The Tucson Rodeo Parade Committee was proud to have Baxter Black as the Grand Marshall for the 2005 La Fiesta De Las Vaqueros Parade.

Baxter an Shoe a horse, string a bob wire fence and bang out a Bob Wills classic on his flat top guitar. Cowboy poet, ex-veterinarian and sorry team roper, he has more hair around his lip then on his head. Raised in New Mexico, spent his working life in the mountain west tormenting cows. Now lives in Arizona and travels the country tormenting cowboys.

Since 1982, Baxter Black has been rhyming his way into the national spotlight, and now stands as the best selling cowboy poet in the world. He's written several books suck as, "Hey Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky", and "Horseshoes, Cowsocks & Duckfeet", including a rodeo novel. He has recorded over a dozen audio and video tapes and achieved notoriety as a syndicated columnist and radio commentator. From the Tonight Show and PBS to NPR and the NFR, Baxter's wacko verse has been seen and heard by Millions. His works are prominently displayed in both the big city libraries and small town feed stores.

Yet Black, who doesn't own a television or cellular phone, hasn't changed a thing about his subject matter or his delivery. He continues to focus on the day-to-day ups and downs of everyday people who live livestock and work the land. Driven by a left had sense of humor Black evokes laughter just by being there.

Baxter's philosophy is simple enough - in spite of all the computerized, digitized, high-tech innovations now available to mankind, there will always be a need foe someone who can "think up stuff".