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Spoken-Word Album 'The Cowboy Iliad' Tells Real-Life Western Story

Producer, director and writer Walter Hill steps in front of the microphone for his new spoken-word album, "Cowboy Illiad." (Courtesy of Chasen & Company)
Producer, director and writer Walter Hill steps in front of the microphone for his new spoken-word album, "Cowboy Illiad." (Courtesy of Chasen & Company)

Producer, director and writer Walter Hill steps in front of the microphone for his new spoken-word album, which tells the story of a legendary shootout in Newton, Kansas, in 1871.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Hill about “The Cowboy Iliad.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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