Rudolph's Night Off
Baxter Black, can shoe a horse, string a bob wire fence and bang out a Bob Wills classic on his flat top guitar. Cowboy poet, ex-veterinarian and sorry team roper, he has more hair around his lip than on his head. Raised in New Mexico, spent his workin' life in the mountain west tormenting cows, now he travels the country tormenting cowboys.Since 1982, Baxter Black has been rhyming his way into the national spotlight, and now stands as the best selling cowboy poet in the world. He s written several books (including one rodeo novel and its sequel), recorded over a dozen audio and video tapes, CDs and DVDs, and has achieved notoriety as a syndicated columnist, radio commentator, and more recently with his TV program Out There on RFD-TV. From the Tonight Show and PBS to NPR and the NFR, Baxter s wacko verse has been seen and heard by millions. His works are prominently displayed in both big city libraries and small town feed stores.He still doesn't own a television or a cell phone, and his idea of a modern convenience is Velcro chaps. This former large animal veterinarian can be followed nationwide through his column, National Public Radio, public appearances, television and also through his books, cds, videos...So, in a nut shell (where some believe he may have evolved) there is considerably more to Baxter than just an entertainer. He is the real thing. Because, as he says, It s hard to be what you aren't. Baxter s philosophy is simple enough - in spite of all the computerized, digitized, high-tech innovations now available to mankind, there will always be a need for someone who can think up stuff .