Before the American League awarded him the Angels 57 years ago this week, Gene Autry lived the American dream, rising out of poverty in Oklahoma to become The Singing Cowboy, a beloved national star of stage, radio, music, television, and film. Mike and Bill trace his life both before and after he created the ballclub, the surprisingly contentious process that led to the foundation of the franchise, and maybe the reason his Angels never won the World Series in his lifetime.