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HORSEPOWER: THE COWBOY RIDES INTO THE FUTURE
This week on American Routes we’re exploring the life of the cowboy. From the Nevada deserts to the swampy forests of Florida, the cowboy is an enduring symbol of American individualism and self-reliance. We’ll visit with several real, working cowboys, including a few who can sing a tune or two. Wylie Gustafson might be better known as the man behind the Yahoo yodel, but we’ll talk ranching and horses, as well as music. Then we’ll visit with Creole cowboy Geno Delafose to learn how he mixes zydeco with cattle raising. Plus a couple of Cracker cowboys share tales of cow-hunting, and lots of music to get you out on the trail.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (Jones) Ramrods
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol.2: the '60s, Rhino - The Old Timers Ken Trowbridge
Celebrating 25 Years: National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Western Folklife Center - When the Work's All Done This Fall Johnny Bond
Country and Western: Johnny Bond Standard Transcriptions, Bloodshot - SEGMENT: J.M. Capriola Company with Paula, Doug, and John Wright
Listen - Back in the Saddle Again Gene Autry
Songs of the West, Rhino - Instrumental: The Penny Opus No. 1 Hank Penny
Crazy Rhythms: The Standard Transcriptions, Bloodshot - SEGMENT: Paul Starrs
Listen - Buffalo Skinners Woody Guthrie
My Dusty Road, Rounder - Oklahoma Hills Hank Thompson
Greatest Songs: Vol. 2, Curb - CLIP: Kelly Whelan on his handlebar moustache
- I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Patsy Montana
Songs of the West, Rhino - SEGMENT: Susan Glaser-Church
Listen - Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Emmylou Harris
Songs of the West, Warner - Jacinto Trevino Johnny Whelan
The Cowboy Tour, Rounder - El Paso Marty Robbins
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, Columbia/ Legacy - Instrumental: Buckaroo Buck Owens
21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Rhino - SEGMENT: Wylie Gustafson of Wylie and the Wild West Show
Listen - Wallace McCrae Things of Intrinsic Worth
Celebrating 25 Years: National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Western Folklife Center - Little High Plains Town Ian Tyson
Celebrating 25 Years: National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Western Folklife Center - End Bed: Tumbling Tumbleweeds Johnny Bond
Country and Western: Johnny Bond Standard Transcriptions, Bloodshot
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Buffalo Gals David Bourne
Saloon Piano Vol. II, Saloon Piano - High Tone Dance Glen Ohrlin
The Cowboy Tour, Rounder - Big Balls in Cowtown Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
For the Last Time, Capitol - CLIP: Corb Lund
- Steer Rider's Blues Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
recorded at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Midnight Ramble, - SEGMENT: Cracker Cowboys with Buddy Mills and Billy Davis
Listen - Banks of the Old Pontchartrain Brownie Ford
Stories from Mountains, Swamps & Honky-Tonks, Flying Fish - Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia - Don't Touch My Hat Lyle Lovett
The Road to Ensenada, Curb - Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle Screamin' Jay Hawkins
I Put a Spell On You, Collectables - Instrumental: Out on the Open Range Johnny Bond
The Heart and Soul of the West, Jasmine - SEGMENT: Creole Cowboys - with Boozoo Chavis, Elton Laday and Eugene Thibedeaux and Joe Fontenot's Trail RIde
Listen - CLIP: Geno Delafose
- He-Haw Breakdown Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Everybody's Dancin', Times Square - Instrumental: The Cowboy Waltz Les Amis Creole
Les Amis Creole, Arhoolie - The Back Door Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
recorded at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, - Bonsoir Moreau Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
recorded at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, - Goodnight-Loving Trail Buck Ramsey
Rolling Uphill from Texas, FRPS - The Trail the Sun Travels Down Cindy Walker
The Swingin' Cowgirl from Texas, Broncos - End Bed: Mr. Steel Guitar Leon McAuliffe
Tulsa Straight Ahead, Bear Family