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When she’s not hittin’ the high mountain trails on her fast travelin’ Tennessee Walkers, Robin especially enjoys singing around the campfire. Whether it’s ballads of the old west or upbeat yodeling tunes, she appreciates connecting with her audience, sharing her love of the western life. So watch the horizon…with or without an audience, Robin nearly always has another trail song bubbling up out of a heart filled with an irrepressible zest for life.
If cowboy poetry was fresh milk, and the cream that rises to the top was the best of the cowboy poets, then Doris Daley would be very rich and very, very fattening!!" - Waddie Mitchell, Elko, NV
From the West Texas plains to the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies, Doris has been making her living as a western wordsmith all over North America for the past several years. She has an impeccable pedigree for the job: her gene pool includes Irish stowaways, sorry team ropers, petticoated bushwhackers, good cooks, nimble two-steppers, assorted cowboys and intrepid prairie homesteaders. No campfire too small, no convention hall too big, Doris has been a featured entertainer on western stages throughout Canada and the US, and is also a favourite at community parties, fund raisers, private parties and corporate events. Her best award--Doris Daley: Procurer and Collector of the Best Friends and Fans in the West. She and her husband Bob live in Turner Valley, Alberta.
Awards: Western Music Association's Female Cowboy Poet of the Year, 2009; WMA's Best Cowboy Poetry CD, 2009; Academy of Western Artists' Cowgirl Poet of the Year, 2004
Jim has “almost dual citizenship” living half of each year in Grand Forks, ND and the other half in Sierra Vista, AZ. Three generations of Jim’s family lived in New Mexico beginning in 1880. He spent most of his life on the Great Plains. In 1991 he began his annual treks to winter in Arizona. Jim has been writing poetry all of his life but has concentrated on the desert and cowboy life since1996. He also enjoys singing old cowboy songs.
Jeff Davidson is a native of Kansas and began his entertainment career as a square dance caller. He has been the entertainer for the Flint Hills Overland Wagon Train since 1985 and obtained the idea of mixing Kansas history and Western songs while singing around the campfire. Trail Riders band members Tony and Travis Cassity are a father-son du0 who round out the sound with Travis giving a steady beat on the bass and "ultra" musician Tony playing the lead guitar, banjo and mandolin.
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.
Devon Dawson, aka "Miss Devon" of Fort Worth, Texas, is top entertainer in western music, and has been recognized by the Academy of Western Artists "Female Performer of the Year 2009”. Noted for her very rhythmic vintage 'sock-rhythm' guitar style, and warm 'swingtime cowgirl' vocals which bring to mind Dale Evans, Rosalie Allen, and Patsy Montana, her lively onstage persona intrigues and engages both kids and the adults in her audience. She is a founding member of the long-time WMA favorite 'cowboy swing' group, THE TEXAS TRAILHANDS, and is the MUCH prettier half of MISS DEVON & THE OUTLAW, a duet she founded with 'Outlaw Jessie Del' Robertson in 2008. She holds a Grammy certificate for her participation in the Disney CD 'Woody's Roundup featuring Riders in the Sky', as the singing voice of Toy Story 2’s “Jessie, the Cowgirl”. She has performed in and out of that character coast-to-coast, and all across the American West, including at the renowned Grand Old Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Pixar Studios in Emeryville, California. Currently, she can be heard on her well-received recording project, KEEPIN' YOUR HEAD ABOVE THE WATER' (2007), as well as all three of the WMA award-winning Texas Trailhands' CDs. Devon has appeared at rodeos 'n railroads, dances 'n dog shows, schools 'n saloons, cowboy gatherings, libraries, parties 'n festivals, with Radio Disney, Imagination Celebration, walk-ons with Riders In the Sky and Michael Martin Murphey, and has played rhythm guitar with the legendary "Texas Playboys". This western-swingin' cowgirl, frequently spotted on Encore's 'The Westerns Channel' and RFD-TV, is cookin' up the most fun this side of the chuckwagon camp!
Geff’s cowboy poetry and western music tell stories of his ranch life and work experiences. His western music, cowboy poetry and tales of cowboy life will keep you hooked and in the moment of the event. You will quickly find that he’s entertaining and sincere and he portrays the cowboy life in a fashion all can enjoy. He’s like none other and has an extraordinary ability to entertain the crowd. Geff performs at western festivals, livestock events, youth and school events and other venues throughout the country. He is also a featured cowboy entertainer at the Salute to the Great American Cowboy in Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri.
Guitarist, “Tennessee” Jim Farrell loves the complex chord changes and close harmonies of Western Music. Lead singer/lead guitarist/fiddler, Stu Stuart comes from an entertainment background. The newest member of the Diamond W Wranglers is drummer/percussionist Steve Crawford, known as “Stevie C, the Rhythmic Cowboy.” They have a keen desire to see Western music grow, internationally.
George has performed at numerous western music festivals throughout the western United States with legendary music artists like Dave Stamey, New West, Sourdough Slim, Curly Musgrave and Belinda Gail to name a few . He will be performing this year at the Big Bear Festival, the Tombstone Festival and Tucson Festival as well as many others. George was instrumental in developing the "What A Cowboy Knows" Festival in Bakersfield, CA.
DoubleTake travels all over their native Wisconsin performing at various fairs and venues throughout the state. Their most recent achievement happened in 2006 when DoubleTake traveled to the Western Music Association’s annual festival in Albuquerque. While at the Festival, they won the yodeling contest and earned the title of “2006 WMA National Male Yodelling Champions”. This title means a great deal to them because they had already won every contest in Wisconsin that they entered.

Ray Doyle is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and member of popular cowboy band Wylie and the Wild West. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he emigrated with his family to Canada, then to California. In the mid 80’s, Ray’s band “Reach for the Sky” appeared on the acclaimed LA country compilation album, “A Town South of Bakersfield” and played honkytonks and ranch parties, theme parks and punk clubs. Ray’s songs have appeared on records in the U.S., Europe and Australia.
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