"We are drawn to the unique landscape
and culture of West Texas. There is a
palpable sense of place and whilst it is a
long way from home, the relationships we
have forged over the years make it seem
like home. We might not spend as much
time in Texas as Taylor Sheridan, but we
fully understand why his focus is here.
Texas is known for a state of mind that
is pro business and pro collaboration.
Across most of America, securing an
airport’s permission to bring some
horses and some cattle onto the runway
would be a formidable challenge, but In
Texas, little requests like this don’t really
raise much of an eyebrow, especially if the
cow is a prize winning longhorn.
The town of Alpine sits about 80 miles
north of the Mexican border and its 6,000
inhabitants would not appear to have
many local hotspots to boast of - it is a
modest community with basic amenities.
However, the local airport sits in a natural
amphitheatre that is ideal for storytelling
and that was really all that mattered to
us.
We would like to thank the A-26 Invader’s
pilot - Roger Woolsey - for landing his
beautiful plane at Alpine and then role
playing for us. The bomber - which was
active in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944 -
is a beast of a prop to have and I think the
longhorn gives it a very necessary sense
of scale. I would imagine that the standoff
was a first for both the bomber and the Longhorn." -David Yarrow