Elko! A Cowboy's Gathering

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The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering (originally known as the Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering) was founded in 1985 by a group of Western poets and folklorists in the small northeastern Nevada town of Elko. With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the gathering serves as a hub for the celebration of cowboy folklore and folkways, growing to include not only proponents of the American tradition, but also international cowboys from South America to the Eurasian steppe. Recorded in 2004 in the gathering’s nineteenth year, this two-volume set serves as a cross-section of the festival, featuring poems, yarns, and music from the likes of Waddie Mitchell, Baxter Black, Paul Zarzyski, Don Edwards, and many more.

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101	Baxter on Elko	Baxter Black	3:05
102	Ay Ay Ay	Rich O'Brien, Valerie O'Brien	3:10
103	The Elevator Scale	Rodney Nelson	2:09
104	Powder River, Let 'Er Buck	Skip Gorman, The Waddie Pals	3:12
105	International Glenn (Whatever That Is?)	Glenn Ohrlin	3:02
106	The Drover Road to Amurlee	David Wilkie, Denise Whithnell	3:37
107	The Hooves of the Horses	Randy Rieman	1:08
108	Ragtime Annie	Hot Club of Cowtown	3:20
109	Not Gone	Janine Haig	3:46
110	Angels Can Do No More	Andy Wilkinson	3:35
111	Doctor, Doctor	Jesse Smith	2:56
112	Geronimo's Men (45 Horses)	Jon Chandler, Butch Hause, Ernie Martinez	4:20
113	One Moment, Please!	John C. Dofflemyer	1:55
114	Plains of St. Augustine	Jill Jones & the Lone Star Chorale, Doug Floyd, Patty Clayton	3:00
115	Bizarzyski Feeds the Finicky Birds	Paul Zarzyski	2:27
116	Silver Spurs	Sons of the San Joaquin	4:44
117	Dream of Spotted Buffalo / Night Song of the Crow	Henry Real Bird	1:36
118	The Time It Never Rained	Lyn Messersmith	2:45
119	Roll on Owyhee	Brenn Hill, Gord Matthews, Gord Maxwell	3:59
120	Things of Intrinsic Worth	Willy McRae	1:44
121	Spanish is the Loving Tongue	Michael Martin Murphey, The American Buckaroo Orchestra, Kory Katseanes	5:57
201	We Are the Poets	Virginia Bennett	2:30
202	Jerry Ambler	Ian Tyson, Gord Matthews, Gord Maxwell	3:48
203	Square-Head	Walt LaRue	6:16
204	Cattle in the Cane	Ruthie Dornfield, Patrick Sauber	2:20
205	Equus Caballus	Joel Nelson	2:38
206	Wild Places	Michael Fleming	3:42
207	Saying Grace Is Saying Thank You	Long John Best	3:19
208	Hooves of the Horses	Wylie & the Wild West	3:34
209	Real Wealth	Peggy Godfrey	1:49
210	Born to Be a Cowboy	R. W. Hampton	5:47
211	Slant of Light	J. V. Brummels	2:18
212	Big Bad Bill	Sourdough Slim	2:31
213	Full Value	Oscar Auker	1:03
214	Red River Rose	Red Steagall	2:58
215	Habitat	J. B. Allen	2:06
216	All This Way for the Short Ride	Tom Russell, Paul Zarzyski, Andrew Hardin	3:39
217	Rooster Poem	Georgie Sickling	0:45
218	Evening Chat	Waddie Mitchell	2:31
219	The Campfire Has Gone Out	Don Edwards	3:23

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