More than any six-gun or rifle, the shotgun could easily be called the “gun that won the West!” Despite the acclaim given to the six-guns and rifles...
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Is Wyatt Earp Overrated?
Frank Stilwell got himself shot full of holes, literally perforated from head to toe, outside the railroad depot in downtown Tucson, Arizona, in...
It Happened in the West
A Tennessean by birth, James A. Crutchfield (Jim to his friends) says he became a Westerner by choice, and when he has the choice, his preferred...
Trailing Lewis and Clark
The Missouri River northwest of Bismarck, North Dakota, is not the same river explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark saw in 1805, even though...
More Buffalo than Gold
Where have all the buffalo gone? You see, I first visited the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota in the late 1980s—before legalized gambling...
Great High Mountain
Take a stroll through Bluegrass and Gospel memories with Ralph Stanley and friends. This reissue of early favorites with one new is a terrific...
Sincerely
Guitarist and vocalist Josh Crowe has a solid reputation for performing traditional Bluegrass music built upon a strong guitar rhythm. On this...
Cowboy Cool
Somewhere between Pop Country and Cowboy Western you’ll find the music of Royal Wade Kimes, a Nashville pro whose sound is soulful, sexy and...
Big Time
Rob Ickes (which rhymes with “bikes”) has become one of the most renowned and respected dobro players in Bluegrass. He is a founding member of Blue...
Y’all Don’t Tell My Mama I Was Here
Much about these North Carolina boys and their music defies description, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun! Exploring the space between ’50s Rock...
Rocket Ball Effect
A pair of Volcanic pistols from the collection of King Farouk of Egypt rightfully sets a new record at Greg Martin Auctions’ November 15-17, 2004,...
Lost to History
A few years before the Civil War, one of the most violent episodes in Western American trail history played out on a mountain meadow in Southern...