The Wild West - Cowboys in Art

This is another in a new Frontier series. The old West was peopled by (and fashioned by) frontier cattle barons, a few sheep herders, and a smattering of hard-scrabble farmers (plus a few notorious gunmen, of course). But the backbone of the West, the man who made the cattle ranches function, was the cowboy, the $30 a month (if he was lucky) drifter who would settle on a ranch for a year or two, sleep in a crowded bunkhouse, get up at dawn every day, and spend long hours in the saddle, riding fences, breaking horses, and herding cattle. Here is a typical day in the life of a cowboy as seen by some fabulous artists, showing not only their work, but also their play, and even a bad Saturday night that could end in gunplay. Oops, music police required a change, so this now is played to YouTube's Audio Swap, "Rosamunde, Fursten von Cypern, D. 797 Overture", by Schubert. Original music was an instrumental "Seven Riders," the beginning of Aaron Copland's 1942 "Rodeo" ballet suite, and Waylon Jennings and Travis Tritt collaborating on "Outlaws Like Us." They were nice. Oh, well.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• art
• cowboys
• wild
• west
• horses
• rodeo
• saturday
• night
• gunfight

[NYCity99]

Great artwork. You found the perfect piece for the video.

Looks like this will be a re-do due to the audio issue.

Peace.

[bestjonbon]

I'm just asking YouTube's audio swap for music. My home-owned cowboy tunes apparently belong to the WMG gods.

[NYCity99]

Nothing we can do about WMG. Since you, I and other like us are making millions on their music, they have to protect themselves.

Fine choice you chose.

Peace.

[07dajones]

stupid wmg

nice pics n artwork

would be better if wmg didn't claim the music was theres