Being aired Sunday, but online (without story audio yet) today, including several videos: Who Were The Cowboys Behind 'Cowboy Songs'?

A nice long story, by Hal Cannon. Emphasizes the mixture of white, African-American, and Mexican cultures among the cowboys, and their effect on the songs. The main interviewee is Mike Searles, a professor of history at Augusta State University in Georgia.

The videos are of Don Edwards of Meridian, Texas, singing 'Streets of Laredo', 'Tom Sherman’s Barroom' (apparently a bluesy variant of 'Streets'), and 'Cotton-Eyed Joe'. (Looks like these may not be available until tomorrow, too.)

~ Becky in Long Beach

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