Cowboy Tracks

This special episode of the Cowboy Tracks show is about the story of the Pony Express through words and music. Artists heard on the show include: 

John Bergstrom, Barry Ward, the Due West Trio, John Malcolm Penn, Roy Rogers, Lorne Greene, Jeremiah Birnbaum, Carmichael & Woods, Riders in the Sky, “V” the Gypsy Cowbelle, Jimmie Driftwood, Jimmy Buffett, Pine Ridge Pony Express, Blueridge Mountain Bluegrass Band.

Todays’s episode is called “A Western State of Mind.” You’ll hear songs and cowboy poetry from Riders in the Sky, Rita Hosking, Many Strings & Co. and many more. Hopefully, this program will put you in a relaxed frame of mind as images of the west and western lifestyle roll along.

“A.K Moss, Cowboy Poet.” On today’s episode, we talk with cowboy poet Kathy Moss and listen to her evocative poems.

Today's episode is called "Western Hour Gathering" and includes contemporary and classic western music from Katie Glassman & Snapshot, the Cowboy Way, Patsy Montana,, Mike Blakely, Birdie Nichols, Richard Elloyan, Sylvia Herold, John Lowell, Jess Camilla O'Neal, Sons of the Pioneers, Prairie Moon, the Farmer & Adele, Mike Addington, Sarah Pierce, Michael Fleming, Rich O'Brien & Valerie O'Brien.

This episode is called "Where the Blacktop Ends" as we travel to where the west and the real cowboy world begin. Classic and contemporary western music and cowboy poetry are on this week's menu (as they are every week!). You can hear works from: Squeek Steele, Jim Reader, Trinity Seely, Dave Stamey, Tom Swearingen, the Farmer and Adele, Doug Figgs, the Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Tallgrass Express String Band, Ron Secoy, the Western Flyers, John Malcolm Penn, Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue, more Dave Stamey, Open Range & the Stampede Swing Band, the Carolyn Sills combo, LeeLee Robert, Sourdough Slim, the Groove Hogs. 

Today's episode celebrates this year's Elko National Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering and includes works by many of the artists performing at this year's event. The show includes: Dave Stamey, Carin Mari, Terry Nash, Jesse Veeder, Richard Elloyan, Andy Hedges & Brigid Reedy, Sam Platts, Trinity Seely, Carson R. Houser, the Sons of the Pioneers, Joni Harms, Michael Martin Murphey, Kristyn Harris, Wylie & the Wild West, R.W. Hampton, Alison Brown.

“Songs of the Cowboy.”  This episode was inspired by a songbook called “Songs of the Cowboys” by Ron Middlebrook.  You’ll hear traditional cowboy songs sung by performers of the past and present. Many of the songs have been voted as Top 100 Western Songs of All Time. Gold nuggets, every one!  (Cover art by Eddie Young)

This episode is titled "Western Hour" and features the music of Katie Glassman & Snapshot, The Cowboy Way, Patsy Montana, Mike Blakely, Birdie Nichols, Richard Elloyan, Sylvia Herold, John Lowell, Jess Camilla O'Neal, Sons of the Pioneers, Prairie Moon, The Farmer & Adele, Mike Addington, Sarah Pierce, Michael Fleming, Rich O'Brien & Valerie O'Brien.