He does not need more cow bell.
Farmer Derek Klingenberg has a farm in Peabody, Kansas where he herds his cattle by summoning them with his trombone. Really. That's what happens.
From his Facebook page: "Yesterday morning was so beautiful. I left very early in the morning. There is something wonderful about playing a trombone in the middle of a prairie to 380 heifers."
He proves it here by appearing in an empty field and peacefully playing out Lorde's Royals like a midwestern snake charmer until, slowly but steadily, the animals flock to him over the horizon and he is surrounded by his cows, all of them mooing along to the song.
I was totally charmed by this, too. They say music has charms to soothe the savage beast. None of the cows seemed particularly savage, but maybe that's because they'd been properly soothed.
(by Myka Fox)
