Kimberly Tilley rescues forgotten stories of early twentieth century America from obscurity. Her books, Grievous Deeds (2023); Has it Come to This? (2022), Cold Heart (2020), and The Poisoned Glass (2019) were Amazon category best-sellers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and India.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
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musical accompaniment: Waiting for a Train by Mississippi John Hurt.
If you’re not familiar with Mr. Hurt, he has probably the gentlest voice in blues.
I found this great photo of an anonymous cowboy in Archive.org. There’s no information about it, except they estimated it was taken around 1890.
Archive.org
He looks so cool and confident, doesn’t he?
Cool Hand Luke. A little like a young Paul Newman.
He does favor Paul Newman!
not bad….the singer reminds me of my grandpa singing…
What a wonderful memory!
I, too, immediately thought of Paul Newman. In my youth, the Cowboy and the American soldier were my idols. I watched all the vintage cowboy and military TV series. When I see a photo of a “real cowboy” from the 1800s I am disappointed when I compare the subject The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, The Cisco Kid, Have Gun, Will Travel, et al.
Nothing can hold a candle to a child’s awakened imagination!