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The first African-American female to appear on the Country Billboard Singles Chart in 20 years.

http://www.rissipalmer.com/frame.php

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Interesting.

I guess Charley Pride will finally have some company in that genre's history.
 
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Madfish said:
[sarcasm]We've come a long way...[/sarcasm]
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Black cowboys and Black country music have always been around.......

Don't make me remind ya'll that the number one cowboy in the history of rodeo is a black man.

http://www.fredwhitfield.com/biography/bio.htm

Biography


Events: Calf Roping, Team Roping (header)

Born: Aug. 5, 1967 (Houston, Texas)
Nickname: Moon
Residence: Hockley, Texas
Joined PRCA: 1990

World Titles: 8 (TD 1991, 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2002, 2005; AA: 1999)

NFR Qualifications: 17 (CR: 1990-2006)

Career Earnings: $2,613,977
2006 World Standings Place: 11th (TD)
2006 Wrangler NFR Place: 14th
2006 Wrangler NFR Earnings: $19,381
2006 Earnings: $168,782 (TD)

Tour Finale titles: 3
Pace Chute-out: 2002-03, 2005
Tour Finale qualifications: 16
Pace Chute-out: 2000-06
Summer Finale: 2002-06
Championship: 2003-06

Professional

2007 Highlights

* Won the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah).
* Won the Kit Carson County Fair and Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.).
* Won the $100,000 round at the Calgary Stampede.
* Returned to competition in June following shoulder surgery in January.

Career Highlights

* 2006 – Won the Guadalupe County PRCA Rodeo (Seguin, Texas), won the Sheridan (Wyo.) Rodeo, won the average title at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede, won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Rodeo (Fort Worth, Texas), and Placed in three out of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR.


* 2005 – Won his eighth overall world title and seventh calf roping title at the Wrangler NFR after placing in five out of 10 rounds and winning a total of $168,782; won the New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque), the Junction (Texas) Twist-Off ProRodeo, and the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average title at the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; won the Pace Picante ProRodeo Chute-out (Reno, Nev.) and $15,000.


* 2004 – Inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame; Finished third in the world standings with $158,000 and was fifth in the Wrangler NFR average, winning $40,758 in 10 days; won the calf roping at the San Antonio (Texas) Rodeo, Rodeo Royal (Calgary), Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo (Rosenberg, Texas), Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.), and Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.); won the match roping in Clovis (Calif.); semifinalist at the Pace Chute-out (Las Vegas); won the Tour round title at Greeley (Colo.) Rocky Mountain Stampede, Days of ’47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City) and Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; finished third at the Pace Challenge (Omaha, Neb.); finalist at the Pace Picante ProRodeo Classic (Dallas); won the average title at the Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo.


* 2003 – Won Pace Picante ProRodeo Tour Finale (Las Vegas) and crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings, won Round 2 with a 7.7-second run and Round 8 with a 6.9-second run at the Wrangler NFR; won calf roping titles at San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo, Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho), and Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; finished second in the world with $200,656.


* 2002 – World champion calf roper; finished third in the all-around race; Wrangler NFR average champion; regular-season earnings leader in calf roping with $151,856; won U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. Cup Finale (Las Vegas) (now called the Pace Chute-out), Calgary (Alberta) Stampede, California Rodeo Salinas, Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), Old Fort Days (Fort Smith, Ark.), Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede, Oakley (Utah) Independence Day Rodeo, Central Wyoming State Fair & Rodeo (Casper), Rock Springs (Wyo.) Pro Rodeo, Cleburne (Texas Pro Rodeo, Cowboy Capital Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas), Walla Walla (Wash.) Rodeo, Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco); won the all-around and calf roping titles at the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo.


* 2001 – Won calf roping titles at St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, Rodeo Austin, Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo, Abilene (Texas) Pro Rodeo and Redding (Calif.) Rodeo; won all-around and calf roping titles at San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo and San Antonio Livestock Exposition; won all-around titles as Lewiston (Idaho) Pro Rodeo and the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-up; won Calgary Stampede $50,000 bonus round; won the Texas Circuit title.


* 2000 – World champion calf roper; Winter Wrangler ProRodeo Tour calf roping points leader and Copenhagen Cup Finale (Las Vegas) (now called the Pace Chute-out) calf roping runner-up; won calf roping titles at Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Day, San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Clovis (N.M.) Pro Rodeo, Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), Oakley (Utah) Independence Day Rodeo, Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-up, and the Bay City (Texas) Pro Rodeo; won all-around title at Reno (Nev.) Rodeo.


* 1999 – World champion all-around cowboy and calf roper. Became the first African-American to win an all-around title in the history of the PRCA; won the NFR calf roping average title; won calf roping titles at Southwestern Exposition Livestock Show & Rodeo (Fort Worth, Texas), San Antonio Livestock Exposition, La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.), and Oakley (Utah) Independence Day Rodeo; won Texas Circuit all-around and calf roping title.


* 1998 – Won calf roping titles at the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede and National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver).


* 1997 – Set NFR calf roping average record with 84.0 seconds on 10 head.


* 1996 – World champion calf roper; won calf roping titles at the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, 96th Semi-Annual Mid Winter Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.), Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), Days of ‘47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City) and Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; won the Texas Circuit title.


* 1995 – World champion calf roper.


* 1994 – Won calf roping title at the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days.


* 1993 – Won the Calgary (Alberta) Stampede $50,000 bonus round; won Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo calf roping title.


* 1991 – World champion; won NFR calf roping average title.


* 1990 – Won calf roping title at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days.

Awards

PRCA Resistol Rookie of the Year, 1990; Inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, 2003; Inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., 2004; Inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame and honored into the National Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Okla., 2005.

Personal

6-2, 210...Wife, Cassie; daughters, Savannah and Sydney...Signature “raise the roof” has caught on with fans across country...His nickname is “Moon,” and he got it from his grandfather. His best horse was also named Moon that died in December of 2006 after breaking its hip…Hobbies include fishing, hunting, playing golf, watching ESPN and spending time with his family…Enjoys watching Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings...Horses are Gator and Hays…Following the 2006 Wrangler NFR, Fred had surgery (Jan. 5, 2007) to remove bone spurs from his C-5 and C-6 vertebrae in his neck and later that month he underwent rotator cuff surgery on his right shoulder. He made his return to the arena at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo in June.
 
Where do think the term "cowboy" came from?

It originally was a derogatory term towards blacks, just like the n word.
Over the years, however, cowboy became favored terminology.
 
Ming Fei Hong said:
I fucks with country music for real, fam.
We need a country music thread. :yes:
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You are my kinfolk for real.
I fucks with country in a major way.
My XM has 6 presets.
8: The 80's
10: America - Classic Country
13: Willie's Place - Traditional Country
64: The Groove - Old School Jamz
65: The Rhyme - Old School Hip-Hop
70: Real Jazz - None of that smooth jazz bullshit.

I don't have much, but I know some of y'all do. Let's make the thread happen.
WE CREATED COUNTRY MUSIC!!!!
JUST LIKE ROCK, JAZZ AND EVERYTHING ELSE THE WHITEBOYS CONVINCED US WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIKE!!!
 
Yeeeeehaw!!! I do reckon that dat gal is finer than frog hair!!! :lol:

I'm gonna be her #1 groupie...er, I mean fan!!!:yes:
 

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