Church Country and Western fundraiser shenanigans complete. Time for this cowgirl to hit the hay 🤠

Robert Redford and Paul Newman on set between takes shooting the classic western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969

Dolly Parton (1987)

Country Girl.

Bee Ho Gray and his Yodeling Coyote

The postcard reads:

"Bing Crosby paid him $750.00 for one week.

This is the boss, and "Chink" the only coyote ever trained to work before the public."

c. 1936

White wedding, white boots, white pistol

1973.

Everybody's favorite Canadian concert film.

YEEEEEHAW‼️‼️‼️‼️

Paul Newman, 1962

Last night I watched the first episode of four-part documentary Ministry of Evil investigating the Alamo Christian Foundation, the notorious abusive cult founded by corrupt husband and wife con artists Tony and Susan Alamo in 1969. Look, the Alamos were horrendous people but as John Waters concludes in his essay “Crimes of Fashion: A Look Inside the Criminal Wardrobe”: “I don’t judge criminals by the terrible crimes they commit, I judge them by what they wear.” On that level, the duo possessed a gloriously trashy Country & Western dress sense with baroque platinum blonde bouffant wiglets (her) and dark Elvis-style shades and sideburns (him). (They made Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker look understated). In their pomp, the Alamos evoked a shitkicker Christian fundamentalist version of Raymond and Connie Marble of Pink Flamingos, or a George Jones and Tammy Wynette tribute act.

The Deputy by Don Silvers.

Ray Charles and Johnny Cash on The Johnny Cash Show 1970

The Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall (1975)

One of my theme songs.

May 20, 2023.

Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors, home of the famous country music “Nudie Suits.”