The Screaming Cowboy Revisited

[Armando Botto]

Marc Ponto wrote:
> However, the inspiration for The Screaming Cowboy may have been more
immediate. At the time the story was written (early 1951), it would have
been nearly impossible to avoid exposure to the popular yodeling style of
Hank Williams. His recent #1 hits- Lovesick Blues (March 1949), Lone Gone
Lonesome Blues (March 1950), and Moanin’ the Blues (November 1950) no doubt
elicited a mixed reaction from the general radio audience, and could have
been the stimuli for this creative response of Carl Barks.

It's worth noticing that also Bill Walsh & Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse
daily strip probably used the same source of inspiration. In the continuity
"Mickey Mouse and Dry Gulch Goofy" (March to June 1951) Goofy performs as a
singing (moanin' ;-)) cowboy.
And Goofy had been a singin' cowboy ("Goofy the Kid") also in the 1946 short
continuity "Goofy the Crooner"... probably Bill Walsh found that Western
music genre very amusing ;-)

Ciao,
Armando