Where The Buffalo Rhyme - Dakota Cowboy Poetry, recorded live at the Boss Cowman Opry in Lemmon, SD features four of today's top Cowboy and Cowgirl poets. Rodney Nelson, Elizabeth Ebert, Yvonne Hollenbeck and Jess Howard. Where The Buffalo Rhyme will make you laugh until you cry.
Can you tell a CD by it's cover? "Where the Buffalo Rhyme" shows the facesof Elizabeth Ebert, Yvonne Hollenbeck, Jess Howard and Rodney Nelson
expertly chiseled into Mount Rushmore. Baxter Black gets credit for the
title. That's the beginning, and a strong indication of what's inside.
I'll gladly go out on a limb and say "Where the Buffalo Rhyme, Dakota Cowboy Poetry," is one of the funniest CDs ever. I'm not alone. Everyone I talk to who has heard it has the same reaction. Recorded live at the Boss Cowman Opry in Lemmon, South Dakota, the CD captures a show that stars four top poets, with well known radio personality Jim Thompson as emcee.
Things get off to a great start with Yvonne Hollenbeck's "What Would Martha
Do?," a poem that has become as well known as its notorious namesake. She has five more pieces, all winners. In any other crowd, Jess Howard (who also has the dubious distinction of being funnyman and AWA Poet of the Year Pat Richardson's brother) would be a hard act to follow with his jokes, perfect
delivery, and tall poetic tales like "Duckin' the Law." AWA Female Poet of
the Year (2001) Elizabeth Ebert is up to it, though. Her mastery of
understatement mixed with humor creates memorable stories about her ranching life and her husband of 57 years; "Ranch Romance" and "It Takes Real Love"("...to kiss a man whose whiskers poke and scratch, whose morning breath smells just like eggs, last year's that didn't hatch..." ) stand out in particular. Rodney Nelson, North Dakota rancher, long-time Elko participant and popular columnist, rounds out this great group with a selection of his funniest poems, including "Getting Started," a classic "Honey, do you have a minute" poem, and "Cowboy Laundry."
This CD and these poets set a new standard for quality in performing and
recording production. They are all the real deal and real poets. The
generous 19 tracks in this flat-out hilarious CD are guaranteed to leave you
smiling.
reviewed by Margo Metegrano, editor, CowboyPoetry.com
1. Intro by Jim Thompson
3. Pour Old Geezer Dames/ Why His Ear Are Swollen - Yvonne Hollenbeck
4. Duckin' The Law - Jess Howard
5. Big Bad John, Part II - Jess Howard
6. It Takes Real Love/The Last Great Rabbi Hunt - Elizabeth Ebert
7. An Ordinary Morning/Ranch Romance - Elizabeth Ebert
8. Auction Sale - Rodney Nelson
9. Getting Started - Rodney Nelson
10. Good Clean Fun - Rodney Nelson
11. The Waitress - Yvonne Hollenbeck
12. Rebel Rouser - Yvonne Hollenbeck
13. Best Gift I've Had in Years - Yvonne Hollenbeck
14. Suicide - Jess Howard
15. Matter of Minds/Old Henry - Jess Howard
16. The Cemetery - Elizabeth Ebert
17. Ode to Tofu/Cowboy Courtin' Time - Elizabeth Ebert
18. Not Enough Snuff - Rodney Nelson
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