The Original Country & Western

On most cattle drives there was usually one or more cowboys who could sing, play a harmonica, strum a banjo or even pick away at a guitar. If time and circumstances allowed it, at the end of the day, around the campfire after a meal one of the ‘cowpokes’ might sit down and pick out a tune maybe an old gospel hymn... or even a favourite civil war song like ‘Dixie’ or ‘The Bonnie Blue Flag’... A little bit of home-spun entertainment sure went a long way in those days!