 Since 1983, Rod Taylor is the cowboy for the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, NM, where he helps take care of 800 head of livestock. Rod has played music for over 20 years and has released two albums. Rod Taylor has performed in Alpine, Elko, the Cowboy Hall of Fame, and many of the other gatherings around the country.
Rod Taylor is originally from Lubbock, Texas, where he studied agriculture science at Texas Tech. He has worked at the C Bar ranch near Slaton, Texas, the Vermejo Park Ranch and the TO Ranch in Raton, New Mexico, the UU Bar Ranch outside of Cimarron, NM, and the Little Horn Ranch near Wyola, Montana.
Rod Taylor has also appeared in numerous videos, commercials, a television series, and a feature film, He is active in the Maverick Club, which presents rodeos and ropings to benefit charity.
 A PHILMONT COLLECTION TMCD0080
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Who better than Rod Taylor to record these songs which have been sung around Philmont Campfires for years? For over two decades, first as a camper, then as a summer staff member, and now as a ranch cowboy, Rod has ridden Philmont's trails on horseback helping take care of the Ranch's cows, horses, burros and buffalo. Over the years, Rod Taylor has spent countless summer evenings at Beaubien with guitar in hand, sharing with campers and staff not only his voice, but his insight into the ways of Philmont's mountains and canyons, a well.
Songs:
The Philmont Hymn
This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
Paradise by John Prine
Fox on the Run by Anthony Hazzard
Ballad of Spider John by Willis Allan Ramsey
New Mexico Rain by Mike Hearne
In the Real West by Tish Hinojosa
Georgetown by Gerry Spehar
Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
Blowin' in The Wind by Bob Dylan
One of These Days by Neil Young
Goodnight, Irene by Huddie Leadbetter (Ledbelly). |
