In country songs, there's nothing quite like a good cowboy anthem. The boots, the dust, the wide open skies—it's all wrapped up in a sound that feels rugged and timeless. At Drummond Ranch, cowboy ...

In country music, the cowboy archetype has long produced great songwriting. That's partly because the idea of the cowboy is more complex than you might think. Some cowboys are rugged and a little ...

After the Civil War came the emergence of the American cowboy as we know it. Born out of the need for livestock to be herded northward to different markets, these young, able shepherds became known by ...

The movie Urban Cowboy was a modest hit upon its 1980 release. Its soundtrack, however, was a much different, more successful story. "And you could already hear the Eagles’ influence on Nashville.

A real cowboy’s life is mostly work and little play, but this Glen Campbell track adds a dash of showbiz to the mix, breathing new life into the occupation. Like a rhinestone cowboy / Riding out on a ...

A hundred years ago, a collection of folk music forever re-tuned the American songbook. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John A. Lomax introduced the country to the music of the American ...

WHEN in 1908 a check for $500 came from Harvard University for my first year as a Sheldon Fellow, I was the happiest person in the world. Never before at one time had I owned so much money, money that ...