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“If you like cowboys, or if you like country fiddling, you’ll enjoy [this] story. If you like both, you’re doubly in luck, for McWhorter is an unusual combination: a working cowboy and a working fiddler.” —Elmer Kelton. A cowboy, a ranch manager, an alumnus of Bob Wills’s Texas Playboys, and the leader of a western-swing band, Frankie McWhorter’s stories are endlessly entertaining.
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"If you are interested in cowboying as it really was with all its heat, dust, blood, and boredom, this remarkable book is for you."—Books of the Southwest"If you like cowboys, or if you like country fiddling, you'll enjoy Frankie McWhorter's story. . .If you like both, you're doubly in luck. If you like Bob Wills music—and who doesn’t?—you'll find his recollections of Wills compelling, often funny, occasionally sad."—Elmer KeltonIn this lively memoir McWhorter recalls how he manages life as a working cowboy and a professional musician. He's a member of the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame and foreman of a large ranch in the Texas panhandle. He toured with Bob Wills from 1960 to 1962 and is a frequent guest at Bob Wills Day in Turkey, Texas.
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