Happy Birthday to Texas Cowboy Hall of Famer Rod Steagall

Janson Media sends warm birthday wishes to the man known as the 'Official Cowboy Poet of Texas,' Red Steagall. Red's 35+ year career in entertainment has spawned admirable accomplishments in the music, film and television industries. As a songwriter, he has written over 200 songs including the title song of the National Rodeo Finals telecast. As a performer he has released 20 albums and performed for heads of state including a special party for President Reagan at the White House in 1983. As a television personality/actor he has secured roles in several major motion pictures and hosted various country music and rodeo programs. That's quite a resume. Here's to our favorite cowboy.

Janson Media is proud to have helped create the inspiring one-man television show, Red Steagall Presents Cowboy: The Legend, the Legacy. The special is taped in front of an intimate live audience in the living room of Red"s own rustic ranch outside Fort Worth, Texas. Red is joined during this dynamic musical hour by country superstar Reba McEntire, and Red"s own band, the Boys in the Bunkhouse as they speak to the history and legacy of the American Cowboy. Included in this motivational hour are such popular Red Steagall poems as The Fence That Me & Shorty Built, Ride For The Brand, Paw Paw, Memories in Grandmother"s Trunk, and Born To This Land. In addition to the one-hour special, the DVD features a 30-minute &'behind-the-scenes&' film directed by Christopher Lewis called Making Cowboy, the Legend, the Legacy. The program is also available to worldwide Television, VOD, New Media, and Non-Theatric markets. In was produced by The Entertainment Group in association with Janson Media, for broadcast on PBS stations nationwide.

Born in Gainesville, Texas with a passion for the western lifestyle, Red Steagall competed in rodeos as a youth and learned to play the guitar and mandolin. After college, Steagall traveled to California to share western traditions and values with the rest of the world through songs, poems, books, television and movies. Although Red Steagall is best known for his Texas swing dance music, he is also highly respected by Texas cowboys for the lyrical way in which he writes about the western way of life; he was honored as the Poet Laureate of Texas in 2006. A world performer, he has only called one place home - Texas. For more information on the 2010 Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering and Western Swing Festival, please visit the official website.