Shared virtues among those who embody the cowboy spirit include courage, loyalty, and integrity. Often admired most is the cowboy’s dedication to honesty. Honest is the word country singer-songwriter Clay Walker uses to describe his good friend and bareback champion bronco rider Charlie Rizzo (1940–2023).
Rizzo passed away in March 2023, on the same day Walker finished a song in his honor. Now debuting as his latest single, “Cowboys in Heaven” pays tribute to the man who was a kindred spirit and a dear friend. During the interview for The Epoch Times, unprompted, Walker touched on the lyric that made me stop and listen. It was the first time I heard the single, and I wanted to listen undistracted.
