Harry Jackson: The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads and Brag Talk
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-2748
label: General
content: Folkways 5723

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.
name: label: Performer
content: Jackson, Harry, 1924-2011
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Wyoming
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
label: Topic
content: Cowboys -- Songs and music
creator: label: Performer
content: Jackson, Harry, 1924-2011
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / Commercial / Folkways Recordings
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-2748
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings