title: Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene
author:  Travis D. Stimeling 
description: <br />"This is the most engaging and informative examination of progressive country music to date. Stimeling has done an outstanding job of exploring the social, cultural, and political implications of this important yet often misunderstood musical phenomenon. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the rich, complex, and colorful history of American music." --Dr. Gary Hartman, Director, Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University-San Marcos
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  # The Wooing of the Senorita
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Mary Austin
  
  
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  MILLARD TRAVIS was a man of ideas; he was also very young. This was not so bad
  as it might have been, for his
  
  
  ideas were of the toy pistol sort, — a nuisance to everybody, but only
  occasionally hurtful to the holder. The idea
  
  
  which made Travis particularly odious to his fellow men was less original than
  unexpected. He merely held that all
  
  
  this peep-show performance of modern affairs was a progression towards
  emptiness, that there was nothing sound
  
  
  or wholesome, but naked, unblushing savagery, and his vade mecum was "our
  progenitor, Adam."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  As he was born in Boston of a long line of Doctor-of-Divinity and Professor-
  of-Moral-Science ancestry, it may be
  
  
  inferred that his opportunities for observation were limited. As may be also
  imagined his peculiar views had not
  
  
  endeared him to his fri