Blood, Sweat, and Steers
35th Gathering • 3m 49s
Sage advice from our pard Waddie, "It ain't always smart to offer aid to situations you ain't made." Waddie Mitchell recites, "Blood, Sweat, and Steers" during the "Laugh Kills Lonesome" show at the 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Waddie Mitchell
Twin Bridges, NV
Waddie Mitchell was immersed in the cowboy way of entertaining as a boy on the Nevada ranches where his father worked. The art of spinning tales in rhyme and meter about a rich lifestyle of pushing cows and living off the land came to be called cowboy poetry. Waddie recites older classics as well as his own works, eloquently expressing moments grand and common, humorous and tragic. In 1985, Waddie helped organize Elko's first Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Since then, he has kept busy writing, publishing, and recording.
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"Blood, Sweat, and Steers"
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Filmed in front of a live audience at the Elko Convention Center’s Laurena Moren Theater on Feb. 2, 2019.
Made possible by McMullen, McPhee + Company, LLC and by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this show happen.
Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
www.westernfolklife.org
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