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•  Dean Smith being Inducted .

•   John Wayne 100th

•   Double H Agency    News.

WorkingCowboy.com has had a presence on the web since 1999. We have been busy updating the site and adding new content along with the great content we have always had.
WorkingCowboy.com will now be sending out a
E-Newsletter once a month, to keep you updated with what we have going on and new pages we will be adding. We are in the process of getting all of the reviews caught up and the upcoming events along with our new advertisers that have come on board to get the news out about their products. Don’t worry we will not be adding any pop up ads on workingcowboy.com. We will be adding new music clips and cowboy poetry on the site soon. Also where to buy the CD’s.
We are adding stories on events and news we think will interest you. If there’s something you’d like to see added shoot us a e-mail and maybe you’ll see it in the next newsletter or on the website.
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into a search engine soon.
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www.cowboyandwesternmusic.com
www.classiccountrywesternmusic.com
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Dean Smith being Inducted
into
National Cowboy & Western Heritage
Museum Hall of Fame

April 21, 2007.

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum® in Oklahoma City announces the selection of veteran stuntman and actor Dean Smith for Lifetime Achievement recognition during the Museum's 46th Western Heritage Awards April 21, 2007. The black-tie affair honors principal creators in 14 categories of music, literature, television and film. The Chester A. Reynolds Memorial Award recipient as well as inductees to the Hall of Great Western Performers and Hall of Great Westerners also will be honored.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a person or organization who has made a significant contribution to thenation's Western heritage during a period of years, or whose contributions lie outside established Western Heritage Awards categories. Smith, who turned 75 in January 2007, spent 50 years in the movie business as a stuntman and actor who appeared in such memorable big screen Westerns as The Alamo (1960), Two Rode Together (1961), How the West Was Won (1962), McLintock! (1963), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), Stagecoach (1966), True Grit (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1971), and Ulzana's Raid (1972) with Burt Lancaster. Some of the stars he doubled for in these classics include Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, Harry CareyJr., Stuart Whitman and Maureen O'Hara. "I performed all of the stunts for Redford in Jeremiah Johnson," Smith said. "I've had a wonderful career. I doubled for Duvall in True Grit, Stuart Whitman in The Comancheros, Alex Cord in Stagecoach, and Ben Johnson in Cheyenne Autumn." Legendary director John Ford provided an instant boost to Smith's reputation when he hired him for three of his pictures after he witnessed Smith double Frankie Avalon in The Alamo. "After I doubled for Roy Rogers in McIntosh and T J which was filmed on the Four Sixes Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, Rogers paid me a compliment," Smith said, "when he told me that if I'd been around in the 1930s, I'd be able to do what he and the other popular movie cowboy actors were doing. But I was too late for acting in Westerns; production was declining. However, I arrived on the scene at a time when stuntmen were in demand and well paid."
In 1957, actor James Garner helped Smith get work in Born Reckless starring Mamie Van Doren. Garner, who he met through a mutual friend, has remained a close pal.
When Westerns dominated television with series like Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Maverick, Bat Masterson, The Iron Horse, Laramie and The Virginian, Smith found plenty of work. In August of 1958, actor Dale Robertson hired Smith to double him in the popular Tales of Wells Fargo series. Commercials have been a mainstay for Smith whose work has been viewed on Coca-Cola and Kellogg's Sugar Pops and Corn Flakes ads. He made the first Reese's Pieces commercial and was a regular for years on Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and Kemper Insurance spots.

Smith's stuntman success can be credited to his athletic prowess. He won eight Southwest Conference titles in the 100-meter dash. A testament to his speed and agility is an Olympic gold medal won in the 400-meter relay at the 1952 Helsinki games. He was leadoff man on the University of Texas world-record relay team, 1954-1955, and AAA national champion in the 100-meter dash. He played with the Los Angeles Rams during exhibition season and was traded to the Pittsburgh Setters at which time he decided to enter the movie business. He also has won amateur rodeo championships for bareback baron riding and calf roping.
Smith has received many honors including the American Culture Award for Western Movies and the Golden Boot Award. On April 8, 2006, the John Wayne Cancer Institute honored him with the "Duke" award for his contributions to cancer research. He has been inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame, University of Texas Hall of Fame, Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. In 2002. Smith put on the first Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo a tribute to Ben Johnson. In 2004, his rodeo benefited the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring John Wayne. The 2006 rodeo was held in Abilene, Texas, October 20-21, 2006 will benefit the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring The Singing Cowboys.
Smith stays in touch with many of his movie colleagues, especially the ones he's known since his college days. "I went to the University of Texas with Eli Wallach, L.Q. Jones, Morgan Woodward, Fess Parker and Pat Hingle," says Smith. "All my life I've loved everything from rodeo to Westerns to ranch life," Smith said. "To be honored by this world class Western museum where some of my closest friends have been recognized means as much to me as my Olympic gold medal."
A tile bearing Smith's name will be permanently installed in the Edward L. Gaylord Exhibition Wing along with others the Museum has honored in past years.
Having never lost touch with his roots, Smith retired in 1992 to his ranch in Texas where he and wife, Debby, and eight-year-old son Finis Dean Smith II raise Longhorn cattle and American Quarter Horses. Smith has an adult son, Charles Thomas Smith.
For more information about the Western Heritage Awards or the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, call (405) 478-2250. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the National Cowboy Museum is located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District at the junction of I-44 and I-35. The National Cowboy Museum is supported through private and corporate donations, including annual memberships.
www.nationalcowboymuseum.org

Double H Agency

Double H Agency is a full service agency and we have some great talent that we book for.
We also encourage DJ’s to contact us if you don’t yet have one of our artists CD’s.
Our line up includes
Rex Allen Jr.
Lacy J. Dalton
Bobby G. Cargill &
Dos Rios
Ken Overcast
Donnie Blanz
Sisters of the Silver Sage
Mike Siler
Tommy Alverson
Dave Alexander
Linda Kirkpatrick
Liz Talley
Dennis Gaines
Palo Duro
Waynetta Ausmus
Charles Williams
and more….
Double H offers a place for the independent artist. Double H offers Graphic Design, PR, Press Releases, Web Design and much more.
We want to let you know that Dennis Gaines can be see on the Cybercast live from Elko.
Dennis Gaines, Texas Cowboy Poet and Humorist performed in Elko, NV during the 23^rd National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Dennis is a nationally known poet and humorist. He has received awards from The Academy of Western Artists in 2000 for Cowboy Storyteller and Humorist and in 2004 for his CD “Son~ of ~A ~Gun Stew: A Texas Cowboy’s Gather”.
Dennis a true working cowboy has been featured on “Texas Country Reporter”, “Americana Digest” and in Southern Living and American Cowboy Magazines. You can see Dennis live on the Cybertcast from Elko at this link. http://cybercast.westernfolklife.com/2007/html Dennis was featured on the Cybercast Friday 2-2-07at the 6:30 P.M. Show “Whoopin’ It Up”.To find out more about Dennis visit WorkingCowboy.com or http://www.doublehagency.com for Booking information   
 

Bobby G. Cargill and his band Dos Rios are staying busy playing and are keeping the folks down here dancing and tapping their toes. This weekend they will be at The FinishLine Club. Bobby’s CD “Ordinary Man” is available at CD BABY http://cdbaby.com/cd/bobbygcargill
Donnie Blanz besides being a very talented performer, songwriter, motivational speaker to name an few things he does is in the process of shooting a new Western. The name of the movie is “Shroud” Donnie will be playing Slone a really, really bad guy. For more information on the movie check out www.jetrefilm.com  Donnie will be ready to get back on the road playing his music in May.
Lacy J Dalton is busy touring and writing material for her new CD that will be done later this year, Rex Allen Jr. stays busy with his slogan of have guitar will travel. Linda Kirkpatrick is busy writing and we will let you know more when the cat can come out of the bag, her Cowboy Poetry, CD “Beneath A Western Sky” will be available on
CDBaby sometime this week.
Ken Overcast is busy as always with his performing, working their ranch and getting his syndicated radio show out each week. He’s always looking for new places to perform and ready to go.
 Sisters of the Silver Sage are back at it again and ready to start going soon. Donna is recovering from her surgery and has permission to play again and Rhonda’s knee is coming along nicely.
That’s about it for the HH news for now but be sure to visit our website
www.doublehagency.com

booking@doublehagency.com

Or join us at www.myspace.com/doublehagency

 

John Wayne’s 100^th Year

John Wayne would be 100 this year. In honor of his 100^th Birthday, there are many events in the planning and a new website www.johnwayne.com that will have all the events and new partnerships that are happening. John Wayne Enterprises is working hard to make this a memorable year.
John Wayne is a name that old and young know.

You can’t change channels on the television without coming across a John Wayne movie on one of the stations. We lost one of most beloved Cowboy Hero’s in 1979,  still he lives on though his movies and always will.
The John Wayne Cancer Institute is on the cutting edge of Cancer Research. For more information on JWCI please visit their website.
www.jwci.org

2007 marks the 12th year for the AWA. Kathy Camden has taken Sandra Herl's place since Sandra resigned effective the end of 2006 due to not having the time to volunteer to the AWA that was needed. Kathy can be reached at 609 Oak, Nez Pearce, ID 83543. Phone 208-937-9899. E-Mail: ckcamden@yahoo.com  Kathy will be running the day to day operations of the AWA so any questions please send them her way. The website for the AWA is www.awa-awards.org and Larry Gibson stepped up and volunteered to take over maintaining the website. webmaster@awa-awards.org

Bobby Newton, Director of the Academy of Western Artists, has announced that the 2007 AWA Awards will be held at August 7th, Tuesday evening at 7 PM in Garland, TX at the Grandville Theater.
Bobby Newton can be reached at
Bobby Newton, Director
AWA
P.O. Box 35
Gene Autry, OK 73436
580-389-5350
E-Mail: working_cowboy@hotmail.com

Music and Radio, the debate goes on. So how do you get your songs played if you’re a independent artist and not with a big label? Why did the Western get dropped out of Country and Western Radio? We now have Top 40 Country, Classic Country, Public Broadcasting, Americana and the list goes on. Classic Country is kind of like antiques the music would be 20 years old or older, but that’s not the case, Classic Country Stations play a sound now, not a time and you’ll find not only traditional country but Cowboy, Western Swing and Cowboy Poetry on many of these stations. Plus syndicated radio shows playing on the radio. You also have live DJ’s with many having live interviews and listener requests. What a concept. Internet radio is another place to listen to what you really want to hear. Most stations our now online, so it doesn’t matter where you live you can just tune in on your computer. Others are strictly internet shows and that’s the only place you can listen. Then we also have satellite radio where you have to pay to listen to the shows. Well as always I’m behind as I’ve not signed up for satellite but I listen when riding with friends that have it and really enjoy the programs. But then everyone had switched to CD’s and we were still playing tapes. In fact I still play tapes. I have tapes that have songs you can’t get on any CD.
I don’t have a IPOD and probably won’t, I have the cell phone to my ear enough and when I don’t have a business call going on I enjoy having a conversation with my husband or friends. I finally gave in and went up on MYSPACE so I am getting into the mode a little better but that’s all about marketing and promotions.  But as
always I digress, I started out talking about how to get your music played after you spend all that money on making a quality CD. Well there are a couple of ways. Send it out to all the radio stations you can find that play your type of music. Be sure to put a bio in and contact information for the DJ. Also take the shrink wrap off the CD, make it easy for the DJ to listen to your CD. Hire someone to send it out for you, pick a song and have it added to a compilation CD that will go to the stations that will play your music or cowboy poetry. Timelesstyle Promotions is who I would suggest.
Contact Timelesstyle at www.myspace.com/timelesstylepromotions or e-mail cobbler@ectistp.net for more information or if you’re a DJ and want to receive the CD promotions send them your Name, Address and Station Call Letters.

Okay now to jump to the next thing that has nothing to do with music, radio or anything of the sort.
So questions for all of ya all. If the oil companies had record profits last quarter why is gas still so high? How many of you listen to the news? Do you ever hear anything good on there? It all is muggings, robbery, accidents, etc. I think they work at trying to scare everyone to death so we will run to the government and tell them we need more protection. Sorry I don’t scare that easy and I don’t like the government telling me what I can and can’t do. I think it’s time we started standing up and saying enough is enough. I don’t think you should have to wear a seatbelt unless you want to, I think people should be able to figure out if smoking is bad for them it’s their choice to smoke or not and I don’t see where free enterprise has bars, restaurants, cities smoke free. States sued for money from the tobacco companies to help with health costs for smokers, where did the money go?
While I'm at it, all you hear about Global Warming has to do with Cars, SUV's, Businesses on the ground, etc, okay why does no one say anything about the pollution that AIRPLANES cause? Answer that one for me.
If you eat to much your going to gain weight this is a given. So why should McDonalds change what oil they use to make their fries? Just don’t super size. Of course I don’t do McDonalds and haven’t for years, but that's another story.
Have you ever thought that the more products you buy from overseas the more dependent we become on other nations for our food, clothes, etc.
I know it’s a pain to read labels but if you buy American you keep it here and we support our economy. And what is it with all the starving children in other countries, have you taken the time to look around at the homeless in this country. Anyway my point is we are Americans remember it’s suppose to be land of the Free. We keep giving away more and more of our rights and it’s time to stand up and say we are Americans and we can take care of ourselves, We don’t need the government babysitting us. Now they are talking about if you have a driver’s license from certain states you won’t be allowed on a plane, because it’s to easy to get a license in those states. Give me a break if a terrorist wants on a plane they are going to figure out how to get on it, no matter what the security is.
If you leave your car unlocked and running in front of the quick shop chances are it’s going to get stolen, if you are wandering down a dark alley in the wrong part of town in the middle of the night it’s time to get some common sense back in your life. Or carry a big stick. Putting a fence up across all the boarders is not going to keep anyone out that really wants in. It is going to cost a whole lot of tax dollars and it sounds good in the news bites.
Remember the Berlin Wall? How well did that work?
Yea I’m on a roll but it’s time to wake up and start thinking about our country and our lives and take control of our destiny. We pay the people in Washington, they work for us, it’s time to let them know what we want as a nation. I don’t care if your Right or Left speak up and let your voice be heard.
Okay I have vented and babbled about enough for one newsletter and if I haven’t run you off I’ll be going on with my babblings about something else next month. I never mind feedback from my readers and if you don’t agree let me know, also if you do agree let me know and I’ll tally things up and post it in the next newsletter.
S. Herl
 

Farrier Tip of the Month:. Have your horses ready when your farrier gets there to do them. Don’t make him wait for you to catch them. Time is money.