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Out There with Baxter Black
He can shoe a horse, string a bob wire fence and bang out a Bob Wills classic on his flat top guitar. Cowboy poet, ex-veterinarian and sorry team roper, he has more hair around his lip than on his head. Raised in New Mexico, spent his workin’ life in the mountain west tormenting cows, now he travels the country tormenting cowboys. Since 1982, Baxter Black has rhymed his way into the national spotlight, and now stands as the best selling cowboy poet in the world. He’s written several books (including one rodeo novel and its sequel), recorded over a dozen audio and video tapes, CDs and DVDs, and has achieved notoriety as a syndicated columnist and radio commentator. From the Tonight Show and PBS to NPR and the NFR, Baxter’s wacko verse has been seen and heard by millions. His works are prominently displayed in both big city libraries and small town feed stores. Baxter lives in Benson, Arizona, between the Gila River and the Gila monster, the Mexican border and the Border Patrol and between the horse and the cow--- where the action is. Everything about Baxter is cowboy; his cartoonish mustache, his personality and his poetry. He hasn’t changed a thing about his subject matter or his delivery. He makes a living shining a spotlight on the flaws and foibles of everyday cowboy life, the day-to-day ups and downs of people who live with livestock and work the land. He demonstrates that it is the truth in his humor that makes it funny. Driven by a left hand sense of humor Black evokes laughter just by being there. He still doesn’t own a television or a cell phone, and his idea of a modern convenience is Velcro chaps. This former large animal veterinarian can be followed nationwide through his column, National Public Radio, public appearances, television and also through his books, cd’s, videos and website, www.baxterblack.com. So, in a nut shell (where some believe he may have evolved) there is considerably more to Baxter than just an entertainer. He is the real thing. Because, as he says, “It’s hard to be what you aren’t.” Baxter’s philosophy is simple enough - in spite of all the computerized, digitized, high-tech innovations now available to mankind, there will always be a need for someone who can “think up stuff.” Q&A With Baxter Black RFD-TV: Our viewers have seen your shows replayed many times on RFD- TV. What prompted you to develop this new program? Baxter: Every time one of my old programs ran we would get a gaggle, a herd, what is a bunch of phone calls? Maybe a 'telly' full of inquiries about my DVDs, books, and CDs. As RFD-TV has continued to grow, particularly in this last year in viewership, I began contemplating a regular feature that would work on television. RFD-TV: We’re proud to say you've done it! What is the show be like? Baxter: Each episode will be a 2 1/2 minute story, poem or commentary, they are Ag related and filmed at my place in Arizona. It's called Baxter Black, from "Out There". RFD-TV: From "Out There"? Why from "Out There"? Baxter: Because that's where we RFD-TV listeners are, whether we're in Benson Arizona, Alpine Texas, Gallipolis, Ohio, or Cullman, Alabama. To the movers and shakers in New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, or San Francisco, that's where they think we live... "Out There" somewhere. Besides the "Polka show” was already taken! RFD-TV: Anything else you'd like to add? Baxter: Yes. This program has been three years in the making, trying to get it right. RFD-TV is making big strides increasing the quality of their programming as viewership increases. I want my show to be a part of that. I am working closely with my director Mitch Deck in Kansas City who has a lot to do with keeping "Out There" a hi tech, first class cowboy project. My film crew friends from Tucson under the close eye of Nathan Shelton make it work. It is my hope that RFD-TV viewers like it. They are a great audience, they understand me and I understand them. RFD-TV: RFD-TV knows they do. The show Baxter Black from "Out There," is always something people want to talk about. Check your program guide for times. Contact: Coyote Cowboy Company P.O. Box 2190 Benson, AZ 85602 (800) 654-2550 www.baxterblack.com
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