21: Westerns
“Western” is both a genre of stories and the back half a genre of music. Both often involve drifters in cowboy hats, towns at the edge, and heroic or tragic gunfights.
Bands as we’d think of them were around by then, though “Country and Western” didn’t become the standard term until 1949, replacing “Hillbilly music”.
And there are some Western stories starring musicians, as in the Singing Cowboy subgenre of serial, which I mentioned in Adventure! because the best known example also involves robots attacking from an underground city. Unsurprisingly the most popular Western RPGs add monsters as well.
I also mentioned folk song collectors, and see also modern and space Westerns, and the post-apocalypse adventure has them too. The legend of the stranger arriving in town with a guitar on his back appeals to many a gigging musician.
The Langdon Four
Concept
They aim to come to town, play a set and move on. Somehow this seems to lead to trouble.
Walker, lead singer and rhythm guitar, insists those Wanted posters are out of date
Michael, guitar, liable to catch the eyes of local girls
April, violin, liable to catch the eyes of local boys
Franks, percussion, tries to keep their head down
Statistics
Hope 1
Ego 1
Fanbase 1
Cash 0
Performance Traits
Technique 3
Power 2
Stagecraft 2
They get on and play, no Publicity Stunts or anything like that
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