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Mike is both a founding member and an Advisory Board Member of the Western Music Association. Bill Wiley, our founder, and Mike were close friends. Mike's background includes broadcasting, acting, songwriting and singing as well as concert production (McCabe's Guitar Store Concert Series). Mike continues to perform with his band Trailmix, a brand of cowboy, folk and Western swing music. He is currently heard weekly on KCSN-FM, Los Angeles on his "Americana Weekend."
Peggy Malone is a country, western, pop singer performing at family style venues, large groups and conventions. Ageless audience appeal. Large repertoire of songs. Listen or dance! Crowd participation is her specialty, with her stick horses and maracas. Ghost Riders in the Sky is especially fun, when audience members ride around on her corral full of stick hosses!! "Don't know who has more fun, her or her audience!" - Randy Witte, Publisher, Western Horseman Magazine.

Skeeter Mann & The Lost Canyon Rangers will entertain you with the truest and most honest western music from the past and present. They are recipients of the Will Rogers “Rising Star Award” as well as many other nominations by The Academy of Western Artists and The Western Music Association including, “Western Group of the Year”, “Male Vocalist” and “Instrumentalist of the Year”.
Skeeter Mann, lead vocals, guitar and banjo will delight you with his wit, charm and amazing heartfelt story-songs. John Nelson, lead guitar, mandolin and harmony vocals, is one of the premier instrumentalists in western music. Michelle Giacopuzzi, harmony vocals, will enchant you with her style and grace. The classically trained Joel Druckman on bass rounds out this circle of musical friends.

Manystrings and Company is a western duo made up of Tony and Carol Messerly. They sing old tyme western music and mountain man originals. They make their home in Southwestern Wyoming where Carol is a therapist and Tony is a haul driver for a local concrete company. Their favorite passtime is writing and performing their tunes at Mountain Man Rendevous and Western gatherings.
Singer Carolyn Martin has been described as "...a winning throwback to the days where emotion was measured and artful rather than loud and histrionic."
Carolyn was named the 2008 and the 2010 Western Swing Female Vocalist of the Year by the AWA. Her CD "Swing" was a nominee for the WMA's Western Swing Album of the Year, and her latest project, "Cookin' With Carolyn," was nominated by the WMA for the Album of the Year. In May 2011, Carolyn was inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame.
Glenn Martin is a poet/songwriter who lives on a ranch near Durango, Colorado. He was raised in Eastern New Mexico and grew up working the ranches of that country. He is a retired Physician Assistant who has never lost his love for the cowboy way. He writes poems/songs with his brother, Richard Martin, and they have a CD out, “Bringing Water to the Land”, and are working on a second. Their works have been accepted and published on CowboyPoetry.com and can be read there.
I was born in Denison, TX in 1979. My Father owned a small ranch in south eastern Oklahoma at the time. He also sold ropes and was a professional rodeo cowboy. He met my Mother (a Bakersfield, CA transplant) in Oklahoma in the late 70's. They were married and had myself and my sister. With family in tow my Father returned to his native home of New Mexico when I was very young. There I grew up on my families ancestral 47,000 acre working cattle ranch. Looking back it was an experience few could ever know or understand. We were raised in the saddle, literally. I developed a love for the western lifestyle and culture at an early age but there was one love that would top them all, music. My entire family is musical in some way and I have been influenced by each one of them a great deal over the years. My Father however, being a fairly diverse individual himself, was and had always been a performing musician. Upon arriving in New Mexico he promptly started a band. By the age of 12 I was sitting in with him and by 13 I began playing in the band full time. As I got older my musical tastes became more diverse and I began to explore different genres. After graduating High School I left my home town of Socorro, NM. I moved several different times over the following years. With each stop I invested myself in a new musical pursuit. Over the last 17 years I've been lucky enough to play in a lot of different places; from the New Mexico night club scene to Oklahoma City's "Bricktown" to Memphis, TN on Beale Street to the Las Vegas Hilton. Over the last 5 or 6 years however I've been proud to call Albuquerque, NM my home. I am currently pursuing a personal career in music which is playing out right up unto this very sentence. I can be found playing in venues all over New Mexico and the southwest and am booked for months at a time. I will have played over 100 dates by the end of this year alone. 2011 has been very good to me. Live television, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Alan Jackson’s’ official after party and the New Mexico State Fair are just a few places I’ve played this year. With the release of my 2nd solo album in July I hope to make a statement in the music community that will be heard for years to come…
Richard Martin grew up working on ranches in eastern New Mexico’s Canadian River area. He has been a competitive team roper for many years. He plays Americana folk music and many of his songs reflect the country way of life. He has loved and played music most of his life. He has played with many well known country bands in New Mexico and on the road. Richard has retired from Central New Mexico Community College and concentrates on writing and performing his songs as well as many other artists’ songs. Richard has recorded three CDs (Mail Box Money, Bringing Water To The Land and Morning Coffee) and played at the 2009 Durango Cowboy Gathering and performed at the Crossroads Poetry and Music Festival in Van Horn, Texas. He also played at the 2010 New Mexico Music Awards and the 2010 Western Music Association show. He lives in Embudo, New Mexico with his wife Edna who accompanies him from time to time. Richard enjoys hunting with his hawk, (he is a licensed falconer), and playing solo and duo gigs around the Southwest. Richard Martin is a winner of the 2010 NEW MEXICO MUSIC AWARDS.

WMA Award:
1998 Female Performer of the Year
Nominated For:
1998 Duo/Group of the Year
1999 Female Performer of the Year
Leigh Ann and Scott Matthews provide a variety of western music from the classics to contemporary and original compositions featuring superb vocals & harmony accompanied by acoustic guitar. The Matthews performed at the National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock, TX in 2008 & 2009, and provide entertainment for numerous private events and festivals. They also own and operate the 4M Chuckwagon and strive to preserve the heritage of the cowboy and the American West.

For the past decade, Mag has been writing western/cowboy poetry and performing at major cowboy festivals, as well as other events, across Western Canada. Her recitations have also been aired on TV and radio. Mag also enjoys freelance writing and has been published internationally in numerous magazines, anthologies, newspapers and web sites. Western publications and web sites her articles and reviews have appeared in are: The Cowboy Times, Canadian Cowboy Country, cowboypoetry.com, I.M. Cowgirl, Cowboy Troubadour, Cariboo Calling and Western People.
Mag also enjoys songwriting. Besides the four songs on her CD Passin' It On, she has written numerous other songs for various artists in Canada and the U.S.
Her third poetry book "Dreams of Fast Horses", states--"she writes with a humor that sometimes stretches the truth, but she also shows her sensitivity to the human spirit and her love for rural life."
Traditional, contemporary, and original songs of the American West are the music of award winning songwriter and cowboy & western balladeer Rodger Maxwell. His rich descriptive baritone blends with his unique guitar styling for a distinct performance. Folks say that Rodger's songs take them back to the old west. His dad had a show on WRNY radio, in the 30’s, singing cowboy songs, so he really is the “Son of a Cowboy Singer”.

Janet McBride has been singing as long as she can remember. Janet McBride has released seven CD's and a number of cassettes since she resumed recording in 1981. Her latest CD was released in January 2005. The album features McBride singing an original song, "A Cowgirl's Dream," which includes a clip of Patsy Montana's singing and yodeling that was taken from an undated demo tape found in Montana's house after her death. And what yodeler hasn't dreamed of singing with Patsy Montana?
In 2007, Bronco Buster Records in Germany released a CD "Honky Tonk Ballads & Classic Yodeling" which contained 28 cuts from recordings released from 1960 thru 1968 and in 2009, Janet released her "highly acclaimed" CD #008 titled "Still Loving the Ride" which contained two unreleased master cuts from her first recording session in 1959. It was of Wynn Stewart and his band which included at that time Ralph Mooney. Ralph had totally forgotten that there were two more songs out there and they were immediately added to the vast catalog of this great musician.
Janet's life story is soon to be released. It will contain many photos from her birth in the 1930s thru and including everything up past the death of her husband and stage partner Billy (John) Ingram on December 22, 2010. The title of the book will be "Still Lovin' The Ride", due out by June 2011.

Dave McClure is a third generation Rancher from North Central Washington State. He has been sharing his cowboy poetry and stories since 1995. Also an aspiring musician, in recent years he has included his original piano compositions in his presentations at western festivals. A multi-talented Cowboy poet, humorist, musician and songwriter, Dave has entertained cowboy gatherings as performer, MC and all around ham. He has the ability to take an audience through the full spectrum of emotions. From laughing until you cry to crying from listening to one of his sad poems. Dave uses words and or music to take an audience on an adventure into the world of horses, cows and everything western. After experiencing one of Dave's performances, you will either be glad that you are a cowboy or wish you were one.


Gary McMahan is known for his award-winning songs, uproarious humor, captivating stories, and fast, intricate and soulful yodeling. His songs have been recorded by artists such as Garth Brooks, Ian Tyson, Chris LeDoux and Riders In The Sky. His songs, stories, and poems embody what many believe to be the heart of the new West. McMahan comes by his cowboy heritage naturally. He was born into it and has ridden, wrangled, and roped all over the West, all the while collecting reflections on cowboy ways. Those reflections are the backbone of all his songs, stories, and poems.
Hailing from Boulder, Colorado, Al Mehl has performed in Nebraska, Wyoming, Texas, Iowa, and along the Colorado Front Range. Al composes an eclectic brand of cowboy poetry and original music. Audiences throughout the West know that if you live the life of a cowboy over a period of years, there is some likelihood that you will wake up one morning to discover that you have become a cowboy poet. Al is simply hoping that the principle holds true in reverse!

From the heart. From the land. Singer and songwriter Will Merritt features original contemporary and traditional music from the American West. Jubilant or sorrowful, historical or imagined, his songs bring us back to the legends and the truth that make the West great. His amiable "at home" presence on stage, heart touching lyrics and melodies move audience from laughter to tears and back again! For video and audio content please visit the website.
Arizona singer/songwriter Jon Messenger sports an impressive list of credentials. An accomplished songwriter, with an extensive musical background, Jon's original Folk and Western tunes have been well received by audiences at festivals and gatherings throughout the West. Jon¹s songs reflect his love of the West and the American Cowboy, and his writing has been favorably compared to the works of such notable contemporary Western songwriters as Jack Hannah, Michael Fleming, Dave Stamey, Curly Musgrave, and Bob Wagoner.

James Michael began performing at rodeos and county fairs as a teenager and has sung and played his guitar for audiences large and small all across the West. His father was a professional rodeo cowboy and many of the songs he performs were learned from rodeo cowboys. He has also written western songs including "Turn To Die", "Lone Cone Peak", "Rodeo Cowboy" and the title song on his new CD "All American Cowboy".
Spending the better part of a lifetime as a musician, songwriter and producer has left Ellis Miller with an extensive resume. He has played with numerous major artists and is an accomplished musician, songwriter and producer. His performances and recordings combine the traditional songs that have become historical artifacts with his self penned interpretations of life love, and the trials and tribulations of days present and long gone by.

Harold Roy Miller tried to capture the lighter side of horses and cowboy life in his writings. As his daddy said, "you might as well laugh as to cry; the outcome is the same." Harold writes and recites his own original poems, many of which have been published in Horse and Cowboy Magazines all over the world. Born in Mississippi, raised in Arizona, Harold has worked on horse ranches and raised his own cattle. He now lives in Stagecoach, Nevada with his wife Diana and raises gaited horses for fun and poverty.He also recited his poetry in a documentary for PBS. He was nominated for the WMA 2006 and 2008 Cowboy Poet of the Year. He wrote lyrics for two songs on Hearts of Iron CD, a collaboration with Lacy J Dalton to raise awareness and funds for Nevada's wild horses.

Michael and Dawn Moon live with their four young children on the Valle Grande Ranch, east of Santa Fe, NM. Their music reflects their life, which is centered around their faith, family, love of the ranching and the amazing landscapes and people of which they have been a part. When needing to classify, they call their genre of music Western folk and it has little blues and country added into the mix.
In their live performances, Miss Devon and fellow Fort Worthian "Outlaw Jessie Del" Robertson take the stage together as "Miss Devon & The Outlaw." They are the reigning Western Music Association Harmony Duo of the Year, trading off alto/tenor leads, harmony vocals, and even a few yodels while Outlaw steals a few western swing rides on his saxophone he named "Luna Louise." They will appear at rodeos 'n railroads, fairs 'n festivals, cowboy gatherings, churches 'n chuckwagons, politics 'n parties, saloons 'n schools, bar-b-ques 'n buckboards, shoot-outs 'n cookouts, horse barns 'n house concerts, museums 'n motor clubs, ranches 'n rallies, libraries 'n little folks' birthdays. With lively rhythms, vintage western vocals, and an unpredictable sense of fun, they connect with audiences composed of their youngest fans to their senior saddle pals, as they kick up their heels in a rootin', tootin' western roundup!
Dick is a Colorado native whose grandparents settled in Colorado in the 1870's. By learning the classics he passes on the "cowboy heritage" of the great early day poets. Dick has been invited to perform at gatherings throughout Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and Colorado. As a reciter he took home the championship buckle at the 2005 Cowboy Poetry Rodeo in Kanab, Utah. His CD "Cowboy Classics" is featured on the Bar-D web site www.cowboypoetry.com
Jane Morton, named Female Cowboy Poet by the Academy of Western Artists in August 2007, writes poems connected to her family and the ranch they owned and operated near Fort Morgan, Colorado. Her book, TURNING TO FACE THE WIND, won four national awards. Her CD of the same title features nineteen poems from that book. She recites her poems at poetry events throughout the West. Her poems have been published in numerous western magazines.
Chris Mortensen is a poet/singer/songwriter living in Avon, Utah. He has written over 50 songs and is currently working on his 4th CD. Chris writes, sings, and plays songs that will make you laugh, cry, and better understand the simple things in life. You can find his work on cowboypoetry.com and broadjam.com where he is a mainstay on the Utah Top Ten list.
Steve Moulton, winner of the Wrangler Award as Outstanding New Artist from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 2010. His song "Steamboat" also earned him Spur Award Finalist recognition from Western Writers of America in 2010. During the Summer, Steve entertains weekly at the A Bar A Guest Ranch near Encampment, Wyoming. In 2009 he released his first CD "Cowboys & Campfires."
Stephen Harrington, lead vocals, rhythm guitar. Steve Taylor, vocals, harmonica. Rusty Weiss, bass guitar, vocals. The Mountain Saddle Band has been preforming for many years and has developed their own unique sound, a blend of mostly old, some originals, some new, cowboy songs with rich harmonies and gospel songs with a cowboy touch. Words used by others to describe them have been, smooth, rich, alive. Mountain Saddle Band is committed to preserving and promoting the heritage and culture / life style of the American Cowboy.

Doug owns and lives on a very remote cattle ranch in the heart of New Mexico. He retired last year from a long teaching and Real Estate career but has owned the LIB ranch since 1988. Doug loves and respects the land and way of life he is now able to live full time. His descriptive, true-to-life, narrative style of writing draws you into his world and passion for ranch life. He began playing guitar and writing some very basic songs at age twelve but only began playing in public about four years ago. To date he has written several hundred songs and has released one album, which received some very favorable reviews from several sources, and has three more in production. Two of those albums are live and one is exclusively about New Mexico but all have a rare and rich sense of "ranch life" which he has become so closely associated with. You will find his work to be genuine and his performances smooth and sincere.
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This 15 year old from Texas has lived all her life on a small ranch and is a true cowgirl with all the Western trimmins. As all good cowgirls should, she carefully trains her golden palomino, Trigger, who is very proud to be Miss Mikki's best friend. She adds to her young resume the abilities of a natural singer, musician, and songwriter. She discovered her true calling when she fell in love with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry movies, and she actually began to teach herself to play along with her cowboy heroes while matching their melodies in her "sweet lilting prairie soprano" (Devon Dawson). There was just one thing missing though....how Roy could yodel! Surely Mikki could find a way to master that art! That was when she met Janet McBride and the 'yodeling queen' was pleased to guide Miss Mikki into the fascinating world of American cowboy-style yodeling. It wasn't long before Mikki began delighting audiences as a youth performer with Cowtown Opry in the Fort Worth Stockyards, chuckwagon dinners, festivals, retirement centers, schools and more. Everyone know that, since music soothes the soul, this little gal, who is often found singing to her four-legged friends in the barn, has NO problem charming an audience once she takes the stage! In November 2010, she won WMA's Youth Harmony Award with Cora Wood and in November 2011, she was the Grand Prize winner of the Hayloft Gang national on-line singing contest (hayloftgang.com). (Photo by Photography by Faith)
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