big & rich sang the song save a horse ride a cowboy.
big & rich sang the song save a horse ride a cowboy.
who sings the song save a horse ride a cowboy?
big & rich
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"save a horse (ride a cowboy)" is a song written and recorded by american country music duo big & rich. it was released in april 2004 as the second single from their debut album "horse of a different color". it reached number 11 on the u.s. "billboard" us country chart. the song received wide exposure when espn featured the song in commercials for its coverage of the 2004 world series of poker. it was also featured in the "boston legal" episode "death be not proud".
save a horse (ride a cowboy)
"there were a great many cowboys with the show. there was a chief of the cowboys who had general supervision over both horses and men. when an unbroken horse would be brought in, this cowboy chief would give it to an indian to ride bareback. after the animal was well broken, it would be taken away from the indian and given to a cowboy to ride. then the indian would be given another unbroken horse. for a while we said nothing about it, but finally it began to be just a little too much to stand. one day one of the indians came to me just before it was time to enter the arena. his horse was saddled and bridled, but he was leading the horse by the bridle. i asked him what was the matter, and he said it was a wild horse and he was not going to ride it into the arena. i went to the chief cowboy and said, 'i do not think you are doing right. you know our indian boys have to ride bareback, but you always give them the wild horses to ride. then, when they have the horse nicely broken, you give to a cowboy. why don't you give the wild horses to the cowboys to break in? they ride on saddles, and it would not be so hard for them.' but the chief cowboy only said, "well, i can't be bothered by a little thing like that. you will have to see buffalo bill about the horses.' but i retorted, "you know very well that buffalo bill does not know what you do with the horses. he does not know that you give the wild ones to the indian boys to ride until they are broken in. give that horse back to that indian boy or he will not go into the arena today.' that was all, but the boy got his horse in time to enter the arena with the others. just as i was ready to go back to the indians, i looked at buffalo bill, and he had a twinkle in his eye. after that, we had no more trouble with the horses. although buffalo bill never said anything to me, i knew he had fixed things to our satisfaction."
luther standing bear