Don't remember listening to Smokey Dawson on the radio but do remember him fondly as I went to see him at a hall in Burwood Vic I was probably 6 or 7 at the time. He sang, told stories, cracked whips, did lassoo tricks and involved many of the kids. I had a piece of rolled up newspaper ripped out of my hand with his whip. Didn't wet my pants but came close. :B
Yeah. Roy Rogers The girl next door to ma called him Royal Rogers.
I loved al most all western.
Hopalong Cassidy - Had a Hopalong Cassidy gunn set with 2 guns holsters wrist bands and spurs plus a HC silver Sheriffs badge
Cisco Kid O'Henrys Robinhood of the Old West ("Ooooh Panchoooo - Ooooh Ceescoooo.")
Lone Ranger (Hi ho Silver)
Have gun Will travel - Paladin, Paladin where do you roam?
Zorro .......Attachment 472237
Wagon Train, Sugarfoot, Maverik, Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, The Rifle Man, Wells Fargo, Wyart Earp, Bat Masterson, etc, etc, etc.
Still love a good western but they're pretty few and far between these days.
Did really enjoy watching Dead Wood which I only came across a few years ago thanks one of my sons. Pity it ended but apparently it was hellishly expensive and there was virtually nothing still around from that era that could be used for subliminal advertising or sponsorship like Coke or Pepsi or breakfast cereal or branded beer, etc.
Just finished watching Wynona Earp, Wyatt Earps' great-granddaughter madly dispatching demons and the like back to from whence they came. Not really your typical western but does have Doc Holiday in it.
Shutup Neil and get back to quietly isolating. :~