The poems in this collection are mostly based on songs from the show, with a few of the songs I’ve written over the years thrown in to help balance things out. I hope you enjoy them and that they inspire you to cowboy up.
The Will Rogers Wandering Soul Road Show is coming to Tamiami Tap on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 7pm
My latest book Cowboy Up: The Poetry of the Cowboy Cabaret is now available in paperback
I want to remind people of the wit and wisdom of Will Rogers while building on that wisdom, and the century of technological growth, to set things right.
I can’t say I’ve always been a huge Frank Sinatra fan, as he was a few years ahead of my time, but I have always loved his song “That’s Life.” Of course, when he released his version in 1966, he was the third person to have produced it, and truth …
I wrote this poem for The Cowboy Cabaret, but I also use it in Will Rogers Revived, although, I haven’t yet added the musical component to Will. I’m pretty sure Garth Brooks would dig it though. It’s a difficult thing to find the solutions to problems that we’ve made …
When I was a kid, Grease was one of my favorite films. I’ve not been a huge fan of musicals since, but Grease and West Side Story were two that I loved from the first time I saw them. Now, that could have been due to the fact that they …
When Jeffery Kin, the artistic director of The Players Centre for Performing Arts, first mentioned that I should audition for the titular tole in The Will Rogers Follies, one of the first things I did was go to YouTube to find out more about the man. I’ve heard the name, …
To say I’m a wanderer wouldn’t be too far off I’ve been called a lot worse. It’s part of the job They’ve called me dreamer, searcher and vagabond too But it’s not what I am it’s just what I do I look for life’s intricacies and the way they show …
With all of the rain we’ve had in Florida over the last few days, it was nice to see a rainbow to end yesterday. I think it´s an amazing and beautiful thing that the colors of the rainbow are directly aligned with the colors of the chakras. You know what …
