LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – The Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech is planning the Red Steagall Institute to honor the country music artist and cowboy poet, and organizers are seeking donations to break ground next summer.
Jim Bret Campbell, executive director of the Ranching Heritage Center, described the plans and Steagall’s career.
“But our job is to tell the real story and to share that ranching is still an incredible part of our country,” Campbell said. “It’s still an incredible part of our way of life, especially here in Lubbock, that we still have ranching families that are making a living but contributing to the plates of America and to our overall economy.”
Steagall’s career
Campbell says Steagall grew up in the Panhandle and became a music producer and singer in Los Angeles…