Cowboy Heros

Next to Roy Rogers , my favorite singing cowboy and hero, was Rex Allen. I loved the sound of his voice when he sang, and thought that his horse, KoKo was just as magnificent as Roy's famous horse, Trigger.
My first favorite that Rex sang was called "Streets of Laredo , a sad cowboy song. The other side of the record was an upbeat song called "Albino Pink-eyed Stallion", and I think I wore out both sides of that record on my little portable phonograph. (One of those that came in kind of a little suitcase box)
Rex Allen also narrated a lot of the older Walt Disney movies and television specials, and did a great job with that,too.
If we have any tributes to Rex Allen in this thread, I might have missed them; but here is one of my favorites and one that truly shows his voice.
And thank you for the "encore" song, Meanderer !

 

Not a real cowboy, but a real "Singing Cowboy", and one of my most favorite ones, is Don Williams. It is hard to choose which song to share, because I think that I enjoy just about everything that he sings; but this one is definitely right up there at the top of the list.
When Don was here in Huntsville, my daughter took me to his concert, and he just sat up there on his stool and sang to us for an hour or so, and it was like just sitting around at home and listening to him sing, he is just so laid back. Most of us sang along with Don when he sang our favorites, and he seemed to think that was okay, too. It was one of those special times that will always be in my memories.

 
Happyflowerlady said:
Next to Roy Rogers , my favorite singing cowboy and hero, was Rex Allen. I loved the sound of his voice when he sang, and thought that his horse, KoKo was just as magnificent as Roy's famous horse, Trigger.

If we have any tributes to Rex Allen in this thread, I might have missed them; but here is one of my favorites and one that truly shows his voice.
And thank you for the "encore" song, Meanderer !
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Here's one you missed, HFL. NOTE: This is his Son, Rex Allen Jr.
 
Could find no information. Looks like a charity event.

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I never really liked cowboy stuff, but one exception from early childhood was the t.v. show "Have Gun, Will Travel." Nobody I mentioned this to in recent years thought it was funny- because of the business card I wanted to name our new cat 'Wire,' thinking the character's name was actually WIRE PALADIN.
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What's My Line? - Richard Boone; Van Heflin [panel] (Jan 18, 1959)
(Richard Boone starts at 17:30)
 
JaniceM said:
I never really liked cowboy stuff, but one exception from early childhood was the t.v. show "Have Gun, Will Travel." Nobody I mentioned this to in recent years thought it was funny- because of the business card I wanted to name our new cat 'Wire,' thinking the character's name was actually WIRE PALADIN.
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Very understandable, Janice....our Son thought Boldlygo was the name of a Planet on Star Trek!
 
"Throughout much of the 20th century, the cowboy and the western lawman were the classic American heroes. The cowboy attire in this photo depicts the life of a cowboy on the Western frontier: Wide-brimmed hat, long-sleeved shirt, bandana, holstered gun, woolies (chaps), boots with spurs, and a lariat".
Year: 1880

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