By Rick Schwertfeger, Captain, Frontier Partisans Southern Command I must be crazy. I’m writing about Ernest Hemingway, one of the most studied, well-known, complex, deeply flawed, and yet extraordinary Americans. And many Frontier Partisans may know much more about the man than I do. But, we’ll see that author Chris Warren found more to … [Read more...] about Hemingway In The Yellowstone High Country
Working The Trapline — August 2020 — Charlie Russell Sky
Charlie Russell painted sunsets Brush dipped in red and gold Like God’s hand sweeping across the West A hundred years ago... — “Charlie Russell Sky” Completed recording on my original song “Charlie Russell Sky,” which will be featured in Craig Rullman’s documentary film on buckaroo artist Len Babb. Charlie Russell is a shaping influence … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — August 2020 — Charlie Russell Sky
Tonight We Ride
The Frontier Partisans soundtrack is LOADED! WAUGH! Yep, there’s more. The mighty Tom Russell has assembled a Wild Bunch of singer-songwriters for a virtual festival of cowboy music on Facebook. Andy Hedges, Colter Wall, Corb Lund, Emmylou Harris, Jon Langford, Jason Boland. If you can’t catch it live, the video will be available for … [Read more...] about Tonight We Ride
The Bunkhouse Sessions
The past couple of days, the Muse has thrown music in my path that brightens the day. Like a lot of folks, I run on music as fuel; it’s as vital as a bracing cup of coffee in the morning. Things are kind of dark in the world of music these days. Independent venues are under existential threat. My outfit just finished the last of three gigs we … [Read more...] about The Bunkhouse Sessions
Frontier Music In The Valley of the Chiefs
Facebook is a toxic stream in a lot of ways, full of fool's gold, and panning it ain’t necessarily good for your health. But every now and then, if you pick the right spots and your heart is pure (!) you find yourself swirling out some paydirt. That happened twice on Thursday, which made for a pretty good day. The esteemed folks at the Western … [Read more...] about Frontier Music In The Valley of the Chiefs
‘I Want The World To Know The Truth’
Breaking news: A documentary on the 1985 abduction, torture and murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena that was mysteriously pulled from release on Amazon Prime now has a new release date — July 31. I wrote about the apparent spike of The Last Narc on June 2 in this post. The new release date indicates to me that there was a significant edit. As … [Read more...] about ‘I Want The World To Know The Truth’
Redskins, Rangers And Revisionism
I wasn’t going to weigh in at all on the Washington, DC NFL team’s decision to drop the “Redskins” moniker after years of pressure. The matter is in my territory — the popular culture’s ever-evolving relationship with frontier history — but I just can’t get worked up about it. I know Indians who hate it and Indians who could give a shit about it. … [Read more...] about Redskins, Rangers And Revisionism
More From The Trapline — July 2020
“Brett Riley’s COMANCHE is the best western-horror-thriller-ghost story-PI novel ever written."―Tod Goldberg, author of Gangsterland Yeah, OK. I’m sold already. HP over at Hillbilly Highways scouted up Comanche. He noted that the town of Comanche is not far from Cross Plains, Texas, where Robert E. Howard banged out his immortal stories on … [Read more...] about More From The Trapline — July 2020
Frontier Partisans Situation Report
Thanks to many generous contributors, we’re right about halfway to the $3,000 goal for the Frontier Partisans GoFundMe Campaign (link to the right). My pard Lynn Woodward is hard at work on getting the Trading Post swept out, running off the loafers, getting the chinking between the logs filled in and the plunder organized. I am still nailing … [Read more...] about Frontier Partisans Situation Report
Oklahoma Wind
A big chunk of Oklahoma remains Indian Territory — at least as far as criminal jurisdiction runs. From CNBC: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a huge swath of Oklahoma is Native American land for certain purposes, siding with a Native American man who had challenged his rape conviction by state authorities in the territory. The 5-4 … [Read more...] about Oklahoma Wind
