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Feb 3 |
10:00 - Dennis Gaines
Dennis Gaines calls himself a cowboy poet, humorist and storyteller, a vocation that rates with bawdy house piano player in terms of prestige and respectability.
Gaines was a Texas State Representative Poet at the Western Folklife Center's National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, in 1990 and returned in 1991, 1992, and 2007.
11:15 - Chuck Pyle
Chuck Pyle has won high praise from both fans and peers alike throughout an inspired performance career of over 40 years. When reviewers first gave him the "Zen Cowboy" moniker, he decided to, as he says, "Always ride the horse in the direction it's going," and took the nickname to heart, shaving his head and blending his upbeat perspective with old-fashioned horse sense.
An accomplished songwriter, Chuck's songs have been recorded by John Denver, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Suzy Bogguss. Country fans know him best for writing, "Cadillac Cowboy", recorded by the late Chris LeDoux, and "Jaded Lover", recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker.
12:15-12:45 Lunch
12:45 - Hank Cramer
Hank Cramer is one of the best-loved folksingers in the American West. He is widely known for his booming bass voice, smooth picking on a vintage flat-top guitar, and his wry sense of humor. He has a repertoire of over a thousand modern and traditional songs, spanning the genres of celtic, appalachian, maritime, cowboy, and plain old folk music.
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:00 - Trails and Rails
Walt and Paula have enjoyed performing together for over twenty-five years in various formats, including Mandolin Madness and the Bow Willow trio. As the duo, Trails & Rails, they have appeared at many Southwest events.
With an active repertoire of over 200 cowboy and trains songs, Trails & Rails custom tailors a special program for each event they play. |
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Sat. & Sun
Feb 4 & 5 |
Closed so everyone can attend the Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering |
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Sat. & Sun
Feb 11 & 12 |
Gaylon Taylor Limeliter and Former New Christy Minstrel
Click here for YouTube video "Walking with my Baby (Through the Arizona Desert Sun)"
Click here to listen to songs from Gaylan's CD "Taylor Made" on CD Baby |
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Sat. & Sun
Feb 18 & 19 |
Juni Fisher
Juni Fisher’s name is synonymous with the kind of songwriting that,
according to one promoter “Plumbs the depth of your soul…“ Her
writing, paired with heart wrenching vocals and outstanding guitar
picking have made her a favorite at festivals and concerts across the
nation.
She is the 2005 Academy of Western Artists Female Vocalist of the Year,
2005 Western Music Association Crescendo award winner, 2006 Western
Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, Recipient of the 2007
WMA Song of the Year award, 2008 Western Music Association
Songwriter of the Year, Winner of the National Cowboy and Western
Heritage Museum's 2008 Wrangler Award for Most Outstanding
Traditional Western Album, 2009 WMA Female Performer of the Year,
and 2009 WMA Album of the Year.
Click HERE for samples of songs from Juni's latest cd "Let' er Go, Let' er
Buck, Let' er Fly " |
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Sat. & Sun
Feb 25 & 26 |
Carolyn Martin
2008 and the 2010 Western Swing Female Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists.
Carolyn’s latest project, “Cookin’ With Carolyn”, was nominated by the WMA as both the Western Swing Album of the Year and the Album of the Year, and Carolyn was nominated for the Outstanding Female Vocalist award by the WMA. In 2011, Carolyn was inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall Of Fame.
Click here for a video of Carolyn performing "I Love You Honey" at the 2010 WMA.
Click here for Carolyn and band performing "That's What I Call Cookin" |
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Sat. & Sun
Mar 3 & 4 |
Dolan Ellis - Arizona's Official State Balladeer.
The Theme of Dolans show this weekend is "Songs and Stories of Cochise County"
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Sat. & Sun
Mar 10 & 11 |
Gary McMahan Singer/Songwriter/Storyteller/Cowboy Poet.
Gary is known for his award-winning songs, captivating stories, uproarious humor, and national championship yodeling.
Click here to listen to some of Gary's music.
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Sat. & Sun
Mar 17 & 18 |
Call of the West
Jeanne Cahill and Jerome Campbell have performed western music since 1991, and have been known as Call of the West since 1996. Over the years, they have developed a deep appreciation of the wonderful art form of western music - the classic songs of the western movies, and legendary western swing bands - as well as the new music being written by the great singer/songwriters of today. |
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Sat. & Sun
Mar 24 & 25 |
Dolan Ellis - Arizona's Official State Balladeer. |
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Sat. & Sun
Mar 31 &
Apr 1
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TBA
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Sat. & Sun
Apr 7 &8
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TBA
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Apr 14 &15
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Jon Messenger
Jon’s original Folk and Western tunes have been well received by audiences at festivals and gatherings throughout the West, and these songs reflect Jon’s love of the West and the American Cowboy.
Jon has been playing at gatherings, festivals, churches, parties, dinners, etc., etc., for a long time…almost exclusively performing Western music around the Southwest and points east, west and north of Sierra Vista, Arizona for nearly fifteen years with a smattering of Bluegrass and Western swing in the between spots.
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Sat. & Sun
Apr 21 & 22 |
Open Range
“Music that captures the spirit of the West”…that’s how the music of Open Range has been described. Ric Steinke & Linda Hausler weave a musical blend of tight vocal harmonies & outstanding acoustic instrumentation.
Some of their Awards and Nominations include:
2011 - Ric is honored to be a top nominee for Outstanding Instrumentalist
2010 - Best of the Best Harmony Award-Marilyn Tuttle Award
2010 - Top 5 Nominee, Best Western Duo
Click here to go to their MYSPACE page to listen to some of their music. |
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Sat. & Sun
Apr 28 & 29 |
Dolan Ellis - Arizona's Official State Balladeer.
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Sat. & Sun
May 5 & 6 |
Gary Allegretto
Gary is a 5-time Western Music Association award nominee including Outstanding Entertainer (2010) Outstanding Instrumentalist (2010, 2009) and best Collaboration/Compilation album (2010).
American Cowboy magazine recently stated, "Amazing. Its the word that fits the harmonica playing of Gary Allegretto. This good-natured cowboy singer-songwriter blows you away with his talent on that mouth harp. Youve never seen - or heard anything like it."
Click here to go to Gary's MySpace page for samples of his music.
Harmonikids and Humanitarian Work
Click here to go to Gary's Harmonikids Website
Links to some Harmonikids Videos
At Childrens Hospital
In Haiti
Katrina Relief
Project
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Sat. & Sun
May 12 & 13 |
Sid Hausman
SID HAUSMAN of Tesuque, NM writes songs of folk and Western Americana, and is a strong varied instrumentalist, playing banjo, 12-string guitar, baritone ukulele, harmonica and bones. He tours throughout the US doing concerts and workshops.
Click here for a video of Sid playing the bones on the song Bill Pickett
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Sat. & Sun
May 19 & 20 |
TBA
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Sat. & Sun
May 26 & 27 |
Dolan Ellis - Arizona's Official State Balladeer.
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All show times are 2:00 p.m. unless indicated otherwise, doors open at 1:00 p.m.. All other future weekend performances to be announced.
NOTE: As always, this schedule is subject to change. Performance schedule as of January 20 2012.
For a pdf printable copy of this schedule, click here. (If you can't view the pdf file, you need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded for free by clicking here.) |
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