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J.C. Needham is a Cowboy Musician and Entertainer that lives in the West Desert of Utah. He has a unique musical sound that is pure Western. He is deeply rooted in the Western lifestyle and lives it every day. He has been called one of the "up and comers" in Western music. He sings about horses, he sings about the West, he sings about the Cowboy.
As a second-generation farrier, Andy Nelson has the experience and the talents and humor to bring authenticity and entertainment to an audience. In 2006, Andy Nelson was named the Western Music Association's "Male Poet of the Year." He performs frequently throughout the U.S. and has been a featured performer at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and other gatherings. He is a popular emcee as well, at shows across the West.
Barbara had an earlier career playing guitar and singing in Alaska, Nevada and other states. This former rodeo queen is enjoying performing now at Hamley's in Pendleton, Spirit of the West in Ellensburg, Pendleton Round-Up events and other venues. She and her family have horses and live on a ranch outside Pendleton.
The "real McCoy," Slim and Sue hail from pioneer ranch and mining families in Nevada and Washington and are the busiest touring duo around, averaging 175 performances a year. These "Minstrels of the Old West" deliver a spirited interpretation of traditional Western Music honoring working cowboys and cowgirls as well as those who rode their ranges in the movies. With five albums in release, getting airplay in two dozen states as well as British Columbia and Great Britain, Slim and Sue are spreading the work on Western heritage to all they meet. They draw from a large repertoire of cowboy songs and poetry. For details, album clips, booking, and schedule information, please look at their website.
The New Pioneers are a group of Western Musicians who have been admirers and followers of the original Sons of the Pioneers for virtually all their lives. Their music is patterned after that great group dating back to the thirties and forties. As family members, they grew up singing many of the early Western classics made popular by the original Sons of the Pioneers, including the incomparable Bob Nolan and Tim and Glen Spencer. Most of their younger lives they practiced and enjoyed their music privately and casually. Only in recent years have they been persuaded to get more serious and "go public" with the music. Their great love of the pure traditional "old Pioneers" music is evident in everything they do. They hold a life membership in WMA and have been regular performers at the Annual WMA Festival since 1993. They also appear regularly at the National Festival of the West in Scottsdale and at the Annual Cowboy Songs and Range Ballads Festival hosted by the Buffalo Bill Historical Society in Cody, Wyoming. For the last several years they have been regulars at the Cheyenne Cowboy Songs and Celebration in Cheyenne and at various events at the George Ranch Historical Park near Richmond, Texas.
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