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Cowboy singer and poet Red Steagall has covered a lot of
ground in his 40 year career. Known for such songs as
"Here We Go Again", "Party Dolls and Wine", "Freckles
Brown", and "Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music",
Steagall has shared his cultural legacy around the
world, from Germany to England to Australia to the
Middle East, to South America and to the Far East. A
native Texan, Red Steagall graduated from West Texas A &
M University with a degree in Animal Science and
Agronomy. He spent eight years as a music industry
executive in Hollywood, California and has spent the
last thirty five years as a recording artist,
songwriter, and television and motion picture
personality. He currently lives outside of Fort Worth,
Texas.
Over
two hundred of Steagall’s compositions have been
recorded. He has released a total of twenty three
albums. His latest, HERE WE GO AGAIN, was released in
the fall of 2007. Steagall performs an average of 60
days per year. Over the past 35 years, his performances
have included over l00 major rodeo performances and an
equal number of major fair appearances. He has completed
tours of Germany, Spain, Australia, the Middle East,
South America and the Far East.
In addition to his
musical compositions and performances, Steagall was a
regular on the NBC series,
Music Country USA and
has logged numerous appearances on syndicated television
shows. He served five years as host of the nationally
televised
National Finals Rodeo,
and was host of the
Winston Pro Tour
on ESPN.
Steagall served as a member of the original Board of
Trustees of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Champions, Is an
honorary member of the Cowboy Artists of America, and is
a former Chairman of the Board of the Academy of Country
Music.
He
has received numerous awards and accolades. Steagall
was named the Official Cowboy Poet of Texas by the state
legislature In April of 1991. He was named the “2006
Poet Laureate of the State of Texas” during ceremonies
at the State Capital in Austin in the spring of 2005.
Plus
he was Inducted Into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, the
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Hall of Great
Westerners at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum In Oklahoma City.
In March of 1993, Texas
Christian University Press published Steagall’s first
book,
Ride for the Brand,
a 168 page collection of poetry and songs embracing the
western lifestyle that he loves and lives. His second
book,
The Fence that Me and Shorty Built,
was published in April of 2001. In September of 2003,
Texas Tech University Press published
Born to This Land,
a joint effort between Red Steagall and Pulitzer Prize
winning photographer, Skeeter Hagler. In 2004, State
House Press released Cowboy
Corner Conversations,
a collection of some of his favorite interviews from his
highly acclaimed radio show,
Cowboy
Corner.
The book includes personal stories from Roy Rogers, Rex
Allen, Reba McEntire, and many more. His current
publication is a TCU Press release entitled
Red Steagall, Texas Poet
Laureate, 2006. |
