Trouble in Lincoln County

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During the 1980s and 1990s, I performed one-man shows for schools, churches, libraries, civic clubs, conventions, or any place or group that needed a program. I did several different shows, but the one for which I became best known was “Trouble in Lincoln County”, which told the story of the Lincoln County War and the last days of Billy the Kid. I was commissioned by the Lincoln County Heritage Trust to write and produce it as an educational outreach for Lincoln, New Mexico. I performed it over a thousand times before stopping about 30 years ago. I even had the privilege of performing it at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

I still run into lots of people who saw the show during those years, many of them when they were in school, and they can usually sing the song for me. We put together a video treatment of the show back in 1990, and I’m making it available now in the new world of digital streaming and downloads. So…if you were one of those kids who saw me do this show when you were 8 to 18 years old, you probably have kids (or grandkids) that age now. Wouldn’t you love to share that memory with them? You can do just that by watching this with them.

Or.. you may not have known me back in those days, but you love history or the old west or just a good little indie film. Check out this video, and let me know what you think. By the way, I was honored to have the late Richard Farnsworth interview me for some footage included before and after the film. He was a fine actor but also a gentle and good man.