Charlie Russell update

I have just completed writing the lyrics to: Breaking Camp, rewording Off She Went and The Ghost Horse. I also have laid down the guitar and keyboard tracks to these songs as well. In the next several days I should have the main vocals to these three songs. Breaking Camp is a song about Charlie's time as a night wrangler and him speaking first hand about the cowboys and herding the animals. Off She Went is a song written by me and my old friend Richard Dale McKinney. Since I never used this song professionally and have tried to get Richard to record it with me, I am using this song anyway. I give half the credits to my friend and hope this song will be a highlight of the album. The Ghost Horse has my best singing by far. This is a first hand account of Charlie talking about the history and love for his famous pinto, Monty. I am also in the process of writing a story about Hoovers pig. On my song list that I have on my website, Hoovers pig is an instrumental. I was going to laydown on top of these tracks and do a narrative of Charlies story, but I feel I might get in trouble with the copyrights. So I will instead sing the song along with the music. Lots to do, stay tuned.

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