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Gallivantin' with Gough - January, 2005
As we're entering a new year, let's recap our many
activities in 2004. The year got off to a big start as
Jim was picked as spokesman for
The
San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. He made many trips
to the "Alamo City" recording radio and TV spots. His
radio series for the rodeo won a local "Addy"
award.
As 2004 was an election year for several local and
regional races, Jim did many spots for candidates in
Texas and the surrounding states.
Springtime came and with it the opening of the big "Gilley's
Dance Hall" in Dallas. Jim was hired as the
broadcast spokesman and voiced considerable spots to
promote the new club.
One of Jim's regional PSA television commercials for an
anti-auto-theft campaign in Texas won a 2004 "Telly"
award. Jim played "Sheriff Will Ketchum".
2004 saw Jim narrating many more great "Western"
audiobooks for Otis Audio of Oklahoma City and
Blackstone Audiobooks of Ashland, Oregon. Among
recent "books" Jim completed Matt Braun's "Noble
Outlaw", "El Paso", Ralph Crompton's "Abilene Trail" and
the classic Zane Grey story, "Call of the Canyon". These
and many others are available on
this website.
Musically, Jim's band played some exciting venues and he
assisted wife Gail with forming the Gail Gough Trio.
With Gail's unique piano, Jim on bass guitar and Jim Jr.
on drums, the trio had a ball playing in the Austin and
Houston area in 2004.
To continue his research in the Great American West, Jim
and Gail traveled through the Southwestern Desert all
the way to the Pacific Ocean in the fall. One high-point
of the trip was camping in the
Davis Mountain State Park of West Texas. Jim is
currently "reading" the Zane Grey novel, "Rustlers of
Pecos Country" and he visited that remote area as well
as another classic Texas town,
Langtry. Since Jim has narrated the story of the
illustrious Judge Roy Bean many times, it was very
meaningful to see the old "Jersey Lilly Saloon" once
again.
2004 ended with Jim's band opening for the big
Dave Alexander Band at the annual Cowboy Christmas
Ball in Round Rock, Texas. The band featured the great
Bert Rivera on steel guitar, Gail Gough on keyboard, Ray
Tesmer on guitar, Jim on vocals and bass and Jim Jr. on
the drums. We had a big and enthusiastic crowd and look
forward to this event each year.
Watch this website for information about Jim's upcoming
CD, "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys".
Later,
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