Ride for the Brand: The Poetry and Songs of Red Steagall

The Poetry and Music of Red Steagall, including original artwork by members of the Cowboy Artists of America plus hand written lead sheets of Steagall's music.

Literature & Fiction

Steagall, Red

Poetry

Texas Christian University Press

Texas Christian Univ Pr

Red Steagall brings the cowboy way of life to the public through many different media, including poetry. His poetry speaks in its own right, possessing a musical, songlike quality. His lilting rhythms carry the reader through the journey that each poem represents. Steagall’s poems chart the changing of the land and the passing of generations, but they rest on the solid ground of a steady faith.

Red Steagall: New and Selected Poems (TCU Texas Poets Laureate Series)

History & Criticism

TCU Press

2004 Will Rogers Medallion for Outstanding Achievement in the Publishing of Cowboy PoetryJourneying into “the rugged breaks that skirt the eastern rim of the Llano Estacado—West Texas ranch country at once attractive and repellent to the uninitiated”—Steagall and Hagler prove unequivocally that verse and image are kindred spirits. According to B. Byron Price, director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, they have succeeded in unifying poetry and photography, allowing us to “understand and interpret the essence of a solitary land and its proud inhabitants.” Born to This Land examines traditions passed from generation to generation and explores the impact of cowboying on those who choose it as a way of life. Drawing us into their rich depiction of ranch life, Steagall and Hagler transcend prevailing convention and “prowl the remote ranges that lie beyond the deeply rutted main trails, listening for elusive, authentic voices carried on the wind.”from “To An Old Friend”For most of an hour we rode at a trot.We branded and shaped up the steers,Drank gallons of coffee, ate sourdough bread,And cowboyed for fifty-one years.I tho’t he’s an old man when I was a kid.At a time when I needed a friend,He took me to raise, taught me all that I know,‘Bout horses and cattle and men.

Born to This Land

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Texas Tech University Press

Journeying into West Texas ranch country, Steagall and Hagler prove unequivocally that verse and image are kindred spirits. Born to This Land examines traditions passed from generation to generation and explores the impact of cowboying on those who choose it as a way of life. Drawing us into their rich depiction of ranch life, Steagall and Hagler transcend prevailing convention and “prowl the remote ranges that lie beyond the deeply rutted main trails, listening for elusive, authentic voices carried on the wind.

Hear Baxter's poetry performed by some of his celebrity friends. Included are such poems as "Supersalesman," "A Time to Stay," "The Silent Partner" & "The Cowboy & His Dog"

Baxter Black and Friends

Black, Baxter

Axton, Hoyt

Bruce, Ed

Mystery Lady

Garrison, Walt

Riders In The Sky

Coyote Cowboy Co

Ride for the Brand

Music

Bunkhouse Pr

Contemporary Cowboy Poetry and Music

The Fence That Me and Shorty Built

Red Steagall's weekly radio program, “Cowboy Corner,” has been on the air for more than ten years and is carried on 175 radio stations across the country. A major feature of each show is Red's interview with his guest that week. They talk about the West, about cowboys, about horses, about history. It is always a conversation between friends who share mutual interests and mutual acquaintances, and in the course of these conversations the listener learns about Western heritage, Western traditions, and Western values. With the assistance of editor Loretta Fulton, Red has compiled the conversations with twenty-one of his friends into a unique book that captures the flavor of the Western way of life. Included are interviews with notable Western figures Roy Rogers, Rex Allen, Reba McEntire, Richard Farnsworth, Jim Shoulders, Roy Clark, John Justin, Elmer Kelton, Wilford Brimley, Joaquin Jackson, Buck Taylor, and many more. Their stories about early days in movies, ranching, law enforcement, music, writing, and other endeavors create an important oral history of life in the West.

Cowboy Corner Conversations

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

State House Press

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