Performers by Name

Genevieve resides outside of Maricopa and participates in accelerated reading and spelling programs at school. Other interests include church, little league, reading and music. She started singing publicly in October 2005 at the age of 8, participating in a Hurricane Katrina Relief Concert with the Katy Creek Band. She has also participated in the Tucson Cowboy Roundup, Festival of the West, Cedar Depot Festival, Prescott Cowboy Poet Gathering and has one song recorded on the Katy Creek Band CD.

Abe Reddekopp was born on a homestead near Swan Plain, Saskatchewan on October 6, 1934. Abe was introduced to Western Music and the sounds of The Sons of the Pioneers, Wilf Carter, Gene Autry and other cowboy singers. The family moved to the Hartney, Manitoba area in 1945. A member of the Western Music Association, Academy of Western Artists and the Missouri Cowboy Poets Association, Abe performs western songs throughout the Midwest and around North America, including his native Canada.

His heritage as a forth generation Texas panhandle musician provided him the grand opportunity to literally "grow up" singing and playing. From his great grandfather's days of playing pioneer ranch dances, through the cowboy life of his grandfather and his dad's extraordinary fiddle playing, Keith has developed a rich talent and style. Whether performing as a solo artist, fiddle and guitar duo, with three part harmony or as a full stage band, Keith will present a solid professional show filled with authentic Western music.

With 30-plus years and well over 5,600 performances and counting under their collective cowboy belt, Riders In The Sky, the Grammy- winning Western music group whose music is firmly grounded in the rich American music traditions of such legendary cowboys singers as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and the Sons of the Pioneers - and whose fun-filled performances have enchanted audiences of all ages - are themselves the stuff of legend.

As a child in Oklahoma he was entertained by stories, poems and legends told to him by his Grandmother. This began Gary's life long love of story telling. For 25 years, Gary has been writing about the daily trials and tribulations, of the cowboy and rancher. Gary started performing and publishing his poetry in 1994.

Francine Roark Robison writes from personal experience or from family stories passed down from her parents, with most of the settings in southern Oklahoma and the Arbuckle Mountains. She believes that the West is an important part of our history and that people should be reminded of the hopes and dreams, as well as the sacrifices and courage, of our ancestors as they settled new lands and raised families.

"Rockin HW combines the talents of Michael Whitaker, Alan Halvorson & Morry Walter in their performance of traditional and original Cowboy Poetry and Western Song. Striving to preserve the Cowboy tradition and Western life, these Cowboys amble down the trail of the Old West and gallop across the open range of the Modern Day Cowboy. Rockin HW performs extensively across the West from Washington to Arizona.

Jim and Jeanne Martin are a most enjoyable musical duo who perform the full range of cowboy and western music, from the traditional trail songs of the working cowboy, to the silver screen classics of the singing cowboy, and the contemporary western compositions about today's cowboys and an ever popular western lifestyle. Their voices blend in perfect harmony and their championship yodeling is stunning! Their entertainment is complete when they add their brand of family style of cowboy humor.

"Unique Harmony Country Western Duo" Having met in 1984 they started singing and writing songs pretty soon to begin recording CDs at the in home studio located just below "Grand Mesa" in Western Colorado. Having written a humor song titled "Sweetest Sweet Corn" for the "Olathe Sweet Corn Fest" and also a song titled, "A Wormy Apple" for the "Cedaredge Apple Fest" has helped increase their popularity in the local performing area.

Charlie is a New Mexico native and started singing, playing rhythm and steel guitar by age 13 and played in his first band in Hereford, Texas. He was inspired by Gene and Roy's Saturday afternoon matinees, and a live appearance by Tex Ritter. Charlie has worked in bands in New Mexico, Southern Colorado, and Texas with guest appearances on the Louisiana Hayride and the Big D Jamboree.