Western Music Association

Van A. Criddle

Those who have seen Van perform have commented that: "Your voice is one of those voices that you just have to listen to." "You are so comfortable to listen to that I felt like I was in my front room listening to a cowboy share stories of his experiences on the ranch and on the range. "You had me bawling one minute and laughing hysterically in the next minute, Van is a performer who delivers more than the audiences expect.

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Telephone: 541-688-5580
Rafter C Productions
2034 Laurelhurst Dr.
Eugene OR 97402

Marty Davis

Marty Davis started out singing country music but one of the most popular parts of his show has always been the Western Music segment. Marty has performed to standing room only crowds in Nevada casinos, nightclubs, fairs, conventions, concerts and rodeos around the U.S. He spent several years singing bass and traveling the world with the legendary Fifties group, The Diamonds. Marty also does "classic country" music of the stars of the Grand Ol' Opry and classic standards. He is a well-rounded and versatile performer of all kinds of music.

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Telephone:541-840-3246
1320 Honeysuckle Ave.
Medford, OR 97504

HANSON family singers

Wayne, Leslie, Christa, Lisa, Theresa and Daniel

Veneta, Oregon

Daniel: 2005 WMA Youth International Yodeling Champion

Family: 2006 WMA Marilyn Tuttle "Best of the Best" Harmony Award

"You all did such an awesome job on your new cd. Your voices blend so well together. I am so blown away with the yodeling, Daniel, Theresa and Lisa. You are the best I have heard of all the young people I have listened to." Shirley Field - Canadian Female Yodeling Champion 1950 and WMA International Female Yodeling Champion 1993.

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Telephone: 541-935-6315
Telephone: 877-426-7661
26333 Perkins Rd.
Veneta, OR 97487

Tim Jenkins

"The way he set the mood for each song by its tone and the key he sang it in was incredible."

Tim Jenkins loves to sing, and has been singing as long as he can remember. He plays guitar and banjo and sings mostly traditional folk songs, especially ballads, including many cowboy songs. Tim was raised on a small farm in southwest Washington and knows cows (but not horses).

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Telephone: 541-346-5649
82302 Bear Creek Road
Creswell, OR 97426

Matthew McCravey

Matthew, at six years old, insisted he needed a fiddle. Driving Texas breakdowns, sweet waltzes and toe tapping rags have made him an Oregon Fiddle Champion and a National Fiddle Contest Best Male Entertainer. Playing Western swing is pure fun. The sweet tone of his fiddle in old West tunes made his mama cry.

"This young man has musical ability that is far, far beyond his years, and I predict he will be a major force in the music industry. Matthew McCravey is as talented and hardworking as they come. Sit up, folks, pay attention to this one!" ~ Juni Fisher

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Telephone: 541-490-0079
610 Oak St.
Hood River, OR 97031

Barbara Nelson

Barbara had an earlier career playing guitar and singing in Alaska, Nevada and other states. This former rodeo queen is enjoying performing now at Hamley's in Pendleton, Spirit of the West in Ellensburg, Pendleton Round-Up events and other venues. She and her family have horses and live on a ranch outside Pendleton.

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Telephone: 541-276-5372
72521 Tutuilla Creek Road
Pendleton OR 97801

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Lonnie Shurtleff

Lonnie grew up in the Owyhee Desert running wild horses and in Eastern Oregon's Blue Mountains running cattle. It was "Wild horses and saddles and rawhide riatas...", then he discovered guitars! His material is largely biographical and reflects his experiences growing up in the saddle and the years of playing lead guitar in cowboy hang-outs, honky-tonks and bars around the Northwest. For unique cowboy-flavored entertainment, music, poetry and unlikely stories, please consider engaging Lonnie the Eclectic Cowboy for your next dinner party, campfire gathering, calf branding or necktie party. It will be a memorable occasion! CDs are available.

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Telephone: 541-969-9805
LaGrande, OR

Keeter Stuart

I was born in Woodland, California in 1951. Moved to Mexico when I was five and lived there for four years. I still love Mariachi bands. Came back to California and my grandfather's ranch in the Valley of the Moon north of San Francisco. Moved to Tahiti for a couple of years. Sailed back to California at sixteen with a Harmony Sovereign guitar, lovin' to play and sing. Been doing that ever since, though the Sovereign is long gone. I've got the blood of a great western songwriter in me, one Stanley Davis Jones, my great-uncle. I hope someday to write a song to rival his best, "Ghost Riders in the Sky". A fella's gotta dream....Playing music has sustained and inspired me through all kinds of trials and tribulations. I'll keep doing it until I shuffle off this mortal coil. I'm married, have four children, and now live in West Linn, OR. Onward...

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Telephone: 503-381-2920
1542 6th St.
West Linn, OR 97068

Larry Wilder

Western Music Association’s 2008 Male Yodeler of the Year!!!
Along with being a virtuoso yodeler, Larry is an accomplished finger-style banjo and guitar player, with a song repertoire of over 400 tunes in the genres of Cowboy, Bluegrass, Appalachian, Gospel, Americana, and Folk. The Yodelin’ Cowboy Show is fast-paced, highly interactive, family friendly event --- an unforgettable musical experience!

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Telephone: 503-407-8676
2000 NE 42nd Avenue #243
Portland, OR 97213

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