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  Cowboy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In pop culture, the cowboy and the gunslinger are often associated with one another.
Cowboy hat; a hat with a wide brim to protect from the sun and the elements; there are many styles, probably influenced by both the Mexican sombrero and US (and Confederate) Cavalry hats.
Cowboy boot; a boot with a high top to protect the lower legs, pointed toes to help guide the foot into the stirrup, and high heels to keep the foot from slipping through the stirrup while working in the saddle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cowboy   (2404 words)

  
 Cowboy songs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cowboy songs are often associated with songs that the cowboys sang at night around the campfire with a lot of yodeling and sometimes accompanied by a guitar, banjo (and perhaps some canned beans).
Famous cowboy song singers are Hank Snow, Jimmy Driftwood, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Bill Monroe or the Carter Family.
Cowboy songs are usually categorized as Bluegrass, Country or Folk.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_famous_Cowboy_songs   (130 words)

  
 NPR 100
The song appeared in a total of seven MGM musicals, including an Academy Award-winner and a movie in which it was the title song.
His report includes a version of the song as sung by Frank Profit Jr., whose great-grandmother witnessed the hanging of Tom Dooley when she was a child in the town of Statesville.
Improvised on stage one night while on tour in 1959, the song is still played as an encore by Charles for most of his concerts and he considers it his trademark song.
www.npr.org /programs/specials/vote/list100.html   (7422 words)

  
 Cowboys 101: Famous Cowboys, Famous Black Cowboys (African American Cowboys), Cowboy Products on Ebay, Cowboy Recipes, ...
Cowboy poetry is a form of poetry that focuses on the culture, features and lifestyle of the West, both the Old West and its modern equivalents.
Contrary to common belief, cowboy poetry does not actually have to be written by cowboys, though adherents would claim that authors should have some connection to the cowboy life such that they can write poetry with an "insider's perspective".
Cowboy poetry is noted for its romantic imagery, but at no time does it sacrifice realism in favor of it.
www.cowboys101.com   (2374 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Cowboy songs
James Corbitt Morris (20 June 1907 - July 12, 1998) – better known as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood – was a prolific United States folk songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs The Battle of New Orleans and Tennessee Stud.
This is a list of famous cowboy songs sorted alphabetically by song title: Poster from the Western Music, directly related to the old English, Scottish, and Irish folk ballads, was originally composed by and about the people settling and working in the American West and western Canada.
Lists of songs Home on the Range is the state of Kansas State Song.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cowboy-songs   (644 words)

  
 Famous Cannabis Users   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A number of people have criticised this list for claiming that some of those listed are drug addicts.
They have missed the point, which was to show that using cannabis is not as harmful as prohibitionist would have us believe and one little puff of a joint will not, as they frequently claim, lead one to become a deadbeat junkie.
This list was complied from various postings to newsgroups and from web pages on the net.
www.slatts.fsworld.co.uk /famous.htm   (907 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Cowboy: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Although 'Cowboy' is enjoyable ear candy, it fails to hold up as one of Erasure's better albums, mainly because the smooth production hides their signature sound, and the entire record just feels overproduced.
Upon initial listen COWBOY was a bit of a letdown for me. I was impressed by the forward momentum of the previous albums that was pushing the band's sound away from it's 80's formula, beginning with CHORUS and continuing with I SAY(x3).
Cowboy CD is one of their most upbeat CDs that I know.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002NH0?v=glance   (1757 words)

  
 National Recording Registry - National Recording Preservation Board (Library of Congress)
Although others recorded blues songs before Rainey and had begun to refine the genre, her recordings retain the powerful directness and poignancy that made her famous.
The Cole Porter Song Book, a two-LP set, is the first of her many anthologies devoted to the pantheon of American popular song composers and lyricists.
The songs embrace a myriad of divergent styles yet, through the collective genius of these musicians, they are melded into a cohesive whole.
www.loc.gov /rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-masterlist.html   (9423 words)

  
 Tune Lovers Web Pages (Cowboy Song Corral)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
After that song was published by Shapiro, Bernstein and Co. in 1933, his lyrics and music continued to grow in popularity, especially his cowboy songs.
Song introduced at the Paramount Theater in NYC by Joe Morrison with George Olsen and his orchestra (recording available on "Chart-Toppers of the The Thirties," ASV CD from England).
Roy had theme song song at the time called 'Smiles Are Made Out of the Sunshine.' It was popular, but I felt it wasn't Western enough, and it didn't say enough about what it means to be a cowboy - especially when the trails you ride aren't always sunny ones.
members.aol.com /Tunes1342/tunelov4.htm   (8223 words)

  
 Wayward Accordions: List of Celebrity Squeezers
This is meant to be a list of people whose claim to fame is something else besides playing a squeezebox, which is why the likes of Myron Floren, Tony Gallarini, and Astor Piazzolla are not here.
Famous poet Robert W. Service (1874-1958), better known as the author of "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" than as a musician, played the English concertina and the accordion, and even wrote a poem in praise of the Accordion.
This famous basketball star who just graduated as an honor music student from Yale this June, appeared as guest soloist with the New Haven Symphony under the baton of Harry Berman.
www.klezmusic.com /sbx-info/sbx-fame.html   (2321 words)

  
 List of theme songs -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
List of theme songs -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Li/List_of_theme_songs.htm   (98 words)

  
 Famous Masons A-L
Listings of those who are (or were during their lifetime) Masons serves to remind us of the many notables who have - of their own free will - chosen to associate with this noble institution.
When preparing this list, I was asked, "How does somebody know if a person is a Mason or not?".
Knoxville, Tennessee and the famous "Fort Knox" were named in his honor.
www.masonicinfo.com /famous1.htm   (7578 words)

  
 Cowboy Junkies Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The vast majority of their songs were spare and quiet, taken at lethargic tempos and filled with languid guitars and detached, ethereal vocals courtesy of Margo Timmins.
The Cowboy Junkies were founded by guitarist/songwriter Michael Timmins and bassist Alan Anton (born Alan Alizojvodic), who first played together in a Toronto-based band called the Hunger Project in 1979.
Dubbing themselves the Cowboy Junkies simply because the name had a ring to it, they formed their own independent label, Lament, and released their debut album, Whites off Earth Now!!, in 1986.
www.alwaysontherun.net /junkies.htm   (7171 words)

  
 w a n d e r l i s t - Welcome to wanderlist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Each list includes items that you can vote on, either to choose which one is your favorite or to vote against an item that you don't like.
If you don't see a list that interests you, or you have an idea for a list of your own, you can add your own list to the site, and watch it change as others find and use your list.
This is a 50's version of my other list if you haven't already seen it is at http://www.wanderlist.com/best90sguitarist same rules apply for this one, they have to be famous in the 50's.
www.wanderlist.com   (473 words)

  
 Partners Task Force - Famous Couples
This list of well known couples — some from ancient times, others more recent — suggests the reality of committed couples, and the roles that partners plays in each other’s lives and, in some cases, each other’s work.
Then there are the relatives who, embarrassed by their famous kin’s same-sex life partners or lovers, choose to hide or burn the love letters that would allow the world to see their relative’s true orientation, as is the case with Emily Dickinson.
While Branson is listed as “literary companion” in Pool’s obituary, the two are buried together, with a double headstone, in the Rockland, Massachusetts Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
www.buddybuddy.com /famous.html   (2867 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Cowboy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Cowboy; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Cowboy   (2534 words)

  
 List of jazz songs -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
List of jazz songs -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Li/List_of_jazz_songs.htm   (56 words)

  
 Katie Lee Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The following is a list of the books, recordings and films that accompanied the papers.
Heaven on Horseback: Revivalist Songs and Verse in the Cowboy Idiom.
The Lonesome Cowboy: Songs of the Plains and Hills.
www.sharlot.org /archives/manuscripts/katielee.html   (848 words)

  
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His heartfelt ballads and up-tempo songs captivated both young and old alike.
He sang songs from his debut release, “Between The Earth and The Stars” which includes “You Just Get One”, a song written by country music favorite, Vince Gill.
If you would like to list a craft show or event go to http://www.shopoklahoma.com/craftlist.php.
www.shopoklahoma.com /famous.htm   (3859 words)

  
 Famous People Who Stutter
Erasmus Darwin - Famous physician, scientist, and grandfather of Charles.
Niccolo Fontana, nicknamed Tartaglia(stammerer) because of his speech - an Italian mathematician famous for his algebraic solution of cubic equations.
Famous Dysfluent Athletes by Carol Flaherty, M.A. The NSP has a beautiful color poster which depicts nine personages from the past.
www.mnsu.edu /comdis/kuster/famous/famouspws.html   (1602 words)

  
 The Old West Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Cowboy and Western Buckle Gallery - The Jewels of the west, Western Buckles.
The Cowboy Showcase - Showcase for the cowboy way and the spirit of the west featuring stories, cowboy lore, photos, western saddles, tack, and gear, sourdough and Dutch oven cooking, horses, and the western lifestyle.
Cowboy Poetry on-line - "Life on the frontier with the notorious outlaw"p; A one-man show starring Terry Ike Clanton.
www.oldwest.org /cows/links.html   (10099 words)

  
 Gene Autry's Sensational Collection of Famous Original Cowboy Songs and Mountain Ballads - CC-735
There is a name written at the top of this book with some separation of the front cover.
Inside the front cover is a history of Oklahoma’s Yodeling Cowboy, Gene Autry with picture.
Most of the numbers are my own compositions and have never before been published.” Including songs like you sure don’t hear anymore, Alone with My Sorrows, Bear Cat Papa Blues, My Cross Eyed Gal, The Rheumatism Blues and the Yodeling Hobo.
www.rubylane.com /shops/cindyscollectibles/item/CC-735   (233 words)

  
 J. Frank Dobie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Dobie's purpose in life from the time of his return to the university in 1921 was to show the people of Texas and the Southwest the richness of their culture and their traditions, particularly in their legends.
John A. Lomax, another founder of the Texas Folklore Society, had done this with his collecting and publishing cowboy songs; Dobie intended to do this with the tales of old-time Texas and through the publications of the society and his own writing.
In 1942 he published the "Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest", an annotated reading list.
www.famoustexans.com /dobie.htm   (1229 words)

  
 Cowboy Songs - 62 Classic Saddle Songs - Piano/Vocal/Guitar Sheet Music - Music at MusicExpert.com
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 Item #1704555BD - Cowboy Songs - 62 Classic Saddle Songs - Piano/Vocal/Guitar Sheet Music
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 Funny Songs List
Anyway, here's the latest incarnation of the list of Funny Songs that I started to collect some time last year.
Note that I have removed the short list of funny/silly country song titles, for two reasons: (1) I merged a couple of much longer such lists, and (2) I found a book containing a whole bunch of them.
The "Doug" and "Delilah" songs came from various of these incarnations, but I thought they needed to be brought together here.
www.jg.org /folk/misc/funny.html   (1428 words)

  
 Eric's Geography Songlist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Songs from the world of Popular & Folk Music that are about places in our world
Songs about Natural Features, Islands and Points of Interest
List created and copyright by Eric Riback, with contributions from Micah Engber, Ed Bick, Bella Stander, James Schul, and various other net friends (you know who you are).
www.mapville.com /riback/places.htm   (3027 words)

  
 1704555ED - Cowboy Songs - 62 Classic Saddle Songs - Piano/Vocal/Guitar Sheet Music
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 Requested Popular Songs for receptions, dances. printer friendly list
When you can't think of - or remember - popular songs, this list is a helpful guideline.
As you already know, there are many other outstanding songs not listed here.
No matter who is your DJ, feel free to ask for any songs that you want to have played.
www.madmanmike.com /print_popular_songs.html   (3299 words)

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