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Singer/songwriter Belinda Gail is one of the most sought after women performing Western Music today. Her breathtaking performances, have earned her the Western Music Association's award for 'Female Performer of the Year' for an unprecedented five years. Numerous other awards and nominations confirm her energy and appeal as a performer.
Jim is a talented performer, teacher, recording artist, and songwriter. Accompanied by his remarkable guitar skills, Jim performs cowboy-era music and music of the cowboy movie stars as well as music of more contemporary artists who echo the cowboy life. As evidenced in his most recent CD, "Here Comes a Change", his style slides easily into western swing. Recently elected president of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Western Music Association, Jim is striving to perpetuate the music and values of the western heroes.
Born 6/9/1942 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England. A Western film fan from earliest recollection. Started singing & playing guitar, seriously, aged 15! Initially inspired by Lonnie Donegan, Earliest performing experience playing rhythm Banjo in Jazz bands, followed by contribution to several Bluegrass & Old Time Country bands playing variously 5-string Banjo; Fiddle; Guitar; Mandolin; Dobro; Autoharp; Dulcimer; Harmonica and Upright Bass. Unfortunately, performance time usually limits his versatility to accompaniments on 6 & 12 string Guitars; Long- Necked 5-string Banjo.
Earl has been an active member of the Western Music Association and the Academy of Western Artists for many years. He especially enjoys singing the old cowboy songs around the fires at the chuckwagon camps. Earl has been writing, singing songs and talking to people everywhere to encourage interest in preserving the historic sites and the songs of the cowboy days in the Old West. Earl's music is featured in three New Mexico museums and one in Texas.
Jerry began writing songs at the age of sixteen, after hearing Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Hank Williams, Red Foley, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys and many others. From 1950 to 1980, Jerry was a part-time professional singer and songwriter with many appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and Louisiana Hayride, plus nationally released recordings including Billboard Chart Records. Now Jerry is retired from Day Jobs and is writing and singing full time. His recording of a new Western Swing song, "Wherever in Texas," from a forthcoming CD is released digitally via Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse Productions.

New Yorker Merry Agape and West Texas Joe Green are music and poetry emotion! Merry is a trained singer, musician and songwriter. She sang for over a decade wth R&B legend Maxine Brown. Joe is a cowboy poet and singer/songwriter whose two CDs have been top ten hits on cowboy and western radio. The debut of their collaboration entitled COYOTE: I AM STILL AMAZED played to an overwhelming reception at the 2009 WMA Festival! Keep an ear out for more of this group's heartfelt, poignant and powerful songs at this year's festival.

Like a troubadour of old, Kerry Grombacher paints vivid portraits and tells fascinating stories with his contemporary western songs. Kerry has played on stages as varied as the Arizona Cowboy Gathering and the New Orleans Jazz Festival, and artists including The Texas Trailhands, Gary Prescott, and Duke Davis perform his songs. His recordings include Sands Motel (2001), Riding for the Brand (1999), and Home to the West (1996).
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