“No message, no agenda, no nothin,’ just a little bunch of songs I’ve always liked.” That’s what Don Edwards says about this record, and his comfort with the material is obvious and contagious. There’s a couple of Jimmie Rodgers pieces, a version of W.C. Handy’s “St. Louis Blues” and even a nice take on the old standard “My Blue Heaven.” Edwards’ voice is smoother than ever. And if there was ever any doubt, this CD proves that he’s ably filling the big boots of his i

July/August 2006
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- Rock Art Along the Way
- Albuquerque in Our Time
- Albuquerque Remembered
- Wanted: Undead or Alive
- Desperadoes
- Redemption
- Curse of the Sacred Mountain
- “What Fresh Hell is This?”
- Sanctuary Ranch (Fiction)
- Nickel-Plated Dream (Fiction)
- Military Chronicler
- An Untraditional, Quirky Western
- Cherokee Rose (Fiction)
- The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion (Fiction)
- The Desert Southwest (Nonfiction)
- The Doctor Wore Petticoats (Nonfiction)
- The Oatman Massacre (Nonfiction)
- God’s Country, Uncle Sam’s Land: Faith and Conflict in the American West (Nonfiction)
More In This Issue
- I read somewhere that Wyatt Earp married a Jewish woman. Did he ever convert to Judaism?
- Can you tell me the name of the movie starring Clint Walker as Killer Caine? He played an old-time gunman who went to prison for killing a man; when he was released, he was much changed.
- Can you describe a typical day in the life of a person traveling via covered wagon to Oregon or California from Missouri?
- Was a complete version of George W. Parsons’ diary of his time in Tombstone ever published? I think it would make a great read.
- Lonesome Dove Guest Ranch
- Dudes and Dudettes Inspire!
- The Underdogs
- Silver City, New Mexico
- From Homesteaders to Wolfers
- Dude! Where’s My Ranch?
- The Best Bad Things
- Moonlight and Skies
- Living With the Land
- The Turquoise Trail
- Hardin’s Hardware
- Saturday Matinee
- Eleven Stories
- Between The Two
- Is there any truth to the story about cowboys who dug up a corpse and poured whiskey down his throat?
- Who was Arizona’s first famous show biz personality?
- Passin’ Through Louis L’Amour Land