Identifier
NFAI.O.00000490
Date
2009 (Inclusive dates)
Summary
5.01 - 1/19/09
"Hang n Rattle" With Ranch Rhymes
Ranch Rhymes features two songs from the explosive new album "Hang n Rattle!" from Wyle & the Wild West, with Paul Zarzyski joining in.
We are BOLDLY ringing in 2009 -- and preparing to celebrate the 25th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering -- with the explosive new album from Wylie & the Wild West, Hang n Rattle! Co-written with poet Paul Zarzyski and produced by John Carter Cash, this new album represents the creative energy, innovation, and tradition that is so much a part of western life. In this episode, we feature the title track Hang-n-Rattle along with Frank Desprez' classic Lasca featuring Paul Zarzyski. For more information about the album, visit www.wyliewebsite.com.
Length: 11:11
5.02 - 1/26/09
Celebrating 25 Years with Waddie Mitchell
Celebrate the history of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering with the very first poem recorded on stage at the very first Gathering. From 1985 -- and featured for the first time on Ranch Rhymes -- here is Waddie Mitchell's recitation of "The Cremation of Sam McGee," by Robert Service.
Length: 6:34
5.03 – 02/19/09
“Fisher Poets in Elko”
In 2006, a group of poets from the high seas and tidewater flats joined their cowboy counterparts at the National Cowboy Poetry Gatheringin a cross-occupational exchange of verse, to the delight of the Elko audiences.Featured here are commercial fishermen Jon Broderick with "Kelly Keeps Fishing," and Dave Densmore with "At Last."
Length: 9:57
5.04 - 3/11/09
Deep West Sheep Camp, Part I
California cowboy poet Dick Gibford shares a poem and speaks out in the Deep West Sheep Camp. Each year at the Gathering and at other events throughout the region, the Western Folklife Center invites anyone to sign up to be interviewed and join the ranks of people who have recorded their stories and experiences in the Deep West ("Tell Your Story") Sheep Camp, a portable recording studio. The stories then become a part of the permanent oral history and story collections of the Western Folklife Center Archives. Dick Gibford has come to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko since 1985, and also buckaroo’d in Elko County as a young man in the early 1970s. We spoke with him in the Deep West Sheep Camp at the 2009 Gathering about his history, worldview, and sense of spirituality. He also left us with a poem, "By the Painted Gate."
Length 7:50
5.05 - 3/30/09
Deep West Sheep Camp, Part II
Montana poet Buzzy Vick shares some Gathering history and a poem in the Deep West Sheep Camp. Each year at the Gathering and at other events throughout the region, the Western Folklife Center invites anyone to sign up to be interviewed and join the ranks of people who have recorded their stories and experiences in the Deep West ("Tell Your Story") Sheep Camp, a portable recording studio. The stories then become a part of the permanent oral history and story collections of the Western Folklife Center Archives. Featured on this episode of Ranch Rhymes is Montana poet Elizabeth "Buzzy" Vick, who has brought her poetry to Elko and the "Anything Goes" open mic sessions of the Gathering since the very beginning. "Buzzy" Vick is -- to the best of our knowledge -- the "only Jewish, Croatian-American cowgirl poet in the world." Today we share an interview with her from the Deep West Sheep Camp along with her poem, "Requiem to Beaver Creek Cow Camp," recorded in January 2009 at the 25th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
Length: 5:44
5.06 - 4/14/09
Deep West Sheep Camp, Part III
Cowboy poet and songwriter Ernie Sites from Wendell, Idaho, has come to Elko for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering every year since he stumbled onto it by accident in 1986. Each year at the Gathering and at other events throughout the region, the Western Folklife Center invites anyone to sign up to be interviewed and join the ranks of people who have recorded their stories and experiences in the Deep West ("Tell Your Story") Sheep Camp, a portable recording studio. The stories then become a part of the permanent oral history and story collections of the Western Folklife Center Archives. We spoke with Ernie Sites in the Deep West Sheep Camp in January 2009 about his life and career in western music and education. Also featured is "When the Sun Shines on the Sawtooths," a poem he performed at the 1989 Gathering, and "Trailin' Back to Old Mexico," from Ernie's 1992 album, Saddle Bags and Wishes.
Length: 10:39
5.07 - 4/30/09
"The Ghost of April, 1978"
Nevada poet and writer Carolyn Dufurrena presents "The Ghost of April, 1978." As April 2009 draws to a close, Ranch Rhymes features a poem by Carolyn Dufurrena, Nevada poet, writer, educator and former geologist, titled "Ghost of April, 1978." This original poem is about coming into a new life within the landscape of Nevada. Our recording is of Carolyn reciting it at the 2002 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko.
Length: 3:42
5.08 - 5/27/09
Where's Your Horse?
Ranch Rhymes presents cowboy poet John Doran's take on the making of a real cowboy. What makes a person a real cowboy? Is it your job? Your clothes? Where you live, or your approach to life? Here's Doran's take on authenticity, a poem called "Are You a Real Cowboy?" recorded live at the 1997 Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
Length: 4:27
Extent
8 (programs)
Language
English (Languages)
Materials Designation audio
