The real Baxter Black is as witty off stage as when performing. One phone conversation can prove it. But being a Western humorist isn’t only what he does these days: it’s who he is, to the core. Gifted with the talent of making people laugh, Baxter truly understands the life his audience actually leads. “I write about the working man,” he explained in a recent interview. “I am one! That’s the point of view I write from. I write about and for the hired hand and the working cowboy.

January 2003