Thanks for the kind words, Wizard. We were partying in our own back yard here in Oakland, Celebrating our 30th anniversary. Please give my best regards to Dan and Dusty. BTW - I noticed in the news accounts of the charges brought against Mr. Pusok that "Grand Theft - Horse" was not among them. Did Dan decide not to press charges. (smart!) Here are the lyrics. I copyrighted itby amelia sue - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
OK, hotspringswizard et. al. - Here is a live version of "Horse Thief of Deep Creek' performed by the Squirrel Hill Family Singers and Mimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1CAH-9Vz-0&feature=youtu.be The camera operator was a little late in starting, but we will keep working on wilder and more colorful versions. Amelia Sueby amelia sue - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Thanks for the kind words! I owe hotspringswizard a re-recording with actual names - and a new verse in praise of Dusty, the best horse in the West.by amelia sue - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Asked my husband to help me re-record a version with the actual names of people and places, dedicated to the DCHS community. I know that when people love a place passionately, it is important that writers get things accurately. In my novel-in-progress that starts in the town of Mojave in 1886, my local reviewer was my harshest critic, about getting everything correct as to the geographby amelia sue - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Hi Joe - I hear what you are saying. But if you don't have a horse named Dobbin, you probably have plausible deniability? :-) One time I met the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jane Smiley. She told me how someone got mad at her for a character in her book _Horse Heaven_. The reader thought that she was writing about a real person he knew. But Smiley had made the whole thing up out ofby amelia sue - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Hi Wizard - Thanks for the kind words and the feedback. I am pleased that Dan and Dusty can be known by their rightful names from here on out. Dan had said something to a news reporter about not wanting to be in the media spotlght, and I wanted to respect that. But both he and Dusty the Wonder Horse deserve plenty of recognition. The deputy Dusty kicked may not be named Steve, eitherby amelia sue - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Recent events have cried out for the creation of a traditional corrido: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZgMXIZ9_gA&feature=youtu.be Live free, enjoy! -- Amelia Sueby amelia sue - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
What is the name of Dan's horse? He looks from the pictures to be a quarter horse, bay, with a white head and white socks. He was trying to graze when the deputies were subduing the horse thief. I have composed a ballad to celebrate this odd episode of banditry in the high desert. We will record it and post it on youtube. And who was the deputy who got kicked by this brave steed? Perby amelia sue - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California