Performers by Name

Jerry Hall and Trick Shot has shared the stage with numerous celebrities, both country and western. They have appeared at Cowboy Poetry shows around California, Wyoming and Nevada, and frequently work with well-known Cowboy Poet Jesse Smith. They have worked with Baxter Black, Waddie Mitchell, Chris Isaacs, Pat Richardson, Virginia Bennett and 2001 Cowboy Poet of the Year, the late Sonny Hancock. The group has also worked with many other country performers.

New Mexico recording artist R.W. Hampton was been named 2004 Male Performer of the Year by the Western Music Association . A Western music industry leader for over a decade Hampton has eight albums and numerous industry awards to his credit. Hampton is considered by many to be one of America's few remaining authentic "singing cowboys". His life is guided by his faith, his love for his family, and his desire to share cowboy life with his audiences.

Fred is a Native Kansan, and now lives near Monte Vista, Colorado. Through countless hours in the saddle, raising cattle and horses, and managing the land, Fred has gained the knowledge needed, to write, and sing, his original Cowboy Songs. He has been performing on stage, since 1992. Has been a member of the Western Music Assoc., since 1996. Fred has performed throughout the Western U.S., Canada, and even Switzerland.

In 2003, Harms was named Female Vocalist of the Year and accepted the award for Song of the Year from the Western Music Association. She is also a multiple winner of Academy of Western Artists Awards, including the top honor of Entertainer of the Year for 2002, and she continues building audiences through appearances on the famed Grand Ole Opry and a recent stint at New York City's Carnegie Hall.

I grew up on Country Music, Western Music, Gospel Music and Folk Music. I began singing in a little country church and at age 14 I got my first guitar. My first performances were for my school classmates and parties. At 21, I was fronting for a dance band that played all over New Mexico, West Texas and Southern Arizona. At 23, I wrote my first song. I also build world class Jumbo Acoustic Guitars and inlay them with real turquoise.

Tom and Donna Hatton are past the half century mark as Colorado Beef Ranchers and love every minute of it. The Hattons take the rich history of the West and of family heritage and weave the music, poetry and stories into a tapestry to share around the campfire or while sitting on the front porch sipping coffee. The Hatton Family has a history in ranching as rich as the stories they tell.

Sid Hausman is a songwriter and cowboy balladeer who strikes a chord for times that hearken back to when most of this country was rural. Hausmann’s philosophy is that songwriting is much like photography; he considers his songs to be musical pictures of both the past and present. Sid blends folk and bluegrass into Western Music that reflects the essence of the peoples and animals of the West.

Singer / songwriter, Paul Hendel has been a favorite in southern California for over twenty years. He has appeared on the television show "Murder She Wrote" and regional television in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. By sharing his love of Western Music through his uniquely distinctive voice, Paul accomplishes his goal of being a player and participant in the promotion and preservation of Western Music.

Joe Herrington, the Campfire Storyteller, is a novelist, cowboy poet and western storyteller. His stories and poems are homespun and told in the Western tradition of honor, courage and rugged characters. His stories and poems not only entertain but also prod the soul with a truer understanding of the deep values and solid character of the American Cowboy.

Cowboy Balladeer Tom Hiatt can truly be called a "Son of the West." At one time or another during his youth, Texas, California, Alaska, Arizona, and Kansas, were all called "Home." The magnificent landscapes and the people who settled them fill the stories in the ballads Tom writes and sings; tales of cowboys, outlaws, lawmen, pioneers, wild broncos, and more. Tom's warm, emotional voice has enthralled people from Montana to Arizona and all areas in between.

Yvonne Hollenbeck’s poetry is a reflection of everyday experiences gained from being a South Dakota rancher's wife. Her poetry is mostly humorous although she often writes about the not-so-humorous situations her mother and grandmothers experienced in their rural settings. She has been a professional rodeo organist, is an award-winning quilter and is fast becoming one of the most published cowgirl poets in the West.

We were both born in the mid-west but have lived in Arizona over 50 years. Virgil is 74 years old and I am 72. We have been married since 1978. We started playing music in the 70's. Our main musical background has been in a square dance band. Our experience includes playing sets at folk festivals with a repertoire consisting of big band, folk, country, gospel, Western, cowboy, sing-alongs and Irish music.

Somewhere in the great West about 10 years ago three women – all musicians, poets and songwriters – sat around a cracklin’ fire in a snowstorm where they shared their Western tunes and they haven’t stopped singing since! And because they all loved horses they decided they would be “HORSE CRAZY”. Toe Tappin’ Tommy Tucker DJ of the year with KRLC Radio, Lewiston, Idaho says, “ When Horse Crazy performs “live” they absolutely light up the stage!”