The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #174204   Message #4226898
Posted By: Rex
08-Aug-25 - 11:50 AM
Thread Name: Old Songs Newly Found
Subject: RE: Old Songs Newly Found
Many thanks to Patty for remembering Katie Lee. And Steven Fromholz, his Texas Trilogy alone is worth looking into. But back to Katie, yes her book, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle is a fine view into the old cowboy songs done in her own way. All through it is her search for the source of Old Dolores which she found, along with its maker, James Grafton Rogers. Her book was ready to go in 1960 along with the LP but with a different title, "Songs the Cowboys Taught Me". I think that title was chosen by an unnamed publisher. Katie wanted the former, it being the name of an actual cowboy song and I think she dug in her heels. The book and LP emerged 16 years later from a less known Arizona publisher but it had the title she wanted. Katie followed her own path.