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
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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
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