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The Babcocks
Cowboy Joe, his beautiful wife Carol and gorgeous daughter Lorrie have been signing together as a family group for many years. This family is at home singing the songs of not only the Old West but the songs of the modern day working cowboy.
Mark Baker
Mark Baker, Cowboy Church pastor, loves singing Western Music in a baritone/bass voice while playing guitar or mandolin. He has been leading cowboy churches for the last seven years in Missouri and Colorado. One of his cowboy dramas, "Winter Train to Heaven" was performed at the Durango Arts Center in October of 2010. Presently, he heads the newly formed group, "Line Camp Riders," who serve as the basis of the Southwest Cowboy Church near Cortez, Colorado. Mark has written some of his own original cowboy poetry and performs cowboy songs as a soloist. He is available for cowboy churches and featured singer. The yearly "Cowboy Camp Meeting" in Branson was started byMark in the Spring of 2011 and promises to be an ongoing event.
Ball Family Singers
After a scrumptious Texas dinner, sit back and enjoy the music at the Ball Ranch. The family has sung together with their children for over 20 years! You could say it was destiny for the family as Gary and Sue both came from a heritage of authentic western music! Gary's dad was a renowned guitar and fiddle player, playing the old western classics for over 50 years, passing his love of the harmonies and lyrics of these well-loved melodies to his son.
Bar J Wranglers
Some folks call it a western music show; some call it a stand-up comedy show with masterful cowboy music; others call it the best musical experience in the West. Call it what you want, the fact remains: The Bar J Wranglers from Jackson Hole, Wyoming deliver some of the purest harmony, best musicianship and funniest ranch humor ever seen on stage. As soon as the Bar J Wranglers take to the stage, listeners leave behind their busy lives and settle into a time long ago - a time of the singing cowboy.
Bill Barwick
Bill Barwick is the 2009 Western Music Assn. “Male Performer of the Year”; he's the Academy of Western Artists’ 2005 Cowboy Music "Male Vocalist of the Year". Hailed as a cowboy's cowboy-song singer, and accompanied by superb guitar work, his singing, songwriting and storytelling are a performance not to be missed. You might also recognize him as the spokesperson on the Starz/Encore "Westerns" Channel, and the "six gun salute". An internationally recognized entertainer, Bill appears regularly at Denver's historic Buckhorn Exchange, and is a frequent guest at cowboy gatherings and music festivals across the country.
Troy Bateson
Troy Bateson is a Christian entertainer/songwriter from Colorado Springs, Colorado. His presentations include "Western Concerts of Worship," "Songs of The West Concerts," and "Christmas Concert Celebrations." He has appeared in various venues including The Cody Stampede, Cowboy Songs and Range Ballads, WMA Showcase and Awards, and Wild West Fest Cowboy Camp. Living most of his life in the West, he brings a rich heritage to each event.
Chelsea Beck
Beck is a 17 year old singer, yodeler and songwriter from rural western Oklahoma. She begain her singing career at the age of 11 when she had her first yodeling lesson with Janet McBride. In 2005 she was the International Patsy Montana Yodeling Champion. In 2006 she was a yodeling champion with the WMA and in 2007 she won the Will Rogers Grammy Award for Yodeler of the Year with the AWA. She was the winner of the John Rex Reeves Talent Contest in East Texas and winner of the Country Showdown in Liberal, Kansas. She was chosen to perform for the National 4-H Educators Conference in North Carolina and Oklahoma, the Worldcup Bullriding in Terryville, CT, the Oklahoma State School Board Convention, Oklahoma State Farm Bureau Convention; Oklahoma State FFA Convention and numerous, fairs, festivals,oprys and RV rallies. She has been a regular performer at the Gene Autry Oklahoma Film and Music Festival and Cedar, Kansas, Cedar Depot Festival. She is also a performer at the National Old-Time Country and Bluegrass Festival in LeMars, IA and the Wahoo Country Music Show in Wahoo, NE. She has been featured in American Cowboy magazine and on an episode of Coyntry Texas Reporter. She has just released her third CD and is looking forward to coming to Albuquerque.
Jerry Bell
Jerry Bell has been with a cow outfit in the Jackson Hole-Yellowstone area for close to 30 years, working cow camps and guiding. He has entertained with poetry and music at the local lodges and is a member of the Wind River Poets, Idaho Poets and Poets of Utah associations. He performs through the West including Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, Montana and California. Jerry especially enjoys cowboy poetry and music gatherings. His style and presentation are enchanting and about as real as it gets. Jerry lives in Riverton, Wyoming where he tries to help the neighbors gather, brand and ship when he can. He also enjoys pack trips with good friends and the outdoors.
Barbara Benefield-Peck
John Bergstrom
"You can almost smell the campfire smoke." At least that's what fans have said about John's performances of both traditional and original songs from and about the West. His ballad of the bandit Black Bart was featured on national TV on "The Heart of Western Music", episode 4, "The Good, The Bad, The Bergstrom." He performs throughout Southern California and makes visits to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. His shows are intended for the whole family to enjoy, at coffee houses, community events, festivals, and house concerts. You can check out samples of his music on his facebook page, at CDbaby.com and on his web page.
Joe Bethancourt
He's been playing the banjo since he was old enough to know better, and is a compulsive picker, collector and learner of weird instruments. He plays (at last count) 65 different instruments, and sings in several languages. What makes this even more remarkable is that he has never had any formal music training, doesn't read music, and is on leave from the Phoenix Home for the Musically Bewildered. Joe's clawhammer banjo technique is unique.
Aspen Black
Aspen Black is a poet, singer and songwriter. A former
rodeo rider turned horse trainer, she inherited her love of the west
from her father. She has a deep understanding of the aging cowboy and
the need to preserve the knowledge of the older generations. She
writes emotional pieces about love, loss, aging, and changes faced by
modern ranchers today. Blending the nostalgic feel with modern
viewpoints, she strives to bridge the gap between generations.
Doc Blakely
Doc Blakely of Wharton, Texas is one of the most acclaimed humorists in the speaking world today. Author of seven books and a regular weekly columnist of the popular humor column "Pokin' Fun" (see "Fans of Doc Blakely and Pokin' Fun" on Facebook) and a member of the National Speaker's Association Hall of Fame, Doc Blakely has been wowing audiences for over 30 years. All done with good, clean humor!
"Buffalo Bill" Boycott
"Buffalo Bill" Boycott, from Lander Wyoming performs historical, cowboy and original songs about the Wild West and the Oregon Trail, utilizing fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and vocals. He also presents humorous cowboy poetry, tells stories in Traditional Native American Indian Sign Language, and yodels up a storm!! He performs at many festivals, concerts, corporate and special events, and cowboy poetry gatherings all across the West. "Buffalo Bill" was also a member of the Grammy Award winning group "The New Christy Minstrels" from 2005-2008. "Buffalo Bill" has over 20 years of full-time Western entertaining experience.
Almeda Bradshaw (Terry)
Almeda is one of Montana's Western Music talents. Her love and appreciation for the cowboy life shows clearly in her heartfelt original and traditional songs of the West. Almeda's clear vocals and flat picking ability guarantee her to be an audience favorite. Born and raised a town girl, Almeda now lives the life of her cowgirl dreams in Huntley, Montana. She loves to sing, write and share her life in song and poetry and has performed throughout Montana and beyond at gatherings where her sweet style relates the romance and reality of Western life. A multi-instrumentalist, Almeda has played stringed instruments and piano since childhood. She has co-written a number of songs with both vintage and contemporary poets. Her first CD release, Voices from The Range, is a collection of songs from the poetry of Canadian poet, Rhoda Sivell (1873-1962).
Naomi Bristow
Naomi hails from a small farm near Beeton, Ontario Canada. In the past few years, she has travelled across the countryside performing for thousands while being rewarded with kindness and admiration from folks of every age. Naomi has had the opportunity to meet the most incredible and remarkable people that have embraced her with love and devotion. Among the many accolades receved this past year, Naomi cherishes the "Fans Choice Award" from the Havelock Jamboree, the "Rising Star Award" from the BC Cowboy Heritage Festival, and the Western Music Association "Youth Yodeler of the Year." Naomi has recorded 3 CDs that display her incredible singing and yodeling talents.
Broken Chair Band
Todd and Melinda Carter are singer-songwriters for the Broken Chair Band and cattle ranch, riding for the brand every day. Original songs described as ‘Americowboyfolkgrass’, inspired by hardships, lessons and blessings, with stories of folly, wisdom and grace. Touring schedules are limited as they are raising a young daughter, who started opening for the band. When they’re not workin’ or cowboyin’, they’re pickin’, strummin’ and singin’ as a family!
Jim Brooks
Western as the sunset, Jim Brooks has followed Roundup Wagons, chased Mustangs, and punched cows pretty much all over the cow country since he was a teen-ager. He's stepped 'cross some of the worst anvil headed broncs that ever wore hair, throwed thousands of loops, in all kinds of weather, off them same broncs and done it all out in the middle of the Big Open, amongst the tall and uncut. For years, in between Spring and Fall Roundups, Jim competed in every one of Rodeo's "standard" events, Bull Riding, Bareback, Saddle Bronc, Steer Wrestling, Calf Roping and Team Roping, sometimes working all six of 'em at the same contest. In his spare time, this Puncher has written and illustrated several informative how-to books about Riding for the Brands, Horse Handling, and Roping, and he's put together the only 90-minte Working Cowboy Video in the United States, COWBOY JIM, that names and demonstrates most of the loops used in the art of humane horse roping. He's a Gold Card holdling Lifetime Member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), a former member of the California Cutting Horse Association, a current member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Western Music Association. Jim's motto has always been KEEPING THE WEST WESTERN, and he makes sure his message stays clear as a bell by constantly writing and composing new ranch music songs and showcasing his big, noisy RANCH HAND band at clubs, dances, rodeos, riots, hangings and all other kinds of Western Get-Togethers...
Gency Brown
Terry Brown
Winner of AWA "Song of the Year" for "Silver Spur" (2000), Terry Brown has toured for over 20 years and performed with Chris LeDoux, Aaron Tippin, Toby Keith, and Brooks and Dunn as well as other major stars. He was also nominated for "Album of the Year," "Male Vocalist of the Year," and "Rising Star " by the Academy of Western Artists (2000). Having performed his music at hundreds of rodeos and venues around the country. Terry knows a little something about the cowboy spirit and has a deep respect for our cowboy roots. Wth a catalogue of over 1200 songs and over 70 songs recorded by other acts, Terry's songs have appeared on millions of records worldwide. Terry has the kind of voice that is perfectly suited for the storyteller role. Its depth and emotional quality make you believe the stories he sings and makes you want to hear them again and again. There have been many artists who have helped preserve our western heritage but few can paint a more beautiful or realistic picture of the cowboy and the West than Terry Brown.
Marci Broyhill Prairie Poet
Marci recites with a farm-girl point of view. The agrarian-life style Marci was once so eager to escape beckons her return through memories and verse. Marci and her siblings herded cattle and sheep, pitched hay and manure, pulled calves and the "honey wagon," bottle-fed calves and lambs, gathered the eggs and butchered chickens, watered down the hogs and the garden, put up hay and fence. Her topics stroke the heartstrings, generating memories and laughter.
Buckshot Dot
Buckshot Dot is a very talented western singer, songwriter and writer. She can be found at most of the major western music and cowboy poetry events across the country.
Les Buffham
WMA Awards:
1997 Songwriter of the Year
1997 Song of the Year ( "Kinney Rim" co- written with Michael Fleming)
2007 Male Poet of the Year
2008 Male Poet of the Year
2009 Best Collaboration ("The Mourning Dove" with Judy Coder)
Max Bunyan
Max Bunyan is a songwriter (BMI) with roots in Dodge City, Kansas, the Heart of the West. He produces original music for the Internet with specialties in:
- Ballads from Boot Hill and Old Dodge City
- New American patriot love songs (songs for soldiers and people who love them)
- Tribute Songs (honoring Sons of the San Joaquin, Jack Hannah, Barry Ward, The Kansas Cowboy Symposium, Cowboys and Cowgirls for Jesus, and Dodge City, Kansas, his home town)
Lanny Joe Burnett
Lanny Joe Burnett was raised on a ranch in Fannin County, Texas. The son of 5th generation Texans, he learned at an early age the responsibility of being a steward of the land. He’s been a cowboy all his life. He can’t help it; it’s in his blood. He currently serves as Single Adult leader in his church and teaches a weekly Bible study. He is proud to drive a pickup truck that makes carwash employees run for cover. Lanny Joe is available for workshops, church and school appearances, and public and private performances.
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