Tractor Stompin'
41st Gathering Featured Artists
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Dakota shares his dislike for "ridin' the rust off a tractor." Dakota Robinson recites "Tractor Stompin'."
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Dakota Robinson
Round Top, TX
Working on ranches from Texas to Kansas, Wyoming to New Mexico, and back again, Dakota Robinson has experienced firsthand the many challenges and rewards the lifestyle of a cowboy can bring. Inspired by the likes of Baxter Black, Waddie Mitchell, Red Steagall, and Ian Tyson, he soon started filling his solitary hours in the saddle with an internal narrative of prose and rhyme—the cattle, horses, and his wife were among the first victims of his early experimentation. Now a full-time farrier back in Texas, Dakota spends his days shoeing horses to support his poetry habit. Dakota is the recipient of this year’s Buck Ramsey scholarship.
Video provided by Dakota Robinson.
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