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Upcoming Arizona Folklore Preserve EventsThe Arizona Folklore Preserve, in partnership with the University of Arizona South, and Dolan Ellis, Arizona’s Official State Balladeer, is proud to present the following concerts. Show time for the regularly scheduled Saturday and Sunday matinees is 2:00 p.m.; doors open at 1:00 p.m. Reservations are recommended. The cost for the matinee shows is $15.00 for adults and $6.00 for children 17 and under. (Click on the artist's name for more information. Click on the small "thumbnail" picture to see a larger image.) |
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![]() 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. 2 :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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Closed so everyone can attend the Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering | |
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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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Juni Fisher’s name is synonymous with the kind of songwriting that, |
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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. |
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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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Gary McMahan Singer/Songwriter/Storyteller/Cowboy Poet. Click here to listen to some of Gary's music. |
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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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Dolan Ellis - Arizona's Official State Balladeer. |
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Jon Messenger 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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Open Range Some of their Awards and Nominations include: Click here to go to their MYSPACE page to listen to some of their music. |
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Dolan Ellis - Arizona's Official State Balladeer. |
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Gary is a 5-time Western Music Association award nominee including Outstanding Entertainer (2010) Outstanding Instrumentalist (2010, 2009) and best Collaboration/Compilation album (2010). Links to some Harmonikids Videos
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Sid Hausman |
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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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