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Western Song: They Call the Wind Mariah

They Call the Wind Mariah also called They Call the Wind Maria is a popular American song with lyrics written by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe for their Broadway musical, Paint Your Wagon in 1951, set in the California Gold Rush. The members of The Western Writers of America included the song […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Happy Trails

Happy Trails was known as the theme song for radio programming in the 1940s and 1950s and the television show in the 1950s in which Roy Rogers and her wife Dale Evans starred. They always sing the song over the end credits of those programs. The members of The Western Writers of America included the […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

Western Music

Western Song: Pancho and Lefty

Pancho and Lefty is a song written by Townes Van Zandt, a country music artist. He first recorded the song for this 1972 album The Late Great Townes Van Zandt and is considered his most enduring and well-known song. It ranked number 17 in the Top 100 Western Songs of all time chosen by the […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Bury Me Not in the Lone Prairie

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie is a song chosen as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time by the members of The Western Writers of America. The song is a cowboy folk song and is also described as one of the most popular cowboy ballads. The song originated from a […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Cattle Call

Cattle Call is a song that American songwriter and musician Tex Owens wrote and recorded in 1934. The melody of the song was adapted from Bruno Rudzinksi’s 1928 recording “Pawel Walc”. It became Eddy Arnold’s signature song. The members of The Western Writers of America included it in the Top 100 Western Songs of all […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

Western Books

The List of Will Rogers Books

Here is the complete list of books published by Will Rogers, an American writer, film actor, entertainer, and humorist best known for his performances in several Wild West and Broadway shows, humor, and social commentary. Loved for his humor and commentary, Rogers achieved popularity by using simple words that many could understand and speaking from […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

Bonanza Western TV

The Fear Merchants Full Episode – Bonanza, Season #01, Episode #20

Bonanza kept its viewers hooked to the show through the diverse topics and social issues it covered for 14 seasons. For example, its first season’s twentieth episode, written by Fred Unger and Thomas Thompson, covered the negative results of bigotry. Gene Evans acts as Andrew Fulmer, who runs for mayor of Virginia City. Fulmer campaigns […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 4, 2022

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The List of Willa Cather Books

Here is the complete list of books published by Willa Cather, an American novelist noted for her novels on frontier life, successfully conveying the beauty and vastness of the American plains. Cather remains as one of the most important American novelists of the 20th century and leading figures of American literary Modernism, having written 12 […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Don’t Fence Me In

Don’t Fence Me In is another popular American song with music by Cole Porter and lyrics by Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter. The members of The Western Writers of America included this song in the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. The song was originally written in 1934 for Adios, Argentina, an unproduced 20th […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Wildfire

Wildfire is a somber story song that Michael Martin Murphey originally recorded and became his highest-charting pop hit in the United States. The members of The Western Writers of America included the song in the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. Michael Murphey and Larry Cansler are the writers of the song. It was […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Desperado

Desperado is one of the most popular songs of the American rock band the Eagles, written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley. The song not only appeared on the 1973 album Desperado but in numerous compilation albums as well. It also ranked No. 494 on Rolling Stone’s 2004 list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Big Iron

Big Iron is a country ballad song that Marty Robbins wrote and performed. It is one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time chosen by the members of The Western Writers of America. In April 1960, Robbins’ version of the song reached number 5 on the Billboard Country chart and number 26 on […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

Western Writing

Author: The Lone Writer

Western Song: They Call the Wind Mariah

Western Song: Happy Trails

Western Song: Pancho and Lefty

Western Song: Bury Me Not in the Lone Prairie

Western Song: Cattle Call

The List of Will Rogers Books

The Fear Merchants Full Episode – Bonanza, Season #01, Episode #20

The List of Willa Cather Books

Western Song: Don’t Fence Me In

Western Song: Wildfire

Western Song: Desperado

Western Song: Big Iron

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