Episode Twelve: Billie Maxwell
Podcast |
Wildwood Flower
Publisher |
Area Code
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Country
History
Music
Women's Stories
Publication Date |
Aug 20, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:32:12
Jack learns about the first woman to record cowboy music, and the first Arizonan to make commercial music: Billie Maxwell. Songs: Dale Evans & Roy Rogers - Home on the Range Bing Crosby - Home on the Range Lisa Loeb - Home on the Range Elmo - Home on the Range Carl T. Sprague - When the Work's all Done in Fall Bob Roberts - Ragtime Cowboy Joe Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds Gene Autry - Don’t Fence me in Roy Rogers - The Man in the Moon is a Cowhand Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy Girls of the Golden West - I want to be a real cowboy girl. Girls of the Golden West - Lonely Cowgirl Girls of the Golden West - Bucking Bronchos Girls of the Golden West - Cowgirl's Dream Girls of the Golden West - Ride Ride Ride Girls of the Golden West - Two Cowgirls on the Lone Prairie Patsy Montana - I wanna be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart Patsy Montana - I want to be a Cowboy’s Dreamgirl Patsy Montana - I wanna be a Western Cowgirl Patsy Montana - I’m gonna have a Cowboy Wedding  Patsy Montana - She Buckaroo Carolina Cotton - I'd Love to be a Cowgirl (but I’m A-Scared of Cows) Billie Maxwell - Cowboy’s Wife Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat Sybille Baier - The End Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe White Mountain Orchestra - Escudilla Waltz Billie Maxwell - Billy Venero Billie Maxwell - Haunted Hunter Support Women in Music Country Soul Songbook References: Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown. Cowboy music. http://arizonaexperience.org/people/cowboy-music The Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music, (2004) Oxford University Press USA Lomax, J. A. (1916). Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads. Sturgis & Walton Company. Malone, B. C. (2017). Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots and Country Music (Vol. 1). University of Oklahoma Press. Nodjimbadem, Katie (February 2017) "The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys" smithsonianmag.com Russell, T. (2021-03-25). “Haunted Hunter”: Billie Maxwell (The Cowgirl Singer) Victor V-40241. In Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records. : Oxford University Press. Ventre, S. (April 2011) "Billie Maxwell's Records Are the Oldest Made By an Arizonan-- and John Dixon Wants One" Phoenix New Times Wolfe, C. K. (2002). Classic Country: Legends of Country Music. Routledge. Woodbury, J. T. (Feb. 14, 2012) Happy Birthday Arizona: 100 Songs that Define Arizona, Pt. 1. Phoenix New Times Blogs Connect with Jack: wildwoodflowerpod@gmail.com Instagram @wildwoodflowerpod Support Jack www.venmo.com/u/Jack-Peterson-110

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