Cowboy hat to tell where a cowboy hat was from, right down to which ranch, simply by looking at the crease in the crown. Later as the mystique of the "Wild West" was popularized by entertainers such as Buffalo Bill Cody and western movies starring actors such as Tom Mix, the Cowboy hat came to symbolize the American West. John Wayne christened them "the hat that won the West". The Boss of the Plains design influenced various wide-brimmed hats worn by farmers and ranchers all over the United States. Later designs were customized for law enforcement, military and motion pictures. The first
Call You Cowboy then describes what are, to him, the attributes of a "cowboy" — intricacy, complexity, innovation, survivability, and unwillingness to conform. Call You Cowboy Call You Cowboy is an American Western song written by Brenn Hill. It is also the name of the album on which the song was initially released. "Call You Cowboy" is the title track of Hill's album "Call You Cowboy", released in 2002 and nominated as Traditional Western Album of the Year by the Western Music Association. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.