the story behind our song The Faraway Horses in pictures:)
the full circle story on our song THE FARAWAY HORSES, in pictures:) me n Sam meet our now RC sista Patti Hall via an email, she happened to have recorded on of our songs during one of her trips to Nashvegas...she emailed me to get publishing info. on our tune, i checked out her website, saw her next to a horse sculpture on her CD cover & the rest is history, we were instant cowgirl sistas!:) we chatted a few times, she asked me if i knew who Buck Brannaman was as she had ridden with him several times out West & they were pards...i KNEW who he was & had been hoping someday to get to ride with him...Patti suggested i check out his book, TFH, thought i might get some song inspiration from it;) not only did that happen a few times over now, Patti also came to visit us shortly after we met over the phone, she GIFTED me a BB clinic in Lex, KY! she rode our boy Beau, i rode our girl Jane & we BORROWED a rig from our dear pard Roger, LOTS of God Stuff goin' on!!O:) by the time we went to the clinic, i had finished our Faraway Horses song & Patti suggested i sing it for Buck at the clinic...i was scared to death as i didn't know the man & here i was, i'd written a song about him, not knowing him, never having met him, really nerve racking! in fact the only way i could feel right about writing it was to bring me & my experience as an artist & horsewoman into it...well, bless sweet Buck's heart, he couldn't have been kinder, he settled my nerves & i sang the song for him right outside his trailer one afternoon at the clinic & yep, he gave me the thumbs UP!:) we recorded this worktape guitar/vocal shortly after we got back from the clinic & my goal is to record it more fully produced on a new album soon...i'll keep y'all posted:) me n my man Sam n our RC sista Patti Hall:)
if you haven't read this book yet, you HAVE to, it will change your life for the better!:) http://www.brannaman.com/bbtfhbook.htm
me n my ROCKSTAR Jane n RC Patti n our ROCKSTAR Beau at BB clinic in Lexington, KY ~ it was during this clinic, during lunch one day, that i sang "the faraway horses" for Buck at his trailer, i was SO nervous & he was SO kind & he REALLY liked it!!:)
then, bless sweet RC Patti's heart, she gifted me a Buck clinic in Ellensburg, WA!! she even let me ride her ROCKSTAR Lancer:)
Patti, me n Buck's RC baby girl Reata in WA:)
Ellensburg clinic:)
then, I gifted myself a Buck clinic in AL, can't wait to do that again, this time, i was ridin my ROCKSTAR baby girl in her bosal that Patti AND Buck gave us, Buck even re~tied Jane's mecate for us while we were there:)
PROUD mama cowgirl!!:)
we didn't even know RC Cindy yet but RC Patti was determined for us to meet, that's how Patti's heart is, BIG, KIND & SO GENEROUS!! http://buckthefilm.com/ if you haven't seen this movie yet, you HAVE to, you'll be BETTER for it!:) meanwhile...
Patti invited me & Sam to be artists on her ON HORSES' WINGS project...this was taken in the studio in Cle Elum, WA while Buck was recording his spoken word pieces on the project:) me n Sam had a BLAST with Buck n Patti that day!:)
then, thanks to RC Patti, we meet RC Cindy at The Nashville Film Festival where she's screening her AWARD WINNING film documentary, BUCK & soon after, me n Cindy are instant sistas & one day we're chattin during the time she was in the middle of working on her 7 Clinics project & then, before you know it, Sam's written instrumentals for the series & we record a few of our songs for the project as well, SO GRATEFUL!:) yep, Cindy is an ABSOLUTE ANGEL in our lives!!O:) http://www.7clinics.com/meehl.html
...and then i said to Cindy one day, somethin' like, "wouldn't it be neat if you could direct a music video for us someday?" & because like Patti, Cindy's got a BIG, BEAUTY~full, KIND & INCREDIBLY GENEROUS heart & spirit, well, soon after, we were making plans to make our PONY video!:) WE LOVE & APPRECIATE YOU SOOOO MUCH RC Cindy!! http://cedarcreekmedia.com/
filming begins!!:) http://templetonthompson.com/pony-video
my ROCKSTAR Jane rearin' on set!!!:)...
my ROCKSTAR Beau buckin' on set!!:)
me n Cindy practicin' my stunt fall:)
that's a WRAP, me n RC Cindy Meehl n my RC Sam Gay got that PONY RODE!!:) http://cedarcreekmedia.com/when-i-get-that-pony-rode/
WHEN I GET THAT PONY RODE, our song that we first recorded for my LIFE ON PLANET COWGIRL album, this song was inspired by The Faraway Horses too, Buck talks about "the consequences of a fast turn" & a song was born!:) https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/when-i-get-that-pony-rode/id602795634
our PONY video debuted on CMT.com & went to #1!! http://www.cmt.com/videos/templeton-thompson/880040/when-i-get-that-pony-rode.jhtml
we made it into the Top 10 in GAC's Daily Countdown all the while being a completely independent project!!:)
got some awards, made new fans & friends, played CMA Fest, was on WSM Radio, YEE FRIGGIN' HA!!!:)...SOOOO GRATEFUL to RC Cindy & ALL of our Angels out there who gave our PONY WINGS, y'all are TRULY AMAZING!! we can't thank everybody enough & can't wait to see what's next, my baby girl Jane straight up in the bridle soon & my baby Beau boy in the hackamore, i KNOW it!!:) always more to learn & DREAM & DO!!:) DREAM BIG, WORK HARD, HAVE FAITH, to be cont'd!, so much more has happened already, more's GONNA happen & we're working hard to make some other things happen, we'll keep y'all posted!!;) JOY, LOVE, GRATITUDE, HUGS, HORSES, MUSIC & MORE LOVE, tt & the herd:)