Waddie Mitchell

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Bruce Douglas "Waddie" Mitchell (born 1950 in Elko County, Nevada) is an American cowboy poet.[1] He sometimes performs his poems with a guitarist playing in the background.[citation needed] Mitchell has made eight CDs including , and his most recent, Sweat Equity.He and cowboy singer and friend Don Edwards released . Mitchell has written four books, , , and a 2015 compilation . He was chosen to write a poem describing the West for the 2002 Winter Olympics' Olympic Arts Festival.[2] He is a co-founder of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.[3]

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum presented the 2012 Wrangler Award for Best Original Composition of the year to Guy Porter Gillette (1945-2013) and his brother, William Pipp Gillette (born 1946), sons of the photographer , for their work on Mitchell's song, "Trade Off."[4]

Poems[]

  • No Quit Attitude.
  • Harsh Words.
  • Dad.
  • The Sum.
  • Sage and Cedar.
  • Piddlin' Pete.
  • The Walkin' Man.
  • Blood, Sweat and Steers.
  • Hard Times Blues.
  • Through the Pain.
  • Say Goodbye to Montana.
  • Desert Pete.
  • Old Nighthawk.
  • Saddle Tramp Philosopher.
  • Experience of Life.
  • Coyotes.
  • Master's Call.
  • Bad Half Hour/ Annie Laurie.
  • Zebra Dun.
  • Home on the Range.
  • Owl Critic.
  • Teepee.
  • For Woody/ The Meadow.
  • Belle of the Ball/ Last dance.
  • Old Prospector/ The Journey.
  • Cattle Call.
  • Story With a Moral.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Waddie Mitchell". Online Nevada Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. ^ "That No Quit Attitude". Essays & Poems. Olympic Arts Festival. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Waddie Mitchell". Weber: The Contemporary West. 21 (3). Spring–Summer 2004.
  4. ^ Perry L. Williams (January 7, 2014). "Guy Porter Gillette". findagrave.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

External links[]

Biography and bibliography at the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame

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