East Texas rancher Pipp Gillette talks about the roots, influences, and origins of traditional cowboy music and reflects on minstrelsy, blackface, medicine shows, Jack Thorp, and banjos.   Find out more about Pipp Gillette at <a href= "http://www.campstreetcafe.com/">www.campstreetcafe.com</a>   Find out more about Cowboy Crossroads at <a href= "https://www.andyhedges.com/home">www.andyhedges.com</a>   Become a patron at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads">www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads</a>

Episode 27: The Old Double Diamond with Gary McMahan

Andy Hedges interviews a different guest on each episode and asks them to share stories from the working cowboy West and beyond. Cowboy poets, ranchers, working cowboys, musicians, songwriters, folksingers, and historians.