Red Steagall To Debut Cowboy Variety Show On RFD-TV

Influential pioneer of western culture Red Steagall recently announced his new cowboy variety show In The Bunkhouse with Red Steagall premiering this Wednesday, November 4th on RFD-TV. The show, which will feature great western music, cowboy poetry, special guests, and chuck wagon cooking is set to air Wednesdays at Noon and 10PM. Proclaimed as Rural America's most important network, RFD-TV is the nation's first 24-hour television network dedicated to serving the needs and interests of rural America and agriculture. However for those without access to RFD-TV, Steagall's western way of living is also captured in the Janson Media one-hour primetime special produced for PBS, Red Steagall Presents Cowboy: The Legend, the Legacy.

Singer, songwriter and the Official Cowboy Poet of Texas, western entertainer Red Steagall is the host of this inspiring one-man show. Produced by The Entertainment Group in association with Janson Media, 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. Red Steagall Presents Cowboy is also available on DVD. In addition to the one-hour special, the disc features a 30-minute &'behind-the-scenes&' film directed by Christopher Lewis called Making Cowboy, the Legend, the Legacy.

Launched in December of 2000, RFD-TV is the nation's first 24-hour television network dedicated to serving the needs and interests of rural America and agriculture. The channel is produced and uplinked via satellite to all 50 states from NorthStar Studios, in Nashville, Tennessee. The channel is proudly distributed nationwide and carried by DISH Network, DIRECTV, Mediacom, Charter, NRTC, Bresnan, Suddenlink, and Timer Warner cable systems, with new cable systems adding the channel most everyday.