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This second annual CD includes Badger Clark's vintage recording of his first published poem, Ridin'; recent poems considered modern classics, recited by their authors, including The Breaker in the Pen by Joel Nelson and The Horse Trade ; by the late Sunny Hancock; noted reciters Randy Rieman and Jerry Brooksie Brooks performing classic poems by Bruce Kiskaddon and Katherine Fall Pettey; Gail I. Gardner's famous The Sierry Petes recited by the late J. B. Allen, and Hail and Farewell, by Delia Gist Gardner, delivered by Gail Steiger, songwriter, filmmaker, rancher, and the Gardners' grandson; and a second selection of poetry from Grass cowboy poetry's masterwork by the late Buck Ramsey, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, recognized as the modern spiritual leader of the genre. There are many additional tracks (27 total), most from poets who frequently delight audiences from contemporary gathering stages, including: Doris Daley, Elizabeth Ebert, Paul Zarzyski (reciting S. Omar Barker's Hosses vs. Horses, Jay Snider, Smoke Wade, Jo Lynne Kirkwood, Peggy Godfrey, Ken Cook, Darrell Arnold, Pat Richardson, DW Groethe, Don Kennington, Kent Rollins, Virginia Bennett, Janice Gilbertson, Rod Nichols, Diane Tribitt, Yvonne Hollenbeck, and Jim Thompson (reciting Arthur Chapman 's classic, Out Where the West Begins. The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Two CD includes a radio Public Service (PSA) Announcement by poet, humorist, and radio host Andy Nelson. Andy Nelson engineered and co-produced both the 2006 and 2007 editions of The BAR-D Roundup. The stunning cover for 2007 is a photo of poet Virginia Bennett's father-in-law, Orville Bennett, Texas cowboy, 1920. Inside, there's a photo of South Dakota rancher and poet Ken Cook and his sons.