1. Russel "Red" Steagall was born on December 22,1938 and is an American actor, musician, poet, and stage performer, who focuses on American Western and country music genres.
22 Facts About Red Steagall
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Red Steagall became a bull rider at rodeos while he was still a teenager, but at the age of 15, he was stricken with polio.
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Red Steagall took up the guitar and the mandolin as physical therapy to recover the strength and dexterity of his arms and hands.
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Red Steagall currently maintains offices outside of Fort Worth, Texas, where he is involved in the production of motion pictures and television shows.
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On December 28,1974, Hee Haw season six, episode 16, Red Steagall saluted his hometown of Sanford, Texas, population 181.
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Red Steagall made numerous appearances on syndicated television shows such as Hee Haw and Nashville on the Road.
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Red Steagall spent four years as host of the nationally televised National Finals Rodeo, was host of the Winston Pro Tour on ESPN for the 1985 season, and co-hosted the College National Finals Rodeo for the Freedom Sports Network from 1988 through 1991.
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Red Steagall was the host of Western Theater on America One Television.
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In 2010, In the Bunkhouse with Red Steagall began airing on the RFD-TV network; as of 2017, Steagall now hosts Red Steagall is Somewhere West of Wall Street for the same channel.
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Red Steagall had a major role in the motion picture Benji the Hunted, which was released in the summer of 1987.
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Red Steagall appeared in the motion pictures Dark Before Dawn and Abilene.
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Red Steagall produced the motion picture Big Bad John, starring Jimmy Dean, Jack Elam, Ned Beatty, and Bo Hopkins, and directed by Burt Kennedy.
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Red Steagall is a trustee of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Champions, honorary member of the Cowboy Artists of America, and former board chairman of the Academy of Country Music.
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Red Steagall discovered her while she was performing the national anthem at the National Rodeo Finals competition in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Red Steagall has won the Wrangler Award for original music five times: 1993,1995,1997,1999.
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In fall 2002, Red Steagall released his 20th album, Wagon Tracks, which won the Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
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Red Steagall released his new album Here We Go Again in August 2007.
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Red Steagall is the official Cowboy Poet Laureate of San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Since 1991, Steagall has hosted the annual Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering in the Stockyards National Historic District of Fort Worth.
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In 1999, Red Steagall was inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame.
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Red Steagall was named "2006 Poet Laureate of the State of Texas" at the Capital in Austin in the spring of 2005.
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Red Steagall is the first "cowboy" poet to be named the poet laureate of Texas.