Buckshot Dot... Dot is a native Arizonan who grew up on the Navajo and Hualapai (Wal-a-pi) reservations and at Petrified Forest National Monument (now Park). She has been named an Arizona Culture Keeper and has been an AWA Female Cowboy Poet of the Year. She has entertained in sixteen states, Canada, England, and Scotland, and has opened for Lyle Lovett. Her most recent books, Arizona Herstory: Tales From Her Storied Past, and Arizona Women Weird, Wild and Wonderful recount some of the tales of her state’s historical figures and events in verse. Both books have been awarded the Will Rogers Medallion Award by the Academy of Western Artists. They are illustrated with Dot’s drawings and scratch boards from historical photographs. In addition, she has written and illustrated two cowboy poetry books. Dot has recorded five albums. Her song, “Old Hank Morgan’s Place” from CD “Buckaroo Bonanza,” was a finalist for Academy of Western Artists’ Cowboy Song of the Year. Her latest recording is “One More Dance.” Other albums include “First Roundup,” “Cowman’s Wife,” and a collection of British Ballads. In her “other lives” she has taught American history, drama, art, and English at secondary level, the gifted program in elementary grades, composed and co-directed four dance folk operas, written heritage articles for an Ozark newspaper, and dramatized and presented three Ozark folk tales. Now here's her life according to Dot...   I got the name Buckshot Dot at the age of nine years, so it's much older than my recent "Dee." As the bio states, I grew up in the country: 35 miles from nearest trading post, 60 miles to nearest doctor. Lived with my parents and older brother in a one-room government house painted bright vermillion with a flat tar paper roof (thanks to the wisdom of the Washington wizards who had never endured an AZ summer!). No electricity, no running water, no bath room. I treasure the memories of kerosene lamps (often with a curling iron protruding therefrom), baths in #3 tubs in water heated on the old wood burning stove, helping my mother with the washing which was done outside in summer with tubs of water, a camp fire, and a washboard. (Even the out house wasn’t bad--good place to read--except in winter when it wasn't much fun). Growing up in the country there was not a lot of entertainment back when I was a youngun'--only a crackly radio that sometimes brought in one of three stations, a wind up Victrola, and a couple of parents who loved to sing, dance and (in my mother's case) write poetry, draw and paint pictures (all of which I continue to enjoy). Only the Indians were allowed to own horses, but I loved to see my Indian friends riding the wind on their ponies. The first cowboy in my life was the one on the homestead place grandfathered into the reservation. We bought milk fresh from his cow. Mother and Daddy harmonized wonderful songs together and Dad especially loved the old cowboy ballads. We often heard the Carter Family and Patsy Montana on the radio. My mother died when I was ten. Dad went off to the second World War, and when he came back he married a lil' ol' Texan named Josie. She was a dear and after Dad died, she married a rancher who became my "two-step-father," favorite cowboy, my best fan and greatest inspiration. I worked my way through college by singing on guest ranches and, one summer, at the Grand Canyon's El Tovar Hotel where the cowboys from the mule barn came often to request songs. I went with several of them and had great friendships with a good many more. After marriage, my husband and I bought a ranch in Arkansas where we raised Herefords and Black Angus cattle. Our children and I played and sang three nights a week at the Ozark Folk Center. Being a part of the cowboy poetry and music scenes further confirms my long held opinion: Fine people, cowboys! Thanks for listenin'...Buckshot Dot P.S. Our real home is in Payson, AZ but we are temporarily (for the past six years) in Phoenix to be near an injured son.   More from the heart & mind of Buckshot Dot... What does Cowboy Music mean to you?... I love cowboy music because it speaks of country people who work hard and love nature. It is honest and forthright. Usually uncomplicated. It reminds me of a way of life that I myself love best. What event in your life turned your heart to Cowboy Music? There is no “one event” that got me “hooked.” My Dad sang cowboy songs as long ago as I can remember, The “one event” I first remember involving a cowboy song was crying when he sang “When the Work’s All Done This Fall.” The thought of the boy not seeing his mother was so tragic! I was three years old. What draws listeners to Cowboy Music?... They enjoy the stories told in cowboy music. They are surprised to find that it differs from country-western. What's your favorite TV show?... I do not watch TV except for hearing the news while I fix breakfast. Don’t have time for it. What's your favorite food/meal?... Steak, I guess. What are your interests/hobbies?... Singing and playing music, drawing, hiking (no time for latter two any more).   You can learn more about Buckshot Dot by visiting the Official Buckshot Dot website. Just click here > Buckshot Dot

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