Cowboy Crossroads

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Episode 72: Dale Burson Aug 31, 2021

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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.

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Episode 71: Buster Welch Jul 27, 2021

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Legendary cutting horse trainer Buster Welch talks about his family history and childhood in Sterling City, Texas, leaving home 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.

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Episode 70: Red Steagall Jun 29, 2021

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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.

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Episode 69: Andy Wilkinson May 26, 2021

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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, Llanero: a boyhood on the 360-of-the-180.

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Episode 68: Michael Stevens Apr 27, 2021

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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.

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This episode was sponsored by Republic Boot Company. Find out more about them at www.republicbootcompany.com

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Episode 67: Warner Glenn (Part 2) Mar 30, 2021

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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.

This episode is sponsored by Republic Boot Company. Find out more about them at www.republicbootcompany.com

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Episode 66: Warner Glenn (Part 1) Mar 09, 2021

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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.

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Episode 65: Jay Dusard Feb 09, 2021

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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.

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Episode 64: Baxter Black (Part 2) Jan 19, 2021

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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.

This episode was sponsored by Republic Boot Company.

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Episode 63: Baxter Black (Part 1) Jan 05, 2021

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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.

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