This piece came about as I was reminiscing about my childhood. My grandparents are avid listeners of what I liked to call “cowboy music.” They would drive up to Colorado to go to cowboy chuckwagon dinners and had stacks of CDs from their favorite western artists.

One of my favorite cowboy songs, and one that has stuck with me into adulthood, is “Ghost Riders in the Sky”. The lyrics detail a haunting and cautionary tale about ghostly cowboys who had been cursed to herd the devil’s cows for eternity. The imagery in the story captivated me, so I visualized these famous ghost riders as best I can in this piece.