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The Boot Seen Round The World

by | Sep 12, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture

Rodeo and movie stars set the earliest standards for fancy cowboy boots.
In the song “London Homesick Blues,” a broke cowboy is stuck in the cold, damp, far-from-Texas streets of England. He yearns to “go home with the Armadillo” and takes solace in wearing his cherished cowboy hat and boots. Londoners passing by him comment on his origin based mainly on his “manly footwear.” They would never wear the hat, but they


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