National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Part I

Published January 29, 2009 at 5:00 AM PST

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Adam Burke, Independent Producer, NPR's Day to Day ... on the yearly festival organized by the Western Folk Life Center where cowboys recite their tales of long rides and lonely cattle drives. 2009 is the 25th year the festival has celebrated life on the range.

Three Amigos: Waddie Mitchell, Michael Martin Murphey, and Don Edwards

Links

Asleep at the Wheel

Adam Burke's blog: A Time Traveller's Dilemmae

Cowboy Bob Wills

Western Folklife Center - Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Western Folk Life Center: John Dofflemeyer's Blog

News 88.9 KNPR Resources

• Web Extras on the 2009 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
• 2/11/08: 2008 Cowboy Poetry Gathering
• 2/8/08: Cowboy Poetry Festival
• 12/7/07: Cowboy Poetry
• 4/16/07: Cowboy Poetry
• 1/17/05: Poetry
• 1/30/04: Cowboy Poetry Readings