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Find information about The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Five (2010) here.

The BAR-D Roundup News

The first volume of The BAR-D Roundup (2006) is now sold out. Some remaining copies may be available from retail outlets and other sources. Find information about Volume 1 here.

The Fall, 2009 issue of The Western Way magazine, the official publication of the Western Music Association (WMA), names The BAR-D Roundup, Volume Four as the number one cowboy poetry CD. The BAR-D Roundup, Volume Three is in fifth place in the chart. The Western Way playlists are compiled by Marvin O'Dell from reports by Western DJ's for cowboy poetry, Western swing, and Cowboy/Western music.

The Western Way is a benefit of WMA membership and is available to all for reading on line, at the WMA web site. Subscriptions are also available for non-members, and it is sold at retail outlets.

Posted 10/1

The weekly Cowboy Culture Corner radio show, with hosts Dallas and PJ McCord, often features tracks from each of the volumes of The BAR-D Roundup.

The March 7, 2010 show includes Paul Kern's "At Codding's Place" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The February 28 show includes Mark Gardner's recitation of Jack Thorp's "What's Become of the Punchers" and Linda Kirkpatrick's "When Roundup Time Comes 'Round" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup; Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "When They've Finished Shipping Cattle in the Fall" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; and Wallace McRae's "Urban Daughter" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The February 21, 2010 show includes Sunny Hancock's "The Horse Trade" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The February 14, 2010 show includes Dee Strickland Johnson ("Buckshot Dot")'s "The End of the Day" and Mick Vernon's "Picayune Valley" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume 1, and Elizabeth Ebert's "He Talked About Montana" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The February 7, 2010 show includes Chris Isaacs' recitation of Sunny Hancock's "Change on the Range," Colen Sweeten's "Cow on the Fight," and Virginia Bennett's "Dad was Like a Colt" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The January 31. 2010 show includes Pat Richardson's "Cowboy Banker" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup; Pat Richardson's "Shep's Poetry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; and Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry, from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The January 17, 2010 show includes Don Kennington's "The Last Nail" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; and Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand" and Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry, from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The January 9, 2010 show, with most of the program a tribute to Curly Musgrave, also included Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry, from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The December 27, 2009 show includes Badger Clark's own recitation of his poem, "Ridin'" and Pat Richardson's "Shep's Poetry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; and Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" and Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The October 11, 2009 show includes Red Steagall's "Born to this Land" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup and and Yvonne Hollenbeck's "Nature's Church from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The October 4, 2009 show includes Mark Gardner's recitation of Jack Thorp's "What's Become of the Punchers," from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup; and Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife," DW Groethe's "The Star Cavvy," and Jesse Smith's recitation of Johnie Schnieder's "The Black Beauty" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The September 27 2009 show includes Dee Strickland Johnson ("Buckshot Dot")'s "The End of the Day" and Mick Vernon's "Picayune Valley" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume 1, and Jane Morton's "The Cows Came First" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The September 20, 2009 show includes Susan Parker's recitation of A. V. Hudson's "Homemade Cigarette" and Hal Swift's recitation of James Barton Adams' "Bill's in Trouble" from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The September 13, 2009 show includes Pat Richardson's "Shep's Poetry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two, and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town" from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The September 6, 2009 show includes Don Kennington's "The Last Nail" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; Hal Swift's recitation of James Barton Adams' "Bill's in Trouble" from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three; and Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The McCords were substitute hosts for the September 6, 2009 Sunday Morning Light Cowboy Church program, and the show included Dick Morton's recitation of Badger Clark's "A Cowboy's Prayer" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup; and Diane Tribitt's "Prayer Under the Northern Lights" and Yvonne Hollenbeck's "Nature's Church from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The August 30 show includes Mark Gardner's recitation of Jack Thorp's "What's Become of the Punchers," from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup; Badger Clark's own recitation of his poem, "Ridin'" and Diane Tribitt's "Prayer Under the Northern Lights" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; Ken Cook's "Bloodlines from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three; and Wallace McRae's "Urban Daughter" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The August 23, 2009 show includes Doris Daley's "Average Girl," Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry," Jo Lynne Kirkwood's "Ida's Bread," and Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The August 16, 2009 show includes Doris Daley's "Average Girl," Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town" from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three and Ken Cook's "The Conversation," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The August 9, 2009 show includes Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" and Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The August 2, 2009 show includes Slim McNaught's "Heading Home" and DW Groethe's "My Father's Horses from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four, and Paul Zarzyski's "Luck of the Draw" from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The July 19, 2009 show includes Red Steagall's "Born to this Land" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup; and Ken Cook's "Grandpa" from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Two; and Hal Swift's recitation of James Barton Adams' "Bill's in Trouble" from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The July 5, 2009 show includes Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four. and Ken Cook's "Bloodlines from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The June 28, 2009 show includes Mick Vernon's "Picayune Valley" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume 1, and Sunny Hancock's "The Horse Trade" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume 2.

The June 21, 2009 show includes Don Kennington's "The Last Nail," Yvonne Hollenbeck's "Nature's Church," and Rod Nichols' "Talent," from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The June 14, 2009 show includes Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry," Doris Daley's "Average Girl," and Ray Owens' "The Tracks That Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The June 7, 2009 show includes Rod Miller's "The Staff of Life" and Ray Owens' "The Tracks That Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 31, 2009 show includes Jo Lynne Kirkwood's "Ida's Bread" and J.B. Allen's recitation of the traditional "I'd Like to Be in Texas" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 24, 2009 show includes Linda Kirkpatrick's "The Ranger," Jerry Brooks' recitation of Henry Herbert Knibbs' "The Shallows of the Ford," Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," and Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 17, 2009 show includes Jay Snider's "Of Horses and Men" and Jesse Smith's recitation of Johnie Schnieder's "The Black Beauty" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 10, 2009 show includes Jesse Smith's recitation of Johnie Schnieder's "The Black Beauty" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 3, 2009 show includes Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," and Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The April 26, 2009 show includes Pat Richardson's "Henry," Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry," and Andy Nelson's "The Worst One to Buck" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The April 19, 2009 show, featuring "women of the West," includes Doris Daley's "Average Girl" and Georgie Sicking's "Housewife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The April 5, 2009 show includes the first airplay from a pre-release copy of The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four (to be released during Cowboy Poetry Week): Ken Cook's "The Conversation," Joel Nelson's "The Men Who Ride No More," and Gail I. Gardner's "The Sierry Petes."

The March 29, 2009 show includes Doris Daley's "A Letter to Mr. Russell" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Mick Vernon's "Picayune Valley" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The March 22, 2009 show includes Paul Zarzyski's recitation of S. Omar Barker's "Horses versus Hosses" and Sunny Hancock's "The Horse Trade" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Mike Puhallo's "Man in the Moon" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The March 16, 2009 show includes Smoke Wade's "A Change of Season" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three and Sunny Hancock's "The Horse Trade" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The February 22, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "Yearlin' Heifers" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The February 8, 2009 show includes Joel Nelson's "Shadow on the Cutbank" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three, Pat Richardson's "Shep's Poetry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two, and Pat Richardson's "Cowboy Banker" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The February 1, 2009 show includes Andy Nelson's "The Old Crockett Spurs" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three and Dick Morton's recitation of Badger Clark's "A Cowboy's Prayer" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The January 25, 2009 show includes Mick Vernon's recitation of S. Omar Barker's "Jack Potter's Courtin'" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three; Pat Richardson's "Shep's Poetry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; and DW Groethe's "Yearlin' Heifers" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The January 18, 2009 show includes Red Steagall's "The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk" and Linda Kirkpatrick's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "The Bronco Twister's Prayer" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three; Smoke Wade's "Trailing the Herd" The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; and Jay Snider's "300 Miles to Go" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.
The January 11, 2009 show includes Deanna Dickinson McCall's "Advice" and Diane Tribitt's "Prayer Under the Northern Lights" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Mick Vernon's "Picayune Valley" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

The January 4, 2009 show includes "Bigfoot" by Pat Richardson from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three, Don Kennington's "The Last Nail" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two, and A.K. Moss' poem, "The Truth," from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

Find earlier information here with the previous edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

The Cowboy Culture Corner plays Western and cowboy music, cowboy poetry, and some bluegrass gospel. The show airs Sundays from 1 PM to 4 PM. (Pacific) on KNND 1400AM in Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Dallas McCord has been named a 2007 DJ of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists.

CD submissions are welcome for consideration for airplay.

Read more about the Cowboy Culture Corner in our feature here.

Updated 3/15

The award-winning Clear Out West (C. O. W.) radio show with Andy Nelson and Jim Nelson is broadcast weekly throughout the West from Pinedale, Wyoming, bringing "News and Entertainment of the Cowboy Culture" to a wide audience. Andy and Jim, the "C.O.W. boys"—known widely for the wild humor they bring to Cowboy Poetry gatherings and their rodeo and sports announcing—feature western music, cowboy poetry, and more on their popular show.

Clear Out West (C. O. W.) radio is broadcast to many radio stations and past shows are available for listening on demand from the Clear Out West web site.

The October 26, 2009 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's "What Would Martha Do?" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.
The October 12, 2009 show includes Dick Morton's recitation of the traditional "Cattleman's Prayer" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The October 5, 2009 show includes Ray Owens' "The Tracks that Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The September 14, 2009 show includes Slim McNaught's "Headin' Home" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The September 7, 2009 show includes Buck Ramsey's "Grass: Chapter 3" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The August 24, 2009 show includes Jane Morton's "The Cows Came First" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The August 17, 2009 show includes Allen Clark's recitation of Arthur Guiterman's "The Star Planters" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The August 10, 2009 show includes Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The August 3, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "The Star Cavvy" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The July 27, 2009 show includes J.B. Allen's recitation of the traditional "I'd Like to be in Texas" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The July 20, 2009 show includes Jesse Smith's recitation of Johnie Schneider's "The Black Beauty" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The July 13, 2009 show includes Larry McWhorter's "The Red Cow" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The June 22, 2009 show includes Jay Snider's "Of Horses and Men" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The June 15, 2009 show includes Gail Steiger's recitation of Gail Gardner's "The Dude Wrangler" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The June 8, 2009 show includes Georgie Sicking's "Housewife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The June 1, 2009 show includes Jerry Brooks' recitation of Henry Herbert Knibbs' "The Shallows of the Ford from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The May 25, 2009 show includes Joel Nelson's "The Men Who Ride No More" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 18, 2009 show includes Ken Cook's "The Conversation" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The May 11, 2009 show includes Jo Lynne Kirkwood's "Ida's Bread," The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The May 4, 2009 show includes Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The April 27, 2009 Cowboy Poetry Week show includes interviews with poets and selections from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four: Doris Daley's "Average Girl"; Pat Richardson's "Henry"; Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife"; Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry"; Elizabeth Ebert's "Cowboy"; and Gail I. Gardner's "The Sierry Petes." There are also selections of songs written in collaboration with poets, including Jean Prescott's "Queen of Diamonds" (Les Buffham); David Anderson's "The Saddle" (CR Wood); Eli Barsi's "Just Call Him Cowboy" (Doris Daley); Wylie & the Wild West's "Lasca" (Frank Desprez).

The February 25, 2009 show, a benefit for Rusty McCall, includes Ross Knox recitation of D.J. O'Malley's "The D2 Horse Wrangler" and Deanna Dickinson McCall's "Advice" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The October 27, 2008 show includes Georgie Sicking's "To Be a Top Hand" from from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The October 14, 2008 show includes Paul Kern's "At Codding's Place" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The September 15, 2008 show includes Ken Cook's "Bloodlines" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The September 8, 2008 show includes Ross Knox recitation of D.J. O'Malley's "The D2 Horse Wrangler" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The September 2, 2008 show includes Randy Rieman's recitation of Henry Herbert Knibbs' "Where the Ponies Come to Drink" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three
The August 25, 2008 show includes Smoke Wade's "A Change of Season" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The August 18, 2008 show includes Wallace McRae's "Urban Daughter" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The August 11, 2008 show includes Bill Siems' recitation of Curley Fletcher's "The Strawberry Roan from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The July 14, 2008 show includes Paul Zarzyski's "The Luck of the Draw" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three. (The week's live show is a special "stay-at-home benefit; read more about it here.)

The July 7, 2008 show includes Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns' "Fiddleback Headquarters" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The June 30, 2008 show includes Mick Vernon's recitation of S. Omar Barker's "Jack Potter's Courtin'" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The June 16, 2008 show includes Jay Snider's recitation of Luther A. Lawhon's "The Good Old Cowboy Days" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The June 9, 2008 show includes Jerry Brooks' recitation of Badger Clark's "The Free Wind" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The June 2, 2008 show includes Deanna Dickinson McCall's "Advice" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The May 27, 2008 show includes DW Groethe's "My Father's Horses" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The May 19, 2008 show includes Susan Parker's recitation of A.V. Hudson's poem, "The Homemade Cigarette," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

Find earlier information here with the previous edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

Clear Out West (C. O. W.) co-hosts, brothers Jim and Andy Nelson, received the Western Music Association's 2006 Top Radio DJ's of the Year Award.

Andy Nelson, who is also a popular poet, humorist, and emcee, co-produces The BAR-D Roundup.

Clear Out West welcomes Western music and cowboy poetry CD submissions: Clear Out West, Box 1547, Pinedale, WY 82941; cowboys@clearoutwest.com; (307) 360-8776.
Updated 10/27

Rick Huff reviews The BAR-D Roundup, Volume Four, in his Best of the West Reviews:

Here's this year's stunner from CowboyPoetry.com. The Bar-D Roundup collections are designed to go into rural libraries to help reinstill in some and preserve for all ranching and cowboy traditions of their communities. However, we should all be terrifically thankful we can get our hands on them too!

The Bar-D Roundup Volume 4 is a gem. That fact shouldn't come as any huge revelation to those familiar with the series, but this time the mix of classic and contemporary Cowboy Poetry has a particularly interesting flow as you go from vision to vision. It's almost an artful documentary in verse, and definitely a welcome visit from new and old friends. Among the staggering 28 tracks here are such current masters as Joel Nelson ("The Men Who Ride No More"), Georgie Sicking ("Housewife"), Ken Cook ("The Conversation"), Jay Snider ("Of Horses & Men"), Slim McNaught ("Headin' Home"), Pat Richardson ("Henry") and so many more. Renderings of classics come from Randy Rieman, Jerry A. Brooks, Gail Steiger, Jesse Smith and others. Then there are the heart tugging visits from beyond that include Larry McWhorter ("The Red Cow"), Buck Ramsey ("Chapter Three from Grass"), J. B. Allen ("I'd Like To Be In Texas For The Roundup In The Spring"), Ray Owens ("Tracks That Won't Blow Out") and the amazing find for this volume...Gail Gardner singing his "The Sierry Petes" (aka. "Tying Knots In The Devil's Tail")!! This is as good as it gets. Get it!!!!

See more of Rick Huff's Best of the West Reviews in our feature here.

Posted 5/11

Totsie Slover's The Real West from the Old West radio show from Deming, New Mexico, plays cowboy and Western music and poetry. The show airs live on the radio and on the internet each Wednesday morning from 10:00 AM until noon (Mountain) on KOTS/1230AM and each show is archived for one week for listening on demand.

CD submissions for consideration for airplay are welcome. Send those to: Totsie Slover, 220 S Gold Ave., Deming, NM 88030; totsieslover@hotmail.com; www.totsieslover.com ; 575-494-0899.

The March 17, 2010 show includes Gail Steiger's recitation of "The Dude Wrangler," written by his grandfather, Gail Gardner, from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The March 10, 2010 show includes Jay Snider's "Of Horses and Men" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The March 3, 2010 show includes Dick Morton's recitation of the traditional "Cattleman's Prayer" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The February 17, 2010 show includes Red Steagall's "Born to this Land" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup; DW Groethe's "The Bunny Poem" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; Andy Nelson's "The Old Crockett Spurs" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three; and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The February 10, 2010 show includes Jo Lynne Kirkwood's "Ida's Bread" and Smoke Wade's "Trailing the Herd" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The February 3, 2010 show includes Slim McNaught's "Headin' Home," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The January 27, 2010 show includes Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The January 20, 2010 show includes Janice Gilbertson's "Night Time's Promise" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Rod Nichols' "Talent," from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The January 13, 2010 show includes Linda Kirkpatrick's "When Roundup Time Comes 'Round" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume One and Hal Swift's recitation of James Barton Adams' "Bill's in Trouble" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The December 30, 2009 show includes Ken Cook's "The Conversation," Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife," Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," and Doris Daley's "Average Girl" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The December 16, 2009 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's "Nature's Church" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The November 11, 2009 show includes Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand," and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The November 4, 2009 show includes Jay Snider's "Tyrone and Tyree," Paul Zarzyski's recitation of S. Omar Barker's "Horses versus Hosses" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The October 28, 2009 show includes Mark Gardner's recitation of Jack Thorp's "What's Become of the Punchers," from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

The October 21, 2009 show includes Jay Snider's "Of Horses and Men," Ken Cook's "The Conversation," Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand," and Andy Nelson's "The Worst One To Buck" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The October 14, 2009 show includes Doris Daley's "Average Girl" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The October 7, 2009 show includes Linda Kirkpatrick's "When Roundup Time Comes 'Round" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume One.

The September 30, 2009 show, which featured recent Academy of Western Artists award winners, included Mike Puhallo's "Man in the Moon" from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup; and Jo Lynne Kirkwood's "Ida's Bread," Ray Owens' "The Tracks that Won't Blow Out," and Slim McNaught's "Headin' Home," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four

The September 23, 2009 show includes Dick Morton's recitation of the traditional, "Cattleman's Prayer" and Slim McNaught's "Headin' Home," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four

The September 9, 2009 show includes Doris Daley's "Average Girl" and Georgie Sicking's "Housewife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The September 2, 2009 show includes Smoke Wade's "Trailing the Herd" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four

The August 12, 2009 show includes Ken Cook's "Bloodlines" and Red Steagall's "The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three, and Diane Tribitt's "Prayer Under the Northern Lights" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The August 5, 2009 show includes Mick Vernon's recitation of S. Omar Baker's "Jack Potter's Courtin'"; Linda Kirkpatrick's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "The Broncho Twister's Prayer"; and Hal Swift's recitation of James Barton Adams' "Bill's in Trouble" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The July 29, 2009 show includes Joel Nelson's "Shadow on the Cutbank," Jay Snider's recitation of Luther A. Lawhon's "The Good Old Cowboy Days," Doris Daley's "Bones," and Andy Nelson's "The Olf Crockett Spurs" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The July 15, 2009 show includes Rod Miller's "The Staff of Life," Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand," and Andy Nelson's "The Worst One To Buck" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The July 8, 2009 show includes Dick Morton's recitation of the traditional, "Cattleman's Prayer" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The June 24, 2009 show includes J. B. Allen's recitation of "I'd Like to be in Texas," Slim McNaught's "Headin' Home," and Ray Owens' "The Tracks that Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The June 17, 2009 show includes Linda Kirkpatrick's "The Ranger" and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The June 3, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "The Star Cavvy" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 6, 2009 show includes Jay Snider's "Of Horses and Men" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The April 14, 2009 show includes selections from a pre-release copy of The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four (to be released during Cowboy Poetry Week): Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry"; Georgie Sicking's "Housewife"; Doris Daley's "Average Girl"; and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town."

Read more about The Real West from the Old West in our feature here.

Updated 3/18

England's Graham Lees' presents The Western Hour, as a part of his weekly The Country Connection show, available on the radio. Selections from that show are available on demand on the internet in a monthly program also called The Western Hour, at www.twangtownusa.com (program #13). The shows feature cowboy poetry along with Western swing and cowboy music. He airs the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry PSA's most weeks.

The March 18, 2010 show includes Ray Owens' "The Tracks that Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The March, 2010 Western Hour show includes DW Groethe's "The Star Cavvy" and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The February 18, 2010 show includes Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The January 28, 2010 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The January, 2010 broadcast of The Western Hour includes Ray Owens' "The Tracks that Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The December 3, 2009 show includes Doris Daley's "Average Girl" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The November 5, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "The Star Cavvy" and Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The October 29, 2009 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The October 22, 2009 show includes Ray Owens' "The Tracks that Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The October 15, 2009 show includes Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The September 17, 2009 show includes Andy Nelson's "The Worst One To Buck" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The August 14, 2009 show includes J.B. Allen's "I'd Like to be in Texas" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The July 30, 2009 show includes Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "An Old Western Town," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The July 23, 2009 show includes J.B. Allen's recitation of the traditional "I'd Like to be in Texas" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The June 25, 2009 show includes Joel Nelson's "The Men Who Ride No More" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The June 4, 2009 show includes Slim McNaught's "Heading Home" and Ray Owens' "Tracks that Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The May 20, 2009 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The May 14, 2009 show includes Elizabeth Ebert's "Cowboy" and Pat Richardson's "Henry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The May 7, 2009 show includes Doris Daley's "Average Girl" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The April 30, 2009 show includes Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" and Yvonne Hollenbeck's "A Plain Ol' Ranchwife from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The April 18, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "The Bunny Poem" and J.B. Allen's recitation of Gail Gardner's "The Sierry Petes" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The April 2, 2009 show includes Badger Clark's own recitation of his poem, "Ridin'" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The February 26, 2009 show includes Red Steagall's "The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The November 20, 2008 show includes Jerry Brooks' recitation of Katherine Fall Pettey's "Morning on the Desert," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Andy Nelson's Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry from that CD.
The November 6, 2008 show includes Badger Clark's own recitation of his poem, "Ridin'" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Andy Nelson's Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry from that CD.

The September 25, 2008 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's poem, "Prairie Patchwork" and Francie Ganje's Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry and CowboyPoetry.com from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The July 31, 2008 show includes Pat Richardson's "Bigfoot" and Francie Ganje's Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry and CowboyPoetry.com from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The July 10, 2008 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's poem, "What Would Martha Do?" and Jim Thompson's Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The June 26, 2008 show includes Red Steagall's "Born to This Land" and Jim Thompson's Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry and CowboyPoetry.com from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The June 12, 2008 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's poem, "Nature's Church" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Andy Nelson's Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry from that CD.

The June 5, 2008 show includes cowboy poetry and Jim Thompson's Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry and CowboyPoetry.com from the first volume of The BAR-D Roundup.

The May 29, 2008 show includes Doris Daley's poem, "Bones," and Joel Nelson's "Shadow on the Cutbank" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

Find earlier information here with the previous edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

The Western Hour is available on the radio and on demand on the internet at www.twangtownusa.com (program #13).

CD submissions are welcome for consideration for airplay: Graham Lees, 13 Overthorpe Ave, Thornhill, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 0DS, England; www.grahamlees.co.uk
See our feature about The Western Hour here.

Updated 3/22

Around the Campfire with Ed and Terry airs live on the radio and on the internet on Sunday evenings at 8:05 PM Central on WKUL 92.1 FM from Cullman, Alabama.

The October 11, 2009 show includes Ray Owens' "The Tracks that Won't Blow Out" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The August 23, 2009 show includes Jesse Smith's recitation of Johnie Schneider's "The Black Beauty" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four and Diane Tribitt's "Prayer Under the Northern Lights" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The July 25, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "The Star Cavvy" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The July 5, 2009 show includes Paul Zarzyski's recitation of "Horses versus Hosses" by S. Omar Barker, from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The June 21, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "My Father's Horses" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The May 31, 2009 show includes Pat Richardson's "Henry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 10, 2009 show includes Joel Nelson's "The Men Who Ride No More" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The May 17, 2009 show includes Rodney Nelson's "Cowboy Laundry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

The half-hour show, which debuted in 2007, airs cowboy poetry and cowboy and Western music.

Hosts Eddy Leverett ("The Kudzu Cowboy") and Terry Slaten, Alabama Assistant State Veterinarian, welcome submissions for air play: Campfire Productions, 1623 Co. Rd. 820, Cullman, AL 35057.

Updated 10/14

Calling All Cowboys is a weekly, two-hour show from Bend, Oregon, which includes cowboy music, cowboy poetry, and interviews. The show is broadcast live on Wednesdays at 6 PM and rebroadcast Sundays at 8AM. Each current show is available on demand for one week at the Calling All Cowboys web site.

Host Charley Engel ("Chuckaroo the Buckaroo") invites submissions for consideration for airplay: Calling All Cowboys Radio, KPOV 106.7 FM, 22470 Rickard Road, Bend, OR 97702.

The February 24, 2010 show includes Mick Vernon's "Picayune Valley" and DW Groethe's "Yearlin' Heifers" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.
The February 17, 2010 show includes Red Steagall's "Born to this Land" and A.K. Moss' "The Truth" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

The February 10, 2010 show includes Virginia Bennett's "As You Ride" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Randy Rieman's recitation of Henry Herbert Knibbs' "Where the Ponies Come to Drink" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The February 3, 2010 show includes Mark Gardner's recitation of Jack Thorp's "What's Become of the Punchers," from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.
The January 27, 2010 show includes Yvonne Hollenbeck's "What Would Martha Do?" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.
The January 20, 2010 show includes Janice Gilbertson's "Night Time's Promise" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The January 6, 2010 show includes Doris Daley's "A Letter To Mr. Russell" and Paul Zarzyski's recitation of S. Omar Barker's "Horses versus Hosses" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The December 16, 2009 show (which also includes a tribute to Curly Musgrave) includes Janice Gilbertson's "Night Time's Promise" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Georgie Sicking's "To Be a Top Hand" from from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The November 18, 2009 show includes Jay Snider's "Tyrone and Tyree" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The November 11, 2009 show includes Mark Gardner's recitation of Jack Thorp's "What's Become of the Punchers," from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup and Joel Nelson's "Shadow on the Cutbank," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The November 4, 2009 show includes Linda Kirkpatrick's "When Roundup Time Comes 'Round" and Trey Allen's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "Alone" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.
The October 7, 2009 show includes Jay Snider's "300 Miles to Go" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup; and Paul Zarzyski's recitation of S. Omar Barker's "Horses versus Hosses" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The September 17, 2009 show includes Andy Nelson's "The Worst One To Buck" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.
The September 2, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "My Father's Horses" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The August 19, 2009 show includes Badger Clark reciting "Ridin'" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.
The August 5-12, 2009 show includes Badger Clark reciting "Ridin'" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.
The June 17, 2009 show includes Jay Snider's "Tyrone and Tyree" and Smoke Wade's "Trailing the Herd" from from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The May 20, 2009 show includes Jerry Brooks' recitation of Badger Clark's "The Free Wind" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.
The April 28, 2009 show includes DW Groethe's "My Father's Horses" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three and includes an hour-long segment with Riders in the Sky.
The April 22, 2009 show celebrates Cowboy Poetry Week and includes an hour-long interview with Australian bush poet, Milton Taylor. It includes J.B. Allen's recitation of Gail Gardner's "The Sierry Petes" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two and Badger Clark reciting "Ridin'" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.
The April 8, 2009 show includes Diane Tribitt's "Prayer Under the Northern Lights" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The April 1, 2009 show includes Ross Knox' recitation of D.J. O'Malley's "The D2 Horse Wrangler" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three and DW Groethe's "Yearlin' Heifers" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

The March 25, 2009 show includes Elizabeth Ebert's "He Talked About Montana" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The January 14, 2009 show includes Pat Richardson's "Shep's Poetry" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The January 7, 2009 show includes Sunny Hancock's "The Horse Trade" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The December 17, 2008 show includes Badger Clark's recitation of his poem "Ridin'," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The October 22, 2008 show includes Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "When They've Finished Shipping Cattle in the Fall" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The October 8, 2008 show includes Jerry Brooks' recitation of Katherine Fall Pettey's "Morning on the Desert," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The September 17 show includes Elizabeth Ebert's "He Talked About Montana" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The August 27 show includes Ross Knox recitation of D.J. O'Malley's "The D2 Horse Wrangler" and Georgie Sicking's "To be a Top Hand" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three; and Don Kennington's "The Last Nail" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.
The August 20 show includes Joel Nelson's "Breaker in the Pen" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The August 13 show, which celebrates life in the West, begins with Jim Thompson's recitation of Arthur Chapman's "Out Where the West Begins," from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

The July 9, 2008 show includes A.K. Moss' poem, "The Truth," from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

The June 4, 2008 show includes includes Red Steagall's "The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three; Randy Rieman's recitation of Bruce Kiskaddon's "When They've Finished Shipping Cattle in the Fall" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two; and Dick Morton's recitation of Badger Clark's "A Cowboy's Prayer" from the first edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

The May 28, 2008 show includes Jerry Brooks' recitation of Katherine Fall Pettey's "Morning on the Desert" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two.

Find earlier information here with the previous edition of The BAR-D Roundup.

See our feature about the show here.

Visit the Calling All Cowboys web site to listen and for more information.

Updated 2/25

Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse radio show airs live every Saturday morning from 6am to 10am on two 100,000 watt stations covering New Mexico and West Texas: "New Mexico's Bear" KNMB 96.7FM and "W-105" KWMW, 105.1FM and shows are also archived for listening on demand at the Backforty Bunkhouse web site.
The Backforty Bunkhouse Show plays Western Swing, Classic Country, Cowboy Music, Texas Honky Tonk, Cowboy Poetry and Texas Music. Independent Artists and record labels are always showcased on the show, along with live "On The Air" special guests.
The August 29, 2009 show includes Diane Tribitt's "Half the Hand" from The BAR-D Roundup, Volume Four.
The August 15, 2009 show includes Larry McWhorter's "The Red Cow" from The BAR-D Roundup, Volume Four.
The April 25, 2009 Backforty Bunkhouse radio show features two hours of poems from all four volumes of The Bar-D Roundup in a special Cowboy Poetry Week show.Poets include: Doris Daley ("A Letter To Mr. Russell"), Mark Gardner (What's Become of the Punchers" by Jack Thorp), Paul Zarzyski ("Horses vs Hosses" by S. Omar Barker), Red Steagall ("Born To This Land"), DW Groethe ("Yearlin' Heifers"), Jay Snider ("Tyrone and Tyree), Jane Morton ("Yoo Hoo"), Darrell Arnold ("Cowboy Poultry Gathering"), Pat Richardson ("Cowboy Banker"), J.B. Allen ("The Sierry Petes" by Gail Gardner), Chris Isaacs ("Change On the Range"), Don Kennington ("The Last Nail"), Larry McWhorter ("Johnny Clare"), Kent Rollins ("Horseshoes and Heaven"), Joel Nelson ("Men Who Ride No More"), Elizabeth Ebert ("The Cowboy"), Ken Cook ("The Conversation"), Ross Knox ("The D2 Horse Wrangler" by D.J. O'Malley), Georgie Sicking ("To Be A Top Hand"), Yvonne Hollenbeck ("A Plain Ol' Ranchwife"), Wallace McRae ("Urban Daughter"), Jesse Smith ("The Black Beauty" by Johnie Schneider), Linda Kirkpatrick ("Bronco Twister's Prayer" by Bruce Kiskaddon), Randy Rieman ("An Old Western Town" by Bruce Kiskaddon), Smoke Wade ("A Change of Seasons"), Jerry Brooks ("The Shallows of the Ford"), Susan Parker ("Homemade Cigarette"), Rod Miller ("The Staff of Life"), Hal Swift ("Bill's In Trouble"), Mick Vernon (" Jack Potter's Courtin'" by S. Omar Barker), Diane Tribitt ("Half the Hand"), Paul Kern ("At Codding's Place"), Deanna McCall ("Advice"), and Ray Owens ("Tracks That Won't Blow Out").
See our feature about the Backforty Bunkhouse here.

Updated 8/31

The Western Heritage Show with Toe Tappin’ Tommy Tucker and frequent co-host Smoke Wade (pictured) on KRLC 1350 AM, Lewiston, Idaho celebrated Cowboy Poetry Week on its April 24, 2009 show.
The show featured tracks from The Bar-D Roundup: Volume Four (2009) including: "Henry" by Pat Richardson; "Star Cavvy" by DW Groethe; Jerry Brooks reciting Henry Herbert Knibbs' poem, "The Shallows of the Ford"; "Average Girl" by Doris Daley; and "The Sierry Petes" by Gail I. Gardner.
See our feature about the Western Heritage Show here.
[photo of Smoke Wade by Jeri L. Dobrowski; see her gallery of western performers and others here.]

Posted 4/28

The Tri-State Livestock News carries Jeri Dobrowski's popular Cowboy Jam Session column, and the April edition, which you can read here at the paper's web site, showcases Cowboy Poetry Week, the Rural Library Project, and The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four.

Jeri Dobrowski starts her article, "Rural librarians across the West are hanging a poster featuring vibrant artwork by noted Western artist Bob Coronato and busting the shrink wrap off The BAR-D Roundup, Vol. 4." and comments on the CD, "This year’s 28-track, fourth-edition BAR-D Roundup combines classic and contemporary cowboy poetry from a Westerner’s viewpoint. Like Coronato [the 2009 poster artist] the poets and authors represented on the album 'get it right.'”

Tri-State Livestock News describes itself, in part, as "...the commercial cattlemen’s publication, located in the heart of one of the greatest beef cow/calf producing regions in the world. This area is home to many of America’s most astute ranchers, reputable commercial cow herds, high performance feeder cattle, progressive auction markets, purebred beef cattle leaders, top notch horse operations and leading sheep producers."

Other regular Tri-State Livestock News columnists include Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns and Baxter Black, and Slim McNaught is a frequent contributor.

Visit the Tri-State Livestock News web site.

Posted 4/24

Cowboy poetry and Cowboy Poetry Week segments created by Cathy Witten (www.rockinwproductions.com) are featured on KJDL 105.3 FM (and NewsRadio 1420 in Lubbock, Texas.

The poems featured in the Cowboy Poetry Week segments (which also include the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry public service announcements) are from the 2007 and 2009 editions of The BAR-D Roundup. Poets and poems featured in the short segments include Linda Kirkpatrick ("The Ranger," 2009), Janice Gilbertson ("Night Time's Promise," 2007), Elizabeth Ebert ("Cowboy," 2009), Georgie Sicking ("Housewife," 2007), and Jim Thompson ("Out Where the West Begins," 2007). Additionally, poems from the CDs are also featured.

Posted 4/23

We're proud to announce the release of The BAR-D Roundup: Volume 4, the Center's fourth annual cowboy poetry compilation CD.

The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four includes a vintage recording of Gail Gardner (1892-1988) reciting his famous work, "The Sierry Petes (Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail)." Also included are the epic "The Red Cow" by the late Larry McWhorter, and "Tracks that Won't Blow Out" by the late Ray Owens. Among other classic selections are poems by Bruce Kiskaddon and Henry Herbert Knibbs recited by the respected Randy Rieman and Jerry Brooks and the traditional "Roundup in the Spring" recited by the late JB Allen, and "The Cattleman's Prayer" recited by Dick Morton.

Gail Steiger recites "The Dude Wrangler" written by his grandfather, Gail Gardner, and Jesse Smith recites "The Black Beauty" by the late rodeo legend Johnie Schneider. The CD has a fourth annual selection from Grass, the master work by the late Buck Ramsey, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, recognized as the modern spiritual leader of cowboy poetry.

There are many additional tracks of classic and contemporary poems, most from poets who frequently please audiences from contemporary gathering stages, including: Allen Clark (reciting a poem by Arthur Guiterman), Ken Cook, Doris Daley, Elizabeth Ebert, DW Groethe, Yvonne Hollenbeck, Linda Kirkpatrick, Jo Lynne Kirkwood, Slim McNaught, Rod Miller, Jane Morton, Andy Nelson, Joel Nelson, Rodney Nelson, Pat Richardson, Georgie Sicking, Jay Snider, and Diane Tribitt.

The CD includes a radio public service announcement written and delivered by top cowboy poet and philosopher Baxter Black.

This year's cover features an irresistible image of Gail Gardner as a boy, from an 1890s tintype, provided by the Gardner and Steiger families. Inside, there's a contemporary photo of three generations of the cowboys in Jay Snider's family, taken on the Snider ranch in Cyril, Oklahoma.

Poems and permissions were generously donated by poets, musicians, families, and publishers.

Past editions of The BAR-D Roundup have enjoyed wide radio airplay, and the new edition will also be distributed to hundreds of Western radio stations, thanks to Joe Baker of New Mexico's Backforty Bunkhouse. Wyoming's Andy Nelson, poet, humorist, popular emcee and co-host of the award-winning Clear Out West (C. O. W.) Radio show is the CD's co-producer.

The CD is offered to libraries in our community outreach Rural Library Project, available to our supporters, and available for purchase.

Posted 4/19

Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse radio show airs live every Saturday morning from 6am to 10am on two 100,000 watt stations covering New Mexico and West Texas: "New Mexico's Bear" KNMB 96.7FM and "W-105" KWMW, 105.1FM and shows are also archived for listening on demand at the Backforty Bunkhouse web site.
The Backforty Bunkhouse Show plays Western Swing, Classic Country, Cowboy Music, Texas Honky Tonk, Cowboy Poetry and Texas Music. Independent Artists and record labels are always showcased on the show, along with live "On The Air" special guests.
The August 15, 2009 show includes Larry McWhorter's "The Red Cow" from The BAR-D Roundup, Volume Four.
The April 25, 2009 Backforty Bunkhouse radio show features two hours of poems from all four volumes of The Bar-D Roundup in a special Cowboy Poetry Week show.Poets include: Doris Daley ("A Letter To Mr. Russell"), Mark Gardner (What's Become of the Punchers" by Jack Thorp), Paul Zarzyski ("Horses vs Hosses" by S. Omar Barker), Red Steagall ("Born To This Land"), DW Groethe ("Yearlin' Heifers"), Jay Snider ("Tyrone and Tyree), Jane Morton ("Yoo Hoo"), Darrell Arnold ("Cowboy Poultry Gathering"), Pat Richardson ("Cowboy Banker"), J.B. Allen ("The Sierry Petes" by Gail Gardner), Chris Isaacs ("Change On the Range"), Don Kennington ("The Last Nail"), Larry McWhorter ("Johnny Clare"), Kent Rollins ("Horseshoes and Heaven"), Joel Nelson ("Men Who Ride No More"), Elizabeth Ebert ("The Cowboy"), Ken Cook ("The Conversation"), Ross Knox ("The D2 Horse Wrangler" by D.J. O'Malley), Georgie Sicking ("To Be A Top Hand"), Yvonne Hollenbeck ("A Plain Ol' Ranchwife"), Wallace McRae ("Urban Daughter"), Jesse Smith ("The Black Beauty" by Johnie Schneider), Linda Kirkpatrick ("Bronco Twister's Prayer" by Bruce Kiskaddon), Randy Rieman ("An Old Western Town" by Bruce Kiskaddon), Smoke Wade ("A Change of Seasons"), Jerry Brooks ("The Shallows of the Ford"), Susan Parker ("Homemade Cigarette"), Rod Miller ("The Staff of Life"), Hal Swift ("Bill's In Trouble"), Mick Vernon (" Jack Potter's Courtin'" by S. Omar Barker), Diane Tribitt ("Half the Hand"), Paul Kern ("At Codding's Place"), Deanna McCall ("Advice"), and Ray Owens ("Tracks That Won't Blow Out").
See our feature about the Backforty Bunkhouse here.

Updated 8/17

For the third consecutive quarter, the Western radio charts in the Winter, 2009 issue of The Western Way magazine, the official publication of the Western Music Association (WMA), lists The BAR-D Roundup Volume Three as the most-played cowboy poetry CD for the most recent period. Volumes One and Two were number three and four on the chart.

The Western Way is a benefit of WMA membership and is available to all for reading on line, at the WMA web site. Subscriptions are also available for non-members, and it is sold at retail outlets.

Posted 4/3

The newest edition (Volume 37) of Joe Baker's Backforty Roundup is available. The Backforty Roundup is a monthly compilation of music and cowboy poetry, sent to over 170 Western radio stations and publications.
The BAR-D Roundup, Volume Four (to be released during Cowboy Poetry Week) is Volume 37's cover, and the CD includes Baxter Black's Public Service Announcement, which he wrote and recorded for the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry and Cowboy Poetry Week. Each year, Joe Baker sends The BAR-D Roundup to his list of Western radio stations and publications.
Other artists with tracks on the current volume of Joe Baker's Backforty Roundup include Johnny Lyon, Hank Stone, Cliff Douglas, Randy Brown, Liz Talley, Eddy Leverett, Michael Elliott, John Bergstrom, Buddie Hrable, and Bobby Flores.

You can listen to the full tracks for Volume 37 of the Backforty Roundup here at the Backforty Bunkhouse web site.

The Backforty Bunkhouse has download capabilities for the many radio stations receiving The Backforty Roundup.

Read more about Joe Baker's Backforty Roundup—and how to get your music or poetry included—in our feature here and visit the Backforty Bunkhouse web site for more.

Posted 3/25

Joe Baker's weekly Backforty Bunkhouse Show airs live every Saturday morning from 6am to 10am on two 100,000 watt stations covering New Mexico and West Texas: "New Mexico's Bear" KNMB 96.7FM and "W-105" KWMW, 105.1FM. The show is available on the internet, broadcast live "every Saturday morning from 6 AM to 10 AM from the MTD studios located in Ruidoso, New Mexico (MST) on KWMW, Regional Radio W-105" Tune in here on the web. Shows are also archived for listening on demand at the Backforty Bunkhouse web site.

Each show includes a "Cowboy Hour" with cowboy music and poetry.

The February 21, 2009 show includes Red Steagall's "The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk" from The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three.

The show also plays Western Swing, Classic Country, Texas Honky Tonk, and Texas Music. Read more in our feature here.

Posted 3/6

The BAR-D Roundup: Volume 4, the Center's fourth annual cowboy poetry compilation CD, will be released during Cowboy Poetry Week.

This fourth annual edition of The BAR-D Roundup includes a vintage recording of Gail Gardner (1892-1988)reciting his famous work, "The Sierry Petes (Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail)" and contemporary poets reciting their work, including "The Men Who Ride No More" by Joel Nelson, "Cowboy Laundry" by Rodney Nelson, and "Housewife" by Georgie Sicking.

Also included are the epic "The Red Cow" by the late Larry McWhorter, and "Tracks that Won't Blow Out" by the late Ray Owens. Among other classic selections are poems by Bruce Kiskaddon and Henry Herbert Knibbs recited by the respected Randy Rieman and Jerry Brooks and the traditional "Roundup in the Spring" recited by the late JB Allen, and "The Cattleman's Prayer" recited by Dick Morton.

Gail Steiger recites "The Dude Wrangler" written by his grandfather, Gail Gardner, and Jesse Smith recites "The Black Beauty" by the late rodeo legend Johnie Schneider. The CD has a fourth annual selection from Grass, the
master work by the late Buck Ramsey, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, recognized as the modern spiritual leader of cowboy poetry.

There are many additional tracks of classic and contemporary poems, most from poets who frequently please audiences from contemporary gathering stages, including: Al Clark (reciting a poem by Arthur Guiterman), Ken Cook, Doris Daley, Elizabeth Ebert, DW Groethe, Yvonne Hollenbeck, Linda Kirkpatrick, Jo Lynne Kirkwood, Slim McNaught, Rod Miller, Jane Morton, Andy Nelson, Pat Richardson, Jay Snider, and Diane Tribitt.

The CD includes a radio public service announcement written and delivered by top cowboy poet and philosopher Baxter Black.

This year's cover features an irresistible image of Gail Gardner as a boy, from an 1890s tintype, provided by the Gardner and Steiger families. Inside, there's a contemporary photo of three generations of the

This year's cover features an irresistible image of Gail Gardner as a boy, from an 1890s tintype, provided by the Gardner and Steiger families. Inside, there's a contemporary photo of three generations of the cowboys in Jay Snider's family, taken on the Snider ranch in Cyril, Oklahoma.

Poems and permissions were generously donated by poets, musicians, families, and publishers.

Past editions of The BAR-D Roundup have enjoyed wide radio airplay, and the new edition will also be distributed to hundreds of Western radio stations, thanks to Joe Baker of New Mexico's Backforty Bunkhouse. Wyoming's Andy Nelson, poet, humorist, popular emcee and co-host of the award-winning Clear Out West (C. O. W.) Radio show is the CD's co-producer.

Complete track descriptions and order information will be posted in April, 2009.

Posted 2/27

For the second consecutive quarter, the Western radio charts in the Winter, 2009 issue of The Western Way magazine, the official publication of the Western Music Association (WMA) lists the 2006, 2007, and 2008 volumes of The BAR-D Roundup as the most-played cowboy poetry CDs for the most recent period.

The Western Way is a benefit of WMA membership and is available to all for reading on line, at the WMA web site. Subscriptions are also available for non-members, and it is sold at retail outlets.

Posted 1/12

Find earlier news here with information about Volume Three of The BAR-D Roundup.

Find the most current news here.

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