Episode 315: Cosmic Cowboys Ride Again!

It turned rock upside down, hippies playing country music with a twist!  It began as a trickle from the Byrds' "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo;" and grew into a full blow trend branching into multiple styles and evolving into "Progressive Country" and more. It cannot be confused with today's "Country Pop" which in essence is only rock music played poorly... come with us as we explore this phenomena of "Cosmic Cowboys"  (BTW, we finally landed on a theme song for this season of TSP, enjoy!) Intro: Our New Theme is “Everybody's Gonna be Happy” – Larry Page Orchestra,               The Podcast:   Cosmic Cowboy (1) – Michael Murphy,  Gypsy Cowboy – New Riders Of The Purple Sage,   Living In The Country – Cowboy,   Bad Weather – Poco,   Look At The Sun – Richie Furay,   Texas Sparrow – Gladstone,   Stewball – Leon Russell,   Break – “I once had a horse…”   The Visionaries Bloc:   You’re Still On My Mind - Gram Parsons,   Deportee - The Byrds,   Can’t You Hear Me Calling - The Flying Burrito Brothers,   Propinquity (Live) - Michael Nesmith,   Kind Woman - Buffalo Springfield,   The Wheel – Chris Hillman,   Cosmic Cowboy (2) – Susto,   Traveling Salesman – Country,   Everything – Jonathan Edwards,                 Break – Nez Takes A Break!   Cosmic Cowboy (3) – Barry McGuire,    Texas Cosmic Cowboy Songs Bloc:Texas Morning Back 2 Back with Rusty Wier and Mike Nesmith’s First National Band,   Talkin’ Texas – Gary Nicholson,    Texas Kind Of Attitude (Live) – Dan Hicks,   In Black And White – Walter Hyatt,   It’s Good To Be Free – Rio Grande,   Outro: Cosmic Cowboy (1 reprise) – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.#977 of 1ooo