Entertainer and WT Alumnus Red Steagall to Present “Values of the Cow Country”

Canyon, Texas – Cowboy poet Red Steagall will present “Values of the Cow Country told in Story, Verse, and Song” at 7 p.m. on April 7 in Legacy Hall in the Jack B. Kelley Student Center on the West Texas A&M University campus. No registration is required to attend, and a Zoom option also will be available; register for the online option at bit.ly/steagall. The event is a joint presentation of the Center for the Study of American West (CSAW)’s Nall Lecture Series in Western Studies and the WT Distinguished Lecture Series. This event will include storytelling, music, poetry, and commentary concerning Western American culture and heritage, with a special emphasis on the Texas Panhandle region. The lecture will engage students on Western American history with attention on legend, myth, and reality. The event will be free to the public. Steagall, a renowned singer-songwriter, western musician, and cowboy poet, holds a degree in agriculture from WT and has recorded more than 20 albums. He is a 2006 poet laureate of Texas, has published five books, and is currently the Official Cowboy Poet of Texas. CSAW will host additional events for students to meet and discuss scholarly and professional matters with Steagall. This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Other sponsors for the event include the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages; the WT Department of Agricultural Sciences; and the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities. An appreciation for Western culture as our foundation is emphasized in the University’s long-range plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World. This plan is fueled by the historic, $125 million One West comprehensive fundraising campaign.