Shoestrings — Cowboy

Written by Scott Boyer & Bill Pillmore

From the Double LP "Why Quit When You're Losing"

© 1973 Capricorn Records, Inc.
Produced by Johnny Sandlin
Recorded at Capricorn Recording Studio
Macon, GA

Made in U.S.A.
Gatefold Sleeve

Cowboy is
Scott Boyer — Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, violin
Bill Pillmore — Electric piano, acoustic guitar, vocals
Tommy Talton — Electric guitars, acoustic guitar, vocals
George Clark — Electric bass, acoustic bass, vocals
Tom Wynn — Drums
Pete Kowalkie — Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Duane Allman — Dobro on Please Be With Me
Chuck Leavell — Piano on She Carries A Child, 5'll Get You Ten, The Wonder, Shoestrings, Lookin' For You, All My Friends, & What I Want Is You


Cowboy was an American country rock and southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. The group's main members consisted of songwriters Tommy Talton and Scott Boyer, alongside a rotating group of musicians. They released four albums on the Capricorn Records label in the 1970s: Reach for the Sky (1970), 5'll Getcha Ten (1971), Boyer and Talton (1974), and Cowboy (1977). The song "Please Be with Me"–perhaps their best-known song–featured a performance from Duane Allman. It was also later covered by Eric Clapton on his album 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974).

The group's sound has been compared to Hearts & Flowers, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Pure Prairie League. Steve Leggett of Allmusic considered Cowboy "one of Capricorn Records' and Southern rock's best-kept secrets during the genre's golden age in the 1970s."

The two albums contained in this set previously were distributed by Atlantic Records as individual Capricorn albums under the titles Reach For The Sky and 5'll Getcha Ten.

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