“He is a great fit for our rodeo and the people who live out here in the Panhandle. “We like having Rump around, because he’s funny and he’s a lot like the rest of us,” said Jeremy Carman, chairman of the volunteer committee that produces the annual Guymon, Oklahoma, rodeo. Rumford, lives in Ponca City, Oklahoma, with his wife and their triplets, It made his transition into a popular rodeo clown that much easier. He’s roped calves and roped steers, and through every layer of his life, he told funny tales, oftentimes about his own life. He’s been a bullfighter and a pickup man and a bronc rider and a bulldogger. There isn’t anything in rodeo that the man hasn’t done. And it was a big part of his lifestyle in the early stages of his rodeo career. He carried that on to the next level when he attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. A life lived on the rodeo trail and a hunger for a good time. Peering through the reflective glass at his past, Justin Rumford was a comedy act waiting to happen.Īs a high schooler in south-central Kansas, his actions oftentimes proved to be a mix of his small-town raising. Justin Rumford is the most decorated rodeo clown in the PRCA with many unforgettable moments. Bronc went on to an illustrious career in every phase of rodeo from diverse competition championships, to stock contracting, to picking up, and well beyond. Justin Rumford’s dad, Bronc Rumford was the world’s youngest champion bareback bronc rider when three-years-old. started in the rodeo contracting business in 1946 and annually produced rodeos throughout the Midwest. It is full of friends turned family and his memories and stories are worth more than the buckles. Rodeo has been a part of Rumford’s life forever. ![]() I’m pretty blessed to just be there when I was supposed to be there,” he said. “I think that my career just hit when it was supposed to. He won PRCA Clown of the Year in 2012 and for the next nine consecutive years. Rumford’s career took off quickly after he got his card in 2011. It kept him involved with rodeo where he already had a relationship with a lot of people that he would end up working with. In 2011, he made the decision to go forward with being a rodeo clown. “I was like wow this a thing, man this is maybe something I want to do,” Rumford said. He borrowed a barrel and a wireless microphone for one performance. After a clown was unable to make it last minute, Rumford was asked to “just give it a shot” in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. Rumford went on to compete in pro rodeo where he made the Prairie Circuit Finals in the steer wrestling multiple times. He made the college finals in both saddle bronc riding and steer wrestling. He went to the National High School Finals and competed in the Central Plains Region for college rodeo. Rumford’s rodeo career is long and distinguished before he became a clown. Rumford knew then and there that he was destined to be in the rodeo arena. He attended his first National Finals Rodeo when he was six years old. This song was later re-recorded by McGuinn's band The Byrds, and included on Ballad Of Easy Rider.Special to the Rumford is a ten-time Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association (PRCA) Clown of the Year who grew up in the rodeo business. ⇒ The last track "Ballad Of Easy Rider" was partially co-written by Bob Dylan, but disowned its contribution on that song, due to his strong dislike of the film's ending, as well as due to his belief, that his name was being exploited to boost the film's street credibility. ⇒ One of the film's scriptwriters, the star, Peter Fonda, had originally intended to use Bob Dylan's version of "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" in the film, but after failing to secure the appropriate licensing, he asked Roger McGuinn to record a cover of it instead. To deal with this, ABC-Dunhill commissioned Smith (3), to record a cover version of the song for the soundtrack album. ⇒ "The Weight", as originally recorded by The Band for their 1968 debut album Music From Big Pink, was used in the film, but couldn't be licensed for the soundtrack. The rest were created exclusively for the soundtrack. Originally released by ABC/Dunhill Records (in North America) and Stateside (in Europe)Ī5 - The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders (as "Bird Song") Official soundtrack of the film " Easy Rider"
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