This web site is dedicaed to the life and music of Billy Beeman founding member of The Wagonmasters of Knotts Berry Farm 1954 and Leader from 1959 - 1968.Ghost Town Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California. All Photographs from 1940s - 1960s  by Billy Beeman & Clyde Finley.  Proceeds from the purchase of any and all merchandise listed on Products pages 1 and 2 of this web site are used to maintain the site; for research and restoration of photographs and recordings of The Wagonmasters. Some money is used to research each individual Wagonmasters contribution to our Uniquely American, ”Cowboy or Western Music. ”All items either are or will become a part of the: Billy Beeman collection # 20388  Southern Folklife Collection - C. B. #3926 Wilson Library - University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2751– 8890  phone (919) 962 – 1345

Bill Hazel, Cowboy Poet and Fast Draw Artist recites "Dutchman's Gold" with The Wagonmasters on our Last Frontier CD

Rain

It's the middle of the afternoon and rain is falling down,

Rustling softly thru the trees and running on the ground.

My dog lies silent, watching, nose twitching, eyes alert,

She likes the smell of falling rain as it splatters in the dirt. 

A bird or two goes flying by on their constant quest for grain.

They search for seeds and bits of food, impervious to the rain.

I watch it all from my window, my window upon the earth

And I marvel at how the rain that falls symbolically replicates birth.

It's nature's way of healing, giving life to one and all.

This rain that's falling in my yard, God's blessing does recall.

His cycle of life continues, we come, we live, we go,

Like us, this rain that's falling now is part of God's great show.

Bill Hazel - 10/20/04

         Bill Hazel leading pack train down Main Street of Ghost Town 1960

                                      Bill Hazel and Chief Red Feather 1959

Chief Red Feather - Ghost Town - Knotts Berry Farm - Buena Park, California

  Dave Bourne, Bill Hazel and Billy Beeman at Autry Museum 1996

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