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Are you a Cowboy? A Simple Checklist.
Note - do not be downhearted if some of these items are missing, isolated omissions from this list can easily be acquired or fabricated from everyday objects found in the home.
gun
boots
stetson hat
chewing tobacco, cigarillo or cheroot
jeans or other heavy trouser
horse
pipe - when lee van cleef
belt, with holster
checked shirt
neckerchief
long underwear, unwashed
spare gun
bowie knife in boot - evil cowboys only
cattle
bullets
poncho
mean eyes, when necessary
star - sherriffs only
rifle - winchester
spurs
harmonica or guitar - musical cowboys only
coffee pot
coffee
tin plate
a quick draw
spoon
the head of alfredo garcia
matches
sombrero - only when mexican, then also moustache (droops)
lasso
sheepskin jacket
dead brother
gamblers or lady cowboys may also carry a miniature pistol, maybe in the hat band. Be warned.
in addition, real cowboys must be able to -
jump on a passing horse, or off a roof onto a standing one
stop a glass slid along the bar
control a runaway stagecoach, or settlers' wagon
read smoke signals
look good in chaps
at poker, always have four aces
spot rifles poking out of windows
tell fool's gold from the real thing
talk to indians in sign language
head them off at the pass
shoot through a rope, from a distance
...and remember, the real cowboy is always polite. Good manners cost nothing.
HOME OF THE BRAVE pays tribute to the finest cinematic music the world has ever heard - the music of Morricone, Bernstein (Elmer), Moross and Steiner.
HOME OF THE BRAVE loves the music to How the West Was Won but doesn't think much of the film. Calamity Jane is much more our thing. Also Bonanza, Cheyenne, Maverick and Laramie.
"How fast can you take your time, kid?"
Band photos by Gerard Brogan [email protected] - Thanks!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/07/2007
Band Members: Richard Ormrod
 tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals, trumpet, accordion, whistles
Jonny Flockton
electric guitar, desert air
Rus Pearson
double bass, laptop, mexican laughter
Paul Hession
drum kit, gunshots, horses
Jack Elam
 spiritual guidance

Influences: Sergio Leone
John Ford
John Sturges
Howard Hawks
William Holden
Jack Elam
Lee Van Cleef
John Wayne
Henry Fonda
Eli Wallach
Doris Day
James Stewart
Tex Ritter
Gary Cooper
Clint Eastwood

Sounds Like: Ennio Morricone
Alfred Newman
Elmer Bernstein
Jerome Moross
Max Steiner
Cyril J Mockridge
Richard Hageman
Emil Newman
Trigger
Dimitri Tiomkin
Victor Young
Jerry Goldsmith
Harry Sukman
David Rose
Silver

"Let us now apply DE to a simple test: the old Western quick draw gunfight. Only one gun fighter ever really grasped the concept of DE and that was Wyatt Earp. Nobody ever beat him. Wyatt Earp said: It's not the first shot that counts. It's the first shot that hits. Point is to draw aim and fire and deliver the slug an inch above the belt buckle.
That's DE. How fast can you do it and get it done?"
- William Burroughs, 'The Discipline of D.E.' from Exterminator!
Record Label: Unsigned

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