Harry Jackson: The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads and Brag Talk [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: artist
content: Jackson, Harry 1924-2011
notes: label: Notes
content: Fascinated by horses and cowboys but not by school, Harry Jackson (1924 - 2011) left his home in Chicago at age 14 to become a ranch hand and cowboy in Wyoming. While there, he learned cowboy songs from the oral tradition, which he sings here (in 1959), in traditional manner, unaccompanied. The songs portray the life of cowboy in an authentic, unadorned fashion that is light years removed from Hollywood cowboys and country/western simulations. After serving in WWII, Harry Jackson became a prominent artist, focusing on realistic western paintings and sculpture portraying cowboys and Indians.
label: Notes
content: Folkways 5723
label: Notes
content: CDR copy--LP #2 in set--Cowboy songs; sung by Harry Jackson.
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: United States.
label: Table of contents
content: Boastin' cowboy --Tying a knot in the devil's tail --Clayton Boone --Old blue was a gray horse --Little Joe the wrangler's sister Nell --The gal I left behind --Zebra dun --When the work's all done this fall --The pot wrassler --Streets of Laredo --Windy Bill --Cowboy talking to a bucking horse -- As I went walking one morning for pleasure --Cowboy Jack -- Jack o' diamonds --I'm gonna leave old Texas now
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Wyoming
label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Cowboys
label: Topic
content: Guitar
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1006
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in