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From Wildest Westerns:

Ruta Lee biography: http://wildestwesterns.com/no_7/ruta_lee_interview.htm

Tombstone Tributes

Marlon Brando
Ray Charles
Richard Crenna
James Gregory
Richard Harris
Janet Leigh
Ronald Reagan

Ned Romero biography:  Ned Romero: Definitive Native American Actor      

       Part 1

       Part 2

       Part 3     

       Ned Romero

Jack Ging biography: Jack Ging: Classic Westerns Veteran  

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Fact, Fiction, and Classic Movies  

       Part 1

       Part 2

       Part 3     

 

Robert reads from 

Robert reads from Spanish

Robert reads from 

Robert reads from Spanish  

 

Robert sings

Robert sings Spanish

 

Robert sings and plays the gospel classic "Stand By Me" 

Robert sings and plays the Latin standard "Guantanamera"

Robert as Elvis: RR as Elvis 5-08.wmv

 

Robert sings and plays an original composition, dramatic not autobiographical: "Dreams Denied" (Copyright © 2004 by Robert Rakauskas)

"Dreams Denied" lyrics and music I

"Dreams Denied" lyrics and music II

Robert sings and plays an original composition for a fortyish, contemporary country female vocalist: "Into Each Life" (Copyright © 2004 by Robert Rakauskas) 

"Into Each Life" lyrics and music

Robert sings and plays an original Christmas song: "O Mary, O Joseph" (Copyright © 2004 by Robert Rakauskas

"O Mary, O Joseph" lyrics and music I 

O Mary, O Joseph" lyrics and music" II

Robert sings and plays an original song for the troops in Iraq / song for the soldiers in Iraq: "Heroes of Iraq" HEROES.mp3

"Heroes of Iraq" lyrics: They’ve got a mission in a far-off hostile land

Robert sings and plays an original song, in the contemporary country style, "It's Your Turn Now": Your Turn Now.mp3 

"Your Turn Now"  lyrics

2008 Election Anti-Obama  Rap:

Anti-Obama Rap.mp3

Anti-Obama Rap: Lyrics

 

Robert sings and plays an original song, in the contemporary country style, "Date Night" (audio and video): datenight_0001.wmv

"Date Night" lyrics and music: Date Night

 

Contributions to the Encyclopedia of Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy (2007),  published by Scarecrow Press:

Front Cover: img011.jpg

"Censorship": img003.jpg, img004.jpg, img005.jpg

"Children's Rights": img006.jpg, img007.jpg

"Life, Ordinary and Extraordinary Means of Sustaining": img008.jpg, img009.jpg, img010.jpg

 

Review of No Cross, No Crown: Black Nuns in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans (Review of No Cross No Crown)

    Part 1

    Part 2

    Part 3