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items: A Summer Adventure Worthy Of America’s 250th
items: From The C&I Studio: Berto Colón Of Dutton Ranch
items: World Premiere Video: “Vaquero” by Midland
items: What Happens When 1,700 Country Music Fans Set Sail Together
items: Country Legend Randy Travis Gets Nashville Palace Tribute
items: Farewell To Country Music Broadcast Legend And Grand Ole Opry Announcer Bill Cody
items: C&I’s Father’s Day Gift Guide
items: Western-Inspired Whiskey To Sip This Summer
items: The Best Moments From CMA Fest 2026
items: New Don Williams Music Emerges On The Cellar Tapes

A Summer Adventure Worthy Of America’s 250th
type: item
creator: Tyler Auffhammer
date: 2026-06-17T00:14:35Z
subject: Blog
subject: Travel
subject: Colorado rafting trips
subject: Dinosaur National Monument
subject: Echo Park
subject: Gates of Lodore
subject: Green River rafting
subject: John Wesley Powell
subject: Lodore Canyon
subject: OARS rafting
subject: Utah rafting trips
subject: whitewater rafting
description: Zipping from Colorado to Utah through Lodore Canyon wasn’t always such a pretty endeavor. Now it’s a summer adventure worthy … The post A Summer Adventure Worthy Of America’s 250th appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: Zipping from Colorado to Utah through Lodore Canyon wasn’t always such a pretty endeavor. Now it’s a summer adventure worthy of marking a nation’s 250th anniversary. Not much has changed in Lodore Canyon—at least in all the right ways—since the first fabled whitewater descent of this spectacular leg of the Green River happened many moons and Junes ago. Back in America’s pre-centennial days, pushing paddle here hung somewhere between uncharted ordeal and terror quest. Today, as momentous summer rafting adventures go, there’s no 250th Anniversary-worthy riverine time machine quite like it. <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-320601 size-large" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/M72K28-RGB-1024x698.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="698" srcset="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/M72K28-RGB-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/M72K28-RGB-300x205.jpg 300w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/M72K28-RGB-768x524.jpg 768w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/M72K28-RGB-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/M72K28-RGB-2048x1397.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> The three-night journey begins in Colorado at the Gates of Lodore—a massive pair of cliffs just upriver from Disaster Falls—and ends in Utah. Credit: Alamy. Flowing between northwestern Colorado and Utah, Lodore Canyon is a 43-mile, cliff-flanked Class II-IV thrill ride complete with beachside campsites and uninterrupted beauty. This remarkable stretch of waterway cuts through Dinosaur National Monument, where it’s easy to overlook in favor of the monument’s famous dinosaur fossils and exhibits at the Quarry Visitor Center. Commonly dubbed “The Little Grand Canyon,” there’s nothing little about Lodore Canyon — as explorer John Wesley Powell discovered on his maiden voyage through the broil…

From The C&I Studio: Berto Colón Of Dutton Ranch
type: item
creator: Joe Leydon
date: 2026-06-13T03:38:36Z
subject: Blog
subject: Entertainment
subject: Featured
subject: TV
subject: Annette Bening
subject: Berto Colón
subject: cole hauser
subject: Dutton Ranch
subject: Hart Denton
subject: Taylor Sheridan
description: As Miguel, he emerges as a major player in the latest episode of producer Taylor Sheridan’s hit Paramount+ drama. Before … The post From The C&I Studio: Berto Colón Of Dutton Ranch appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: As Miguel, he emerges as a major player in the latest episode of producer Taylor Sheridan’s hit Paramount+ drama. Before Episode 106 of Dutton Ranch premiered Friday, June 12, Miguel — played by Puerto Rican-born actor Berto Colón — came across as a secondary character, serving mostly to perform chores and open doors as bodyguard for Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening), owner of the Ten-Petal Ranch. But in the episode titled “A Cowboy Saint,” Miguel wasn’t merely the right man in the right place at the right time. He was, quite literally, a life-saver. And a life-taker. Warning: Spoiler Alert! Late one night at Ten-Petal, Joaquin Jackson Reyes (Juan Pablo Raba), Beulah’s eldest son and fixer for the family, was seriously wounded in his hand by Chet Davis (Hart Davis), a former ranch employee who blamed Joaquin for his firing. But before he could finish the job, Miguel stepped out of the shadows and defused the situation — by terminating Chat with extreme prejudice. And mind you, all of this occurred in full view of Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser), who was seated nearby in his truck because Joaquin had invited him to drop by for a drink. Rip looked at Miguel, Miguel looked at Rip — and I swear, I couldn’t help thinking that, at that moment, both men immediately recognized each other as dangerously loyal dudes who took out the trash for their employers whenever necessary. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-320592" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Berto2-1024x683.jpg" alt="Berto Colon as Miguel In Dutton Ranch" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Berto2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Berto2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Berto2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Berto2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-…

World Premiere Video: “Vaquero” by Midland
type: item
creator: Tyler Auffhammer
date: 2026-06-12T14:00:49Z
subject: Blog
subject: Entertainment
subject: Featured
subject: Music
subject: country music
subject: Country music video
subject: Midland
subject: music
subject: music video
subject: Vaquero
description: Cowboys & Indians has the exclusive drop of the Texas band’s latest track. The genius of Midland has always been … The post World Premiere Video: “Vaquero” by Midland appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: Cowboys & Indians has the exclusive drop of the Texas band’s latest track. The genius of Midland has always been its ability to crank out fresh country classics that instantly feel as familiar as your favorite pair of jeans. With its new release, the Grammy-nominated trio formed in Dripping Springs, Texas, continues spinning its resonant magic, this time making the song and video’s exclusive debut available to Cowboys & Indians. “Vaquero” is a waltz-time ode to an aging cowboy that doesn’t so much sparkle as it flickers through a dusty film of crusty nostalgia, stubborn pride, and muscle ache. “Where oh, where oh, will you go, Vaquero, now that your Cuervo’s run dry … there ain’t no cattle to drive,” sings Mark Wystrach with the road-weary crackle that’s been packing venues since the band’s debut album, On the Rocks, in 2017. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-320559 size-large" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Midland_P_20260318_HSmith_BHRowns_DSC3484_EditHS_FNL-1024x683.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Midland_P_20260318_HSmith_BHRowns_DSC3484_EditHS_FNL-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Midland_P_20260318_HSmith_BHRowns_DSC3484_EditHS_FNL-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Midland_P_20260318_HSmith_BHRowns_DSC3484_EditHS_FNL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Midland_P_20260318_HSmith_BHRowns_DSC3484_EditHS_FNL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Midland_P_20260318_HSmith_BHRowns_DSC3484_EditHS_FNL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> In cowboy-roustabout-turned-actor Ty Mitchell (True Grit, Killers of the Flower Moon), the band has found the perfect weather-beaten avatar for its “Vaquero” hero. Throughout the video, the 60-going-on-8…

What Happens When 1,700 Country Music Fans Set Sail Together
type: item
creator: Tyler Auffhammer
date: 2026-06-11T21:30:22Z
subject: Blog
subject: Entertainment
subject: Featured
subject: Music
subject: Travel
subject: Chad Bushnell
subject: Chris Lucas
subject: country cruising
subject: country music
subject: country music singer
subject: Cruise
subject: entertainment
subject: Fun
subject: J.B. Aaron
subject: LOCASH
subject: Preston Brust
subject: Trace Adkins
subject: Waylon Jennings
subject: Whey Jennings
subject: Zac Grooms
description: Our C&I correspondent hits the high seas for a week of song, sailing, healing — and roadie-ing. The Chad Bushnell … The post What Happens When 1,700 Country Music Fans Set Sail Together appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: Our C&I correspondent hits the high seas for a week of song, sailing, healing — and roadie-ing. The Chad Bushnell on the speaker sings about taking whiskey to work, to church, about being baptized by that magical brown elixir, etc. The Chad Bushnell sitting next to me leans back in his seat and talks about, well, I don’t know … I can’t hear a thing he says … so I ask someone to turn down the music. That’s a new one: Turn down Chad Bushnell so I can hear Chad Bushnell! A rancher, rodeo athlete, hunter and country music singer, Bushnell is as western as they come. On this morning, he is far from his northern California home as he lounges in the sun, smiling as he drip-dries on a catamaran after having spent 30 minutes snorkeling at a reef off Key West. He sips his drink—technically it is mimosas, not whiskey, doing the work across this boat—as we talk about Country Cruising, the five-day celebration of country music that makes this snorkeling excursion possible. Suddenly the catamaran slows to a stop. “DOLPHINS!” the captain yells from the stern. I look to the boat’s right … one, two, five, eight dolphins frolic in the deep blue water. I look to the left, the front, the back—more, more, more, I’m guessing 50 total. Dark shadows flutter just below the surface before bursting into sunlight, gulping air, and disappearing into the deep. One flips backward, others appear to be playing leapfrog and still more soar as if trying to clear a high jump bar. A guide walks near the edge of the boat. He holds his arms out wide, his expression, tone of voice and posture exuding baffled amazement. “What is happening right now?” he asks no one and everyone. “I’ve never seen anything like this.” All week long on Country Cruising—a chartered cruise with 1,700 country music fans and 30-plus performers that sails from Fort Lauderdale to Key West to the Bahamas and back—exuberant passengers and energized performers ask the same question … and give the same answer. Great shows! Great conver…

Country Legend Randy Travis Gets Nashville Palace Tribute
type: item
creator: Kaylee Brister
date: 2026-06-11T20:31:21Z
subject: Music
subject: Nashville
subject: Randy Travis
description: A full-circle moment at the Nashville Palace saw Randy Travis honored with a dedicated room and a concert celebrating his … The post Country Legend Randy Travis Gets Nashville Palace Tribute appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: A full-circle moment at the Nashville Palace saw Randy Travis honored with a dedicated room and a concert celebrating his storied career. Before CMA Fest officially kicked off in Music City, the Nashville Palace celebrated the legacy of country music icon Randy Travis, who began his career at the venue as a catfish cook. Travis returned to the Nashville Palace on Wednesday, June 3, for a ribbon cutting celebrating the landmark’s rebranded front room, now the “Randy Travis Room.” Adorned with pictures and memorabilia ranging from a copy of his first paycheck at the Palace when he went by the name Randy Traywick to photos showing him cutting his teeth on stage soon thereafter as Randy Ray, the space serves as a tribute to a career whose impact still reverberates throughout country music today. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-320565" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pc_-Maddie-Ormand-x-Warner-Records-Nashville-14-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="2560" height="1708" srcset="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pc_-Maddie-Ormand-x-Warner-Records-Nashville-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pc_-Maddie-Ormand-x-Warner-Records-Nashville-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pc_-Maddie-Ormand-x-Warner-Records-Nashville-14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pc_-Maddie-Ormand-x-Warner-Records-Nashville-14-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pc_-Maddie-Ormand-x-Warner-Records-Nashville-14-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pc_-Maddie-Ormand-x-Warner-Records-Nashville-14-2048x1366.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> “John A. Hobbs, the original owner of the Nashville Palace, believed in Randy when he came to Nashville back in the early 1980s and gave him a job…

Farewell To Country Music Broadcast Legend And Grand Ole Opry Announcer Bill Cody
type: item
creator: Joe Leydon
date: 2026-06-10T19:28:34Z
subject: Entertainment
subject: Music
subject: Uncategorized
subject: Bill Cody
subject: grand ole opry
subject: WSM Radio
description: Nashville stars and longtime admirers mourn the passing of the iconic country music champion. The C&I crew wants to wish … The post Farewell To Country Music Broadcast Legend And Grand Ole Opry Announcer Bill Cody appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: Nashville stars and longtime admirers mourn the passing of the iconic country music champion. The C&I crew wants to wish happy trails to Bill Cody, legendary announcer for the Grand Ole Opry and genial host of the long-running WSM radio show Coffee, Country & Cody, who passed away Tuesday, June 9, in Nashville at age 67. A Country Radio Hall of Fame and Music City Walk of Fame honoree, Cody was widely admired and deeply appreciated as an indefatigable advocate of the music he deeply loved. As Kyle “Trigger” Coroneos noted on the Saving Country Music site, Cody was “a champion of traditional country artists, up-and-comers, legends and independent performers who others in radio would sometimes ignore, but Bill would give them a voice on one of the most important radio stations in country music.” “There might be someone somewhere in the world who loved country music as much,” country superstar Garth Brooks said in a prepared statement, “but nobody loved country music more than Bill Cody.” Dierks Bentley posted a similarly respectful tribute: “Country music has lost one of its pillars. Bill was just as important to the fabric of our music and city as any artist, songwriter, or musician. No one loved country music, its history and its characters more than Bill Cody. Prayers to his family and Charlie and Kelly [Coffee, Country & Cody cohosts Charlie Mattos and Kelly Sutton] and everyone that knew and loved him at WSM and the Opry.” Grand Ole Opry member Brad Paisley wrote: “Devastated by this news. We loved you Bill. When the roll is called up yonder, I hope it’s your voice.” <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-320504" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/TGBrown.jpg" alt="" width="506" height="738" srcset="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/TGBrown.jpg 506w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/TGBrown-206x300.jpg 206w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px…

C&I’s Father’s Day Gift Guide
type: item
creator: Tyler Auffhammer
date: 2026-06-10T17:34:35Z
subject: Blog
subject: Fashion
subject: Style
subject: American hat company
subject: Bingham Spirits
subject: father
subject: Father's Day
subject: gift guide
subject: Gift guide list
subject: HYER Boots
subject: Leupold
subject: Montana Knife Company
subject: Orvis
subject: Pelican
subject: Pendleton
subject: Schaefer Outfitter
subject: Shopping list
description: For fathers who believe the best gear is used, trusted, and passed down. Father’s Day can be a difficult holiday … The post C&I’s Father’s Day Gift Guide appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: For fathers who believe the best gear is used, trusted, and passed down. Father’s Day can be a difficult holiday to shop for — most dads already own the basics, and if they need something, chances are they’ve already bought it themselves. The trick isn’t finding something flashy; it’s finding something useful. A piece of clothing or gear that earns its place in Dad’s truck, the tack room, or beside the back door. Whether he spends his mornings on horseback, his weekends on the water, or his evenings around a campfire, here are a few gifts worthy of the fathers who embody the Western way of life. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-320370 size-large" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2600_short-sleeve-rangetek-western-guide-snap-shirt_white_lifestyle-768x1024.webp" alt="" width="768" height="1024" srcset="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2600_short-sleeve-rangetek-western-guide-snap-shirt_white_lifestyle-768x1024.webp 768w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2600_short-sleeve-rangetek-western-guide-snap-shirt_white_lifestyle-225x300.webp 225w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2600_short-sleeve-rangetek-western-guide-snap-shirt_white_lifestyle.webp 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /> Schaefer Outfitter RangeTek Guide Shirt Few brands understand the West like Schaefer Outfitter. Their RangeTek Guide Shirt combines traditional Western styling with the performance features today’s outdoorsmen actually need. Breathable and built with stretch, it’s equally at home mending fence, flying cross country, or grilling burgers. Why we like it: Classic pearl-snap styling Lightweight performance fabric Built for long days outdoors <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-320372 size-large" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ostrich_Culver_Square_0000_DSC09934-1024x1024.webp" alt="" …

Western-Inspired Whiskey To Sip This Summer
type: item
creator: Kaylie Beniak
date: 2026-06-10T16:10:06Z
subject: Food & Drink
subject: bourbon
subject: cocktail recipe
subject: Cowboy cocktails
subject: drinks
subject: liqeuer
subject: whiskey
description: Now’s the season to savor your new favorite whiskey or bourbon-based cocktail in the perfect setting. Whether that’s right at … The post Western-Inspired Whiskey To Sip This Summer appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: Now’s the season to savor your new favorite whiskey or bourbon-based cocktail in the perfect setting. Whether that’s right at home or way down the road at your westernmost saloon, these stellar sips will point you in the right direction. The Occidental In Buffalo, Wyoming — a remote ranching town tucked at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains — bullet holes puncture the embossed tin ceiling inside the Occidental, a reminder that the area’s oldest saloon was once (as one early visitor put it) “a regular gambling hell” where high-stakes poker games stretched for days. Opened in 1880 along the cattle-drive route north, “The Ox’s” namesake historic hotel lured cowboys, lawmen, and the occasional outlaw of Butch Cassidy fame. Theodore Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway dropped in, too. In 1908, the barroom was transformed with a stained-glass back bar and a 25-foot counter that still anchors the place. Today, locals and travelers alike belly up for bison burgers, pot pies, and a stiff whiskey beneath that same tin ceiling. Swing by for Thursday bluegrass jam sessions led by Ox owner David Stewart, and stay for more live music and dancing on the weekends. Wyoming Whiskey- Small Batch Bourbon Launched 20 years ago in pint-sized Kirby (pop. 76), Wyoming Whiskey — the first (legal) distillery in the Cowboy State — continues to source its non-GMO grain from local farms and draw glacier-filtered water from a nearby aquifer. Big seasonal swings push oak deep into its signature Small Batch Bourbon for over five years in new charred wood. Dessert-ish tasting notes like “caramel pudding,” “browned butter,” and “warm toffee” will make the end result a midsummer night’s dream dram, whether poured neat or over a large rock. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-320451 size-medium" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Wyoming-Whiskey-207x300.jpg" alt="" width="207" height="300" srcset="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026…

The Best Moments From CMA Fest 2026
type: item
creator: Kaylee Brister
date: 2026-06-09T18:47:59Z
subject: Blog
subject: Entertainment
subject: Music
subject: Ashley McBryde
subject: Blake Shelton
subject: Bobby Johnson
subject: Brian Kelley
subject: Cassidy Daniels
subject: Charles Wesley Godwin
subject: cma
subject: CMA Fest
subject: Cody Glenn Cox
subject: cody johnson
subject: country music
subject: Dalton Webb
subject: Dianne Sherril
subject: Drake Milligan
subject: Jacob Tolliver
subject: James Dupré
subject: Jason Aldean
subject: Jeff Bates
subject: Jelly Roll
subject: jon pardi
subject: koe wetzel
subject: Kylie Frey
subject: Melissa Etheridge
subject: music
subject: Music City
subject: Nashville
subject: Palmer Anthony
subject: Randy Travis
subject: Stella Lefty
subject: Stephen Wilson Jr.
subject: Tyler Hubbard
subject: Vincent Mason.
subject: Waka Flocka Flame
subject: Walker Montgomery
subject: Willow Avalon
subject: Wyatt Flores
description: Country music icons gather in Nashville to celebrate the people, songs, and traditions that make country music great. CMA Fest … The post The Best Moments From CMA Fest 2026 appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: Country music icons gather in Nashville to celebrate the people, songs, and traditions that make country music great. CMA Fest is called country music’s biggest party for a reason. The mammoth music and fan festival gathers hundreds of the genre’s most beloved musicians, songwriters and other personalities along with nearly 100,000 fans each day in downtown Nashville, where parties pour out from stages and barrooms all along Broadway and even across the river to Nissan Stadium, where star-studded performances cap off all four nights. However, the best part of CMA Fest isn’t just the music, the location or the people, but rather that much of the action can be observed free of charge. After attending CMA Fest for the first time in 2025 as credentialed media, I made my way back to Music City this year to take in the first half of the festival without wristband access. With a half dozen free stages along with access to all the bars on Broadway, I quickly learned the lack of a credential was not going to prevent me getting my boot scootin’ boogie on. With that in mind, continue reading to relive the best things I saw at CMA Fest, from C&I cover stars Cody Johnson and Ashley McBryde at Spotify House to a Randy Travis room naming at the Nashville Palace and the long-awaited return of Florida-Georgia Line. Randy Travis Room Naming Capping off two days that included the proclamation of Randy Travis Day in Tennessee and the naming of a room at the Nashville Palace in his honor, the six-time GRAMMY award winning crooner was on hand to witness a multi-genre and multi-generational lineup of artists jam to his songs at the Palace Wednesday night. Top highlights included James Dupré tackling Travis’ second ever no. 1 hit “Diggin' Up Bones”, Kylie Frey putting her own spin on “I Told You So” and a group sing on perhaps Travis’ most prominent song, “Forever And Ever, Amen” that featured the likes of Waka Flocka Flame, Drake Milligan, Walker Montgomery, Jacob Tolliver, Cassidy Daniel…

New Don Williams Music Emerges On The Cellar Tapes
type: item
creator: Tyler Auffhammer
date: 2026-06-09T11:08:08Z
subject: Blog
subject: Entertainment
subject: Music
subject: country music
subject: Don Williams
subject: Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes
subject: Garth Fundis
subject: music
subject: The Gentle Giant
description: Gentle Giant Don Williams gave us giant country hits over decades. Now, songs found in a cellar after his death … The post New Don Williams Music Emerges On The Cellar Tapes appeared first on Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
encoded: Gentle Giant Don Williams gave us giant country hits over decades. Now, songs found in a cellar after his death bring “new” music. Almost a decade after his death in 2017, the first posthumous music release from the man known as “The Gentle Giant” is finally seeing the light of day. Available now, Don Williams’ Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes captures the Texas born singer at his best across several sessions recorded between 1979 and 1984 with his longtime coproducer, Garth Fundis, who returned to the same production role for this project alongside Williams’ son Tim. Tim first became aware of the tapes stashed away in the cellar of the family’s rural Tennessee home when one of his father’s longtime managers asked for access to get them digitally transferred. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-320364 size-large" src="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/a0087074471_10-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="1024" srcset="https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/a0087074471_10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/a0087074471_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/a0087074471_10-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/a0087074471_10-236x236.jpg 236w, https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/a0087074471_10.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> Initially, Williams wasn’t too enthused about the idea. “At first I was pretty lukewarm about it,” Williams recalls. “I didn’t even know what was on the tapes, but once we got them restored and I heard the songs — especially my dad’s voice and how strong it was — I became real excited.” Fundis was likewise lukewarm till thoughts of the original recording sessions nearly 40 years prior began flooding back. “It took me a while to get on board too,” Fundis says. “But once I heard the songs, it took me right back …