My new favorite musical artist is a fellow calling himself Buddy Mac, who has, just in the past couple of days, become famous on X.
He performs a haunting, “lonesome cowboy” kind of music not heard much anymore, and does it so well that it pierced my heart. (Listen to “my pony and I”, and the coyote’s cry, in the video below…)
Anyways, here’s wonderwall…#cowpoke #yodel #country #western #tengallonhat pic.twitter.com/dG5C2KIvWd
— Buddy Mac (@TenGallonTroub) October 3, 2026
At a time when everything is simultaneously accelerating and disintegrating, here’s a reminder of almost-forgotten things that are true, and wholesome, and beautiful, and also uniquely American.
His combo is called Buddy Mac and the Ten-Gallon Troubadors, and their website is here.