Episode Twelve: Billie Maxwell

Jack learns about the first woman to record cowboy music, and the first Arizonan to make commercial music: Billie Maxwell.

Songs:

Dale Evans & Roy Rogers - Home on the Range

Bing Crosby - Home on the Range

Lisa Loeb - Home on the Range

Elmo - Home on the Range

Carl T. Sprague - When the Work's all Done in Fall

Bob Roberts - Ragtime Cowboy Joe

Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Gene Autry - Don’t Fence me in

Roy Rogers - The Man in the Moon is a Cowhand

Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy

Girls of the Golden West - I want to be a real cowboy girl.

Girls of the Golden West - Lonely Cowgirl

Girls of the Golden West - Bucking Bronchos

Girls of the Golden West - Cowgirl's Dream

Girls of the Golden West - Ride Ride Ride

Girls of the Golden West - Two Cowgirls on the Lone Prairie

Patsy Montana - I wanna be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart

Patsy Montana - I want to be a Cowboy’s Dreamgirl

Patsy Montana - I wanna be a Western Cowgirl

Patsy Montana - I’m gonna have a Cowboy Wedding 

Patsy Montana - She Buckaroo

Carolina Cotton - I'd Love to be a Cowgirl (but I’m A-Scared of Cows)

Billie Maxwell - Cowboy’s Wife

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

Sybille Baier - The End

Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe

White Mountain Orchestra - Escudilla Waltz

Billie Maxwell - Billy Venero

Billie Maxwell - Haunted Hunter

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References:

Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

Cowboy music. http://arizonaexperience.org/people/cowboy-music

The Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music, (2004) Oxford University Press USA

Lomax, J. A. (1916). Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads. Sturgis & Walton Company.

Malone, B. C. (2017). Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music (Vol. 1). University of Oklahoma Press.

Nodjimbadem, Katie (February 2017) "The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys" smithsonianmag.com

Russell, T. (2021-03-25). “Haunted Hunter”: Billie Maxwell (The Cowgirl Singer) Victor V-40241. In Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records. : Oxford University Press.

Ventre, S. (April 2011) "Billie Maxwell's Records Are the Oldest Made By an Arizonan-- and John Dixon Wants One" Phoenix New Times

Wolfe, C. K. (2002). Classic Country: Legends of Country Music. Routledge.

Woodbury, J. T. (Feb. 14, 2012) Happy Birthday Arizona: 100 Songs that Define Arizona, Pt. 1. Phoenix New Times Blogs

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