Stan Paregien, Editor
Mike Logan
Mike Logan is a gifted writer of prose and poetry, plus an award-winning photographer to boot.
Mike Logan's books include Yellowstone Is..., Montana Is..., Little Friends, Men of the Open Range & Other Poems, Bronc to Breakfast & Other Poems, and Laugh Kills Lonesome & Other Poems.
Mike Logan is a frequent performer on the Cowboy Poetry Gathering circuit.
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Guy Logsdon
Dr. Guy W. Logsdon, cowboy poet and singer and musician, was born in Ada, Oklahoma and graduated from high school there. One of his high school teachers, Ott Harrison, had also taught at Okemah, Okla., where one of his students in the late 1920's was none other than Woody Guthrie. Harrison mentioned Woody Guthrie several times in his classes, though Guthrie had certainly not achieved his legendary status.Logsdon went on to earn his bachelor's degree at East Central University right there in Ada. Later he earned his master's degree and Ph.D. in Education. He became a professor of Education and American folklife at the University of Tulsa for many years, ending his career there as head of the Library Science division.
Guy Logsdon specializes in cowboy music and has spoken at numerous seminars across the nation. He was one of the organizers of the Cowboy Poety Gathering in Elko, Nevada. He has collected and published old cowboy lyrics which, in many cases, were written to replace lyrics for certain songs. Those lyrics tended to be on the bawdy side, as reflected by the title of his book: When the Whore House Bells Were Ringing.
Phyllis & Dr. Guy Logsdon at the 2001
Oklahoma Cowboy Poetry Gathering at
the National Cowboy & Western Heritage
Museum in Oklahoma City (photo by SP).
Guy Logsdon is a recognized authority on (1) Bob Wills; (2) Western swing music; and, (3) Woody Guthrie and his music. Guy, a fellow at the Smithsonian Institute, edited a collection of Western songs for the Smithsonian Institute. And he compiled a bibliography and discography on the worlks of Woody Guthrie, working closely with Guthrie's daughter, Nora (Director of the Woody Guthrie Archives in New York City). He served as a consultant to the producers of the film, "Bound for Glory," a movie about Guthrie's life. And he played a major role in the development of the annual Woody Guthrie Festival held each summer in Okemah, Okla.
He is also a talented singer and guitarist who entertains audiences all over the nation. He is the director of the annual Oklahoma Cowboy Poetry Gathering held at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. And his son-in-law is cowboy poet Baxter Black.
In 2001, he began working as the director of the Oklahoma Folklife Program. That program was created by the Oklahoma Historical Society as a way of encouraging communities across Oklahoma to develop folklife festivals for Oklahoma's centennial celebration in 2007.
Alan Lomax
(Deceased)Alan Lomax was a noted musicologist. He worked with his father, John Lomax, for many years in their work to identify and to preserve native music everywhere.
Alan Lomax expanded his father's work far beyond the Americas, including music from Africa and Asia and Europe.
Alan Lomax died on Friday, July 19, 2002 at Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, FL.
John A. Lomax
(Deceased)John Lomax was interested in music from his earliest days. He became a noted folklorist and musicologist.
His book, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, was published in 1910. It quickly became a standard reference work. Among the now-famous songs it and he saved from possible loss was "Home on the Range".
He took his son, Alan Lomax, his notebook and some 500 pounds of recording equipment to the backroads and trails of America. He tracked down and recorded unknowns such as the now-famous Woody Guthrie, Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, "Jelly Roll" Morton, Muddy Waters and Son House.
Tom London
(Deceased)
Tom London, Western movie actor, was born as leonard Clapham on Aug. 24, 1893 in Louisville, KY. He was a great horseman and did many stunts. But it is for his "journeyman" record as a working character actor that he may be best remembered.
Tom London appeared in "The Great Train Robbery" in 1903. That is correct. 1903. And his 457th film part was in "Jungle Gold" in 1966. He played in literally hundreds of Western films during his 63-year movie career. He was reduced to largely comedy roles in the 1940's. And his career mainly ended when the age of the so-called "B-Westerns" ended in the 1950's.
Tom London died on Dec. 5, 1963 in North Hollywood, CA.
CLICK HERE to see the absolutely amazing list of TV and movie credits of character actor Tom London.
Elaine Long
Elaine Long was born on Jan. 12, 1935. She married Arthur Long on Oct. 4, 1969. She earned the B.A. in education from the University of Colorado in 1955.Elaine Long taught school in Oregon, Colorado and in England. She worked as a copy writer and traffic manager for radio stations in Colorado and California. And for one year she worked as a cowhand and ranch cook up in Wyoming. She enjoys singing and playing everything from a violin to a baritone uke. And she was a big hit in the Roundup room each evening during the San Diego convention as she sang and strummed up a storm.
Long joined the Western Writers of America in 1988. She is also a member of the Rocky Mountain Writers Club and is a director of the Colorado Author's League. Her articles have appeared in Organic Gardening, Motorhome, Today's Christian Woman, Gems and Minerals, Dog Fancy, Crosscurrents, Ford Times, The War Cry, The Christian, The Lookout, Presbyterian Survey, The Christian Home, The NEA Journal, and many more.
Elaine Long's first novel, Jenny's Mountain (St. Martin's Press, 1987), won the coveted Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award signifying it as the best first novel of 1987. She also won the "Top Hand Award" from the Colorado Author's League in the best hardcover novel division. The book was published in the March/April, 1988 Reader's Digest Condensed Books (Vol. 2). And a condensed version will also be published in the Norwegian Language.
Richard Long
(Deceased)
Richard Long, actor, was born on December 17, 1927.
Richard Long was one of the stars on the Western TV show, "The Big Valley" (1965ff). He also starred in the TV series, "Nanny and the Professor."
His other Western credits included Kansas Raiders (1950), Saskatchewan (1954) and "Fury at Gunsight Pass" (1956). He also made guest appearances on these TV Westerns: Bonanza, Maverick, Have Gun Will Travel, and Wagon Train.
Richard Long died of heart problems on Dec. 21, 1974. He is buried at Grand View Memorial Park in Glendale, CA.
CLICK HERE to see the complete filmography of Richard Long.
Jack Longbotham & Elisabeth Prude
This husband/wife writing team has published The Adventures of Buffalo Bill and Cody (Western heritage Publishers, P.O. Box 3703, Abilene, Texas 79604-3703). The book is aimmed at pre-school and primary grade levels. The Longbotham sometimes show up at school performances with two live buffalo in tow, to the delight of the children.Dr. Jack Longbotham holds a Ph.D. in curriculum from Texas A&M University. He has been a Professor of Education at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, for over 25 years.
Elisabeth Prude Longbotham holds a Master's Degree from Texas A&M University with a specialization in reading. She is a career educator, having taught both in public schools and at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. She grew up on the famous Prude Ranch (both a working ranch and a "dude" ranch) in West Texas.
The authors are Christian educators who own their own ranch where they raise American Quarter Horses, cattle and those two special buffalo, "Buffalo Bill" and "Cody".
Noel M. Loomis
(Deceased)
Noel M. Loomis, a charter member of Western Writers of America, served as president of the organization in 1954-55. He won a Spur Award in 1958 for his novel, Short Cut to Red River (Macmillan). He won a second Spur in 1959 for his short story, "Grandfather Out of the Past" (Frontiers West).Noel M. Loomis also wrote Ferguson's Ferry (1962). He was a printer by trade, but in 1935 he gave that up to devote full-time to writing. See his photo and bio in the Sept., 1955 issue of The Roundup.
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is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
--- Bible: Romans 6:23
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