.00 postage from: Willard
Hollopeter, HC 68 Box 13 Wood Lake, NE 69221.
Posted 10/3
The incomparable music historian and folk singer
Katie Lee
(www.katydoodit.com) has
releasedKatie Lee Sings Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle, a CD
collection of 28 songs from her modern classic book, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle, A History of
the American Cowboy in Song, Story and Verse.
The songs are played and sung by Katie Lee, Travis Edmonson, Earl
Edmonson and Will Holt. The CD includes the complete liner notes—filled
with facts, stories, and colorful background—from
the original double LP record.
Among the songs included on the recording are Gail I. Gardner's "The
Sierry Petes"; Badger Clark's "Spanish is the Lovin' Tongue," "A
Cowboy's Prayer" and "Roundup Lullaby"; Frank Desprez' "Lasca"; Henry
Herbert Knibbs' "Boomer Johnson"; Lillian Bos Ross' "The South Coast";
"Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse"; "Little Joe the Wrangler's Sister Nell";
and the title song.
Katie Lee Sings Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle is available for $20. Read more about it and about
Katie Lee at her web site.
Posted 9/22
Music historian and folk singer
Katie Lee
(www.katydoodit.com) has
released a DVD of
The Last Wagon, her award-winning
documentary featuring Arizona cowboy legends
Gail I. Gardner
and
Billy Simon. The lively film includes much footage of the two
and their performances of songs including Gardner's "The Sierry
Petes," and "Real
Cowboy Life," and
Oklahoma/Arkansas cowboy, bootmaker, and entertainer
South Dakota 
Colorado poet
Nebraska rancher and writer
The incomparable 
Music historian and folk singer
Katie