Dance: Cowboy Blues
Song: Singing the Cowboy Blues
Artist: Gary Allan
Album: Smoke Rings In The Dark
Choreography & copyright: Mark Simpkin,
         http://sites.netscape.net/southerncrossaus/homepage
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Walls: 4
Count: 32
Dance Beat: 108 b/m
Start: Weight on right foot

Note: This dance has an intro tag, an end tag and a bridge at the end
of every front wall (ie: at the start of every 9 o'clock wall).

* Vine left, shuffle left, 3/4 turn right with scuff:
  1- 2 Step LEFT with LEFT foot and hold,
  &3-4 Together with RIGHT (on &), step LEFT with LEFT,
       and cross RIGHT in front of LEFT, *2*
  5& 6 Shuffle LEFT (L,R,L),
  7- 8 Step RIGHT with RIGHT foot, making 1/4 turn RIGHT,
       1/2 turn RIGHT on RIGHT foot and scuff with LEFT,

* vine left, two 1/2-unwind turns, cross-shuffle left:
  9-10 Step LEFT with LEFT, cross RIGHT foot behind LEFT, *3*
&11-12 Step LEFT with LEFT (on &), cross RIGHT in front of LEFT,
       unwind 1/2 turn LEFT with weight on RIGHT foot, *3*
 13-14 Cross LEFT foot behind RIGHT and unwind 1/2 turn LEFT
       with weight on LEFT,
 15&16 Cross-shuffle to the LEFT (R,L,R),

* Rock-step with 1/4 turn right, shuffle with full turn, shuffle,
          step-ball-cross:
 17-18 Rock LEFT onto LEFT foot, weight back onto RIGHT with
       1/4 turn RIGHT,
&19-20 Step forward on LEFT (on &),
       then forward RIGHT, LEFT with 360 turn to the RIGHT, *1*
 21&22 Shuffle forward (R,L,R),
 23&24 Step LEFT with LEFT, weight onto RIGHT ball (on &) and cross
       LEFT in front of RIGHT foot,

* Step Right, left with 1/2 turn, cha-cha with 1/2 turn, sailor
           shuffle with 1/4 turn left, step & hitch with 360 turn:
 25-26 Step RIGHT with RIGHT foot, cross LEFT in front of RIGHT,
       making a 1/4 turn RIGHT with each step,
&27&28 1/2 turn RIGHT on LEFT foot,
       shuffle RIGHT (R,L,R),
 29-30 Sailor shuffle (L,R,L) with 1/4 turn LEFT,
 31-32 Step forward with RIGHT foot,
       hitch LEFT leg and make a 360 turn LEFT on last count. *1*

Repeat

*1* Turns are optional.
*2* To simplify things a cross-shuffle can be done here.
*3* To simplify, replace 9-12 with:
     9    Left with left,
    10&11 Cross shuffle left: R,L,R, crossing in front on last,
    12    Unwind 1/2 turn left with weight on right.

Note that the above two simplifications are not part of the original
choreography nor how I was taught the dance, but it should make the
dance easier to pick up and once confident you can use the original
steps.

Bridge - at the start of each 9 o'clock wall:
   1-2 Step LEFT with LEFT & hold,
  &3-4 Step back onto ball of RIGHT foot,
       cross LEFT in front of RIGHT and step RIGHT with RIGHT.

Start tag: Starts at 3 o'clock wall. Ie: facing to the right. The tag
starts with the music and consists of a full "wall" (counts 1-32 above)
plus the bridge - the song has a 36 count introduction before the
lyrics start.

End tag: The music fades towards the end, loosing the beat. Continue
daancing that wall. The beat eventually returns, in time with the
dance, for the conclusion of the last wall.

Transcribed: David Powell, 1st June, 2000.
http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance