Harry Jackson: The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads and Brag Talk

Object Details

Local Numbers: FW-ASCH-7RR-2748
General: Folkways 5723 Fascinated by horses and cowboys but not by school, Harry Jackson (1924 - 2011) left his home in Chicago at age 14 to become a ranch hand and cowboy in Wyoming. While there, he learned cowboy songs from the oral tradition, which he sings here (in 1959), in traditional manner, unaccompanied. The songs portray the life of cowboy in an authentic, unadorned fashion that is light years removed from Hollywood cowboys and country/western simulations. After serving in WWII, Harry Jackson became a prominent artist, focusing on realistic western paintings and sculpture portraying cowboys and Indians.

Performer: Jackson, Harry, 1924-2011
Collection Creator: Asch, Moses; Distler, Marian, 1919-1964; Folkways Records

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Collection Citation: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

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