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"Tom Blasingame" is also the title of a western song with lyrics by Ian Dawson Tyson (born 1933). The composition refers to "eighty-five years in the saddle" because Blasingame began horseback riding at the age of six.

"Tom Blasingame" is also the title of a western song with lyrics by Ian Dawson Tyson (born 1933). The composition refers to "eighty-five years in the saddle" because Blasingame began horseback riding at the age of six.

Blasingame's tenure at the JA Ranch partly corresponded with that of Clarence Hailey Long (1900-1978), the inspiration of the original "Marlboro Man" advertising campaign.<ref name=PPHM/>

Blasingame's tenure at the JA Ranch partly corresponded with that of [[Clarence Hailey Long]], the inspiration of the original "Marlboro Man" advertising campaign.<ref name=PPHM/>

Some six months before his death, Blasingame appeared at the first ever gathering of the American Cowboy Culture Association, which holds the annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration in [[Lubbock]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboy.org/About/History-And-Purpose|title=National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Inc. (Lubbock, Texas)|publisher=cowboy.org|accessdate=September 5, 2013; no longer on}}</ref>​

Some six months before his death, Blasingame appeared at the first ever gathering of the American Cowboy Culture Association, which holds the annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration in [[Lubbock]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboy.org/About/History-And-Purpose|title=National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Inc. (Lubbock, Texas)|publisher=cowboy.org|accessdate=September 5, 2013; no longer on}}</ref>​