Author: The Lone Writer

The Lone Writer is an American frontier and Old West journalist and historian. He loves to read, write and review all things western, whether historical or fiction.
Cowpoke
Western Music

Western Song: Cowpoke

American songwriter, actor, and country legend Stan Jones wrote the track, Cowpoke. The song became one of his biggest hits, along with Ghost Riders in the Sky. He grew famous for writing Western music, including composing songs and acting in small parts for various Western films. Members of the Western Writers of America included Cowpoke and two […]

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Red Headed Stranger
Western Music

Western Song: Red Headed Stranger

Members of the Western Writers of America included Red Headed Stranger in their list of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Entertainment critic and lyricist Edith Lindeman wrote the Red Headed Stranger with composer and radio announcer Carl Stutz in 1953. Before working on the song, they collaborated on other popular country songs such as “Little Things […]

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Goodbye Old Paint
Western Music

Western Song: Goodbye Old Paint

Black cowboy Charley Willis created the traditional Western song called Goodbye Old Paint. Songwriter, N. Howard “Jack” Thorp first collected it in his 1921 book Songs of the Cowboys. Members of the Western Writers of America chose Goodbye Old Paint as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. About the Song Texas cowboy Charley […]

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