Howdy Everyone,
EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE: Please
change whatever email address you have for me to: cowboystan@mail.com
ADDITIONS/REVISIONS: We
have added or made revisions in our COWBOY DIRECTORY listing for the
following: Molly Bee, The Collins Kids, Leigh Brackett, Buck Jones,
Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Don Balluck, T.R. Stephenson, Debra Coppinger
Hill, Jim Gough, Stephen Bly and Tom Hanshew.
NEWS:
Friend Les Gilliam will be
performing Oct 1-26,2002 at Silver Dollar City, Branson, MO. He will do
three shows per day 11am, Noon, 1pm. (Closed Mondays). Catch his great
show if you’re in the area.
The Prairie Twins, teenage
girls who live right here in Edmond, OK., are one of five nominees for
"Traditional Western/Duo or Group" award of the year by the Western
Music Association . . . . . WMA’s annual Festival has been moved to Las
Vegas. It will be hold Nov. 13-17 at Sam’s Town Hotel. The Festival
will feature a tribute to my favorite urban cowboys: The Riders in the Sky.
Belinda Gail will sing at a
"Cowboy Christmas" celebration in Vienna, Austria the end of November.
How ‘bout them apples (and I don’t mean horse apples). Just think about
that: A cowboy Christmas celebration in Austria. Way to go, Belinda. .
. . . . and pick us up a couple of pounds of sausage while you're
there. . . . . . Belinda Gail will also be performing along with R.W.
Hampton and Curly Musgrave on a seven night Alaskan cruise in August
2003. If you are interested in going with ‘em, contact her Fan Club
president, Judi Wittwer, at WitwerHobi@aol.com.
We sadly report the death of T.R.
Stephenson, Texas outlaw poet and songwriter. He died on
Sept. 20, 2002. Go here:
to see his photo and brief bio.
Congratulations to Jeff Barber,
staff member at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles. He has created his own
Western Events company called, strangely enough, "Way Out West
Events".He wants to begin planning a variety of shows and events. You
may email him at: JBARBER@autry-museum.org
Colorado cowgirl Peggy Malone
is still recovering from a series of operations and will be in a back
brace for several more weeks. How ‘bout cheering her up with some email
cards. Send ‘em to her at: PIKINPEGGY@aol.com
You can find some photos and details of the big American
Academy of Western Artists awards show held in Ft. Worth on July 9th
at: . And speaking of
which, put your hands together and give a big round of applause to the
lovely and multi-talented Debra Coppinger Hill
for being chosen "Cowgirl Poet of 2002".
Hey, folks, the Tucson Cowboy Music
Roundup will be held Nov. 1-3 in Tucson, Az. November 1, - A
full day of musical entertainment and vendor’’s booths open to the
public with an evening concert. November 2, - Family Day, musicians,
storytellers, poets and entertainment for children of all ages/Evening
concert. November 3 - Cowboy Church and Gospel concert. Room rates for
the event are: Studio Suite $59.00 + tax. Two-room Suite $69.00 + tax
(Rates good from October 30 through Nov. 4, 2002). Rooms include buffet
breakfast. Reservations can be made through 1-877-446-6589 using Code #
400217. For more info, contact John Payne,
Pres. of the Tucson chapter of the Western Music Association at his
home: 520-743-9328
KNOTS TIED: Congratulations
to JIMMY "TUMBLEWEED" NORTHCUTT
and SARAH GILL on their recent
decision to work in double-harness . I got 'em to stand still long
enough at the National Cowboy Symposium to get a pretty dern good
photo, 'cept you can still see Tumbleweed in it . . . . And
congratulations also goes out to newlyweds DENNIS
GAINES and KAREN CHESKY.
TODAY’S JOKE:Peggy
Coleman of Pawnee, OK., sent this joke to me recently: At one time
in my life, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of the word
"service." The act of doing things for other people. Then I heard the
terms Internal Revenue Service, Postal Service, Civil Service, Service
Stations... And I became confused about the word "service." This is not
what I thought "service" meant.
Then one day, I overheard two farmers talking and one of them
mentioned that he was having a bull service a few of his cows. SHAZAM!!
It all came into perspective. Now I understand what all those "service"
agencies are doing to us.
PERSONAL: Peggy and
I enjoyed our annual pilgrimage to Lubbock, Texas for the National
Cowboy Symposium. Alvin and Barbara Davis</B>
and all their helpers pulled off another great show. CLICK HERE
to see the photos that I took during the Symposium.
We leave Oct. 10 for four nights in Fort Lauderdale, out
where the doggies roam and seldom is heard a discouraging word. Well,
anyway, that’s where we’re going for a little R&R . . . . And then
I will be performing on Saturday, Nov. 9th, at the Western Oklahoma Cowboy Poetry Gathering. That
will be in beautiful Red Rock Canyon Park, near Hinton, OK., from 3
p.m. to 8 p.m. Come and enjoy the music and poetry, along with a
chuckwagon supper, for just $8.50. There’s also be a Cowboy Church
service on Sunday morning. Lazy B Productions, headed by Robert and Angela Beene, are heading up
this roundup. Phone 405-797-3608 for details.
Our son – Stan Paregien, Jr. –
is a full-time Public Affairs Officer with the Air Force Reserves at
Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. He was recently promoted to Captain .
We're proud of him and of all of our military folks. . . . Stan Jr. and
his 9-year old son, Daniel, play
the guitar and fiddle (respectively) at VA hospitals, nursing homes and
Bluegrass shows in Illinois and Missouri. . . . . . And it was a great
thrill, as grandparents, to watch Daniel perform in July with the Byron
Berline Band at Guthrie, Oklahoma. He nailed all four of his songs and
brought the audience to their feet, cheering and clapping and
whistling. Way to go, Daniel!
Well, as you can see we’re still chugging along with the
COWBOY DIRECTORY. Got this encouraging note from Jim Gough (actor, singer, musician, cowboy
poet, radio-TV personality): "Stan, old pardner.....just ran into your
web page while searching my name on Google! Very impressive. One of my
old Navy shipmates found me after 30 some years just because of your
site!"
Be sure to swing by and take a gander at JIM GOUGH’S own web
site: CLICK HERE. It is very
nicely done.
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER: :
If God made entrance into heaven depend on merit, rather than grace,
your cowdog would get in and you wouldn't. --Stan Paregien
Well, that's it for now, neighbors. As Red Steagall says,
"We got this one saucered and blowed."
Please don’t forget to make the email address change noted
above. The web site for the COWBOY DIRECTORY remains: www.texmexx.net.
Via con dios,
"Cowboy Stan" Paregien
© 2002 by Stan Paregien, Sr.
