Distinguished Lecture Series Will Spotlight “Streets of Laredo”
Contact:
Dr. Alex Hunt
806-651-2457
Dr. José Limón will speak at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 24 in West Texas A&M University’s JBK Legacy Hall. Like all WTAMU Distinguished Lecture Series events, this event is free and open to the public. A dessert reception will follow the lecture.
Limón will discuss the history of the song “Streets of Laredo” and its impact on popular culture.
Also known as “Cowboy’s Lament,” “Streets of Laredo” is a famous cowboy ballad that has been performed and recorded by many musicians, including Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash. This cowboy ballad originated on the hungry streets of 19th-century Ireland, far from Texas’ cowboys and cattle.
More recently, the song made a cameo appearance in the Coen brother’s 2018 film “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”
This event, which is the 2019 Garry L. Nall Lecture, is hosted by the WTAMU Distinguished Lecture Series, Center for the Study of the American West, the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
About WTAMU’S Distinguished Lecture Series
The Distinguished Lecture Series was created to enhance education in the classroom by inviting people of national prominence to speak to WTAMU students about important issues. For more information, please visit, https://www.wtamu.edu/about/distinguished-lecture-series.aspx
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