Podcast
Cowboy Crossroads
Hosted by Andy Hedges · EN
Andy Hedges interviews a different guest on each episode and asks them to share stories from the working cowboy West and beyond. Cowboy poets, ranchers, working cowboys, musicians, songwriters, artists, historians, and western legends.
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Episode 118: Jan Hunewill
2w ago00:49:26Tap to summarizeRanch wife, cowboy poetry reciter, and the matriarch of the historic Hunewill Ranch talks about growing up in a Navy family, marrying into the Hunewill family, the history of the ranch, guest ranching, and her love for poetry. Learn more about the Hunewill Ranch at www.hunewillranch.com Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Support the podcast and beocme a patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
Transcribe →Episode 117: Kent Reeves
Mar 3101:11:38Tap to summarizeCowboy conservationist, photographer, and packer Kent Reeves joins the show to talk about photographing cowboy poets, his decades long work in rangeland conservation, and the 30th anniversary of his landmark book with Anne Heath Widmark Between Earth and Sky: Poets of the Cowboy West. Learn more about Kent Reeves at www.kentreeves.com Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Support the podcast and become a patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
Transcribe →Episode 116: Tom Sharpe
Feb 1700:49:57Tap to summarizeHorseman and poet Tom Sharpe talks about his background in the livestock industry, the similarities between working with horses and writing poetry, and the life and work of classic cowboy poet Henry Herbert Knibbs. Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Support the podcast and become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
Transcribe →Episode 115: Joel Nelson
Jan 1600:58:10Tap to summarizeRecorded live at the 2025 Ranch Verse, Joel Nelson returns to Cowboy Crossroads to share stories from his earliest memories of livestock and being horseback. Joel reflects on his time working at the 06 Ranch, the influence of Ray Hunt, horsemanship, and poetry. This episode was recorded live and sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock. Learn more at www.ranchingheritage.org. Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com. Support the podcast and become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads.
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Episode 114: JM Cates
Nov 501:20:13Tap to summarizeOld-time cowboy and fiddler JM Cates was born in 1936. This interview was recorded on August 22nd, just 8 days before his 89th birthday and a little over a month before he passed away on October 2nd. On this episode, JM talks about learning how to work from his father, his early cowboyin' jobs, playing music on ranches and at the Western Cowpunchers Association, and shares cowboy stories and wisdom from a lifetime of experience. This episode was sponsored by Flint Custom Hats. Check them out online at www.flinthat.com Thank you to my friends at the Western Cowpunchers Association for arranging this interview. Check them out online at www.westerncowpunchers.com Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
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Episode 113: Bruce Greene
Sep 2300:53:01Tap to summarizeCowboy artist Bruce Greene talks about his beginnings as an artist, becoming a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, his artistic influences, his artistic process, and the working cowboy having a oneness with his environment. Photo by Ben Christensen. This episode was sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. Learn more at www.ranchingheritage.org Learn more about Bruce Greene at www.brucegreeneart.com Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
Transcribe →Episode 112: Skip Gorman
Sep 100:48:40Tap to summarizeOld-time cowboy singer Skip Gorman talks about his journey into American folk music, attending the Newport Folk Festival as a kid, discovering cowboy music on 78 RPM records, the Celtic roots of cowboy music, the influence of Jimmie Rogers, the music of Jimmie Driftwood, his friendship with Yodeling Slim Clark, the difference between Bluegrass and Cowboy songs, and plays an old-time Texas fiddle tune with host Andy Hedges. Learn more about Skip Gorman at www.skipgorman.com Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
Transcribe →Episode 111: Yvonne Hollenbeck
Jul 3100:50:10Tap to summarizeSouth Dakota poet and ranch wife Yvonne Hollenbeck talks about her fiddle playing father, making quilts, her friendship with Elizabeth Ebert and offers some parting words upon her retirement from the national cowboy poetry stage. This episode was sponosred by Flint Custom Hats. Learn more at www.flinthat.com Learn more about Yvonne Hollenbeck at www.yvonnehollenbeck.com Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
Transcribe →Episode 110: J.B. Zielke
Jun 1301:06:44Tap to summarizeCowboy, author, and videographer J.B. Zielke, AKA the Lost Cowboy, tells stories about cowboyin' in Australia, Argentina, Sweden, South Africa, Mexico, and Mongolia. Learn more about J.B. Zielke at www.thelostcowboy.com/ Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
Transcribe →Episode 109: Bill Lowman
May 2301:00:11Tap to summarizeCowboy poet and rancher Bill Lowman talks about growing up ranching in North Dakota, where his cowboy poetry comes from, the very first Elko gathering, being mistaken for Claude Dallas by the FBI, founding the Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and shares the poem that got him invited to Elko. Learn more about Bill Lowman at www.lowmanslodge.com Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads
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