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Teresa Kay
Growing up in the beautiful rolling hills of northeast Nebraska as daddy's boy gave Teresa first hand knowledge of the phrase "the hardest job you will ever love." Teresa shares her time and music with people of all ages and venues. She currently performs with groups or solo for private and community functions. Not only is she proud of her songs but she is also proud of the people and heritage they represent.
KG & The Ranger
KG & The Ranger sing with charm and style, they yodel spectacularly, choose great material with unerring taste, and write fine new songs as well. Cowboy heroes come to life when KG & The Ranger perform classic cowboy songs, yodel in harmony and spin a lariat! This popular show will take you on a lighthearted and magical musical journey way out west. Their unique style and wonderful close harmonies make you the feel you are hearing these songs for the first time.
Royal Wade Kimes
Royal Wade Kimes is a cowboy first, rode the range, rodeoed and trained horses on the border of Arkansas and Oklahoma. He is the leader in the music industry and will be a major player in bringing western music back into the lime light according to the EconomistMagazine.
Country Weekly calls him the ‘21st Century Marty Robbins’’; Nashville calls him the ‘Outlaw of Nashville’ because he beat their system with Western Music. The Western Music side of the fence did not embrace him until just recently and that may have been because of his connection with Country Music. To steal a phrase from a Ricky Nelson song, “you can’t please everyone, so you g ot to please yourself”, that’s kinda what we’re all doing anyway. RWK has a show on XM called ‘Tales From the Trail’. The only recording artist to grace the cover of True West Magazine, CMA did a story on him, the WMA did one as well.
Bobby Kingston
Bobby Kingston resides in Las Vegas, Nevada where he has been performing over the past fourteen years. Bobby is a tremendously talented Western Music artist with an over four octave vocal range. Bobby Kingston has received a prestigious grant as a Jim Beam Emerging Artist and Talent in Music. Bobby has performed for and been selected as the Western Music Association's Yodeler of the Year for 2006 and 2007. Bobby has performed at the prestigious Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko Nevada. Bobby has been an active member in the Western Music Association and the Western Folklife Center. Bobby has also performed in various venues in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jo Lynne Kirkwood
Jo Lynne Kirkwood grew up in Arizona and now lives in Sevier County, Utah. Her poems have received numerous awards and have been published in Western magazines and anthologies. Several of her songs have been recorded. Jo Lynne coordinates Utah's youth poets and works with both the Heber City and Moab Gatherings. She is the 2010 President of the Cowboy Poets of Utah and was named Top Female Poet 2009-2010 by the Academy of Western Artists.
Mary Kaye KNAPHUS
Dennis Knill, aka Quickdraw
Fourth generation homesteader, that's what I am. In one of my songs, I sing about my great grandfather who came to America from across the sea, passed by the Statue of Liberty, and headed for the high country of Colorado, where I was born three generations later. On my mom's side, they came west in wagons and stopped in Wild Horse, Colorado, out on the plains, later moving to Fort Collins. As a young man, I showed and trained horses for my grandparents. With my active imagination, most of the fences along the roads just disappeared whenever I was a'horseback. I picked up the guitar after high school, but it was just a hobby for many years. Seeking better jobs, my wife and I moved to Arizona in 1998. Then a couple of years ago, I met Jeannie and Jerome (Call of the West) , Katy Creek, Joe Baer and Jon Messenger...and I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life: sing and play Cowboy music. I saw Dave Stamey and I was HOOKED! I just joined WMA, and I'm gonna sing till I drop.
Larry Krause
Over the past years, performances and concerts have found Larry across Western Canada , playing the traditional, roots style of Western, Cowboy and Country Gospel music that keeps folks coming back for more. This performer, from Paddockwood, Saskatchewan, has been a headliner for Grandstand shows, played for international trade shows, been featured on television specials, performed around the fire after a long Cowboy day, and just about everything in between. Repeat invitations to be a Feature Artist at major Cowboy Poetry Gatherings across Western Canada, as well as the Calgary Stampede, speak well of the following his prairie based original music has developed. Larry was nominated in 2004 as Saskatchewan Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year, with his debut Western CD, “True Blue“, receiving the nomination as Album of the Year. His second CD, “The Gate is Open” a Country Gospel album, received the award from the SCMA for Gospel Album of the Year in 2007. Country radio across Western Canada, and the USA, regularly play songs from this CD. 2007 also saw Larry selected by the Canadian Country Music Association, to perform at the Country Gospel Show during the Awards week in Regina. In 2008, and 2009, he was again nominated by the SCMA as Male Vocalist of the Year. His down to earth, standup performance style and solid vocal delivery combined with his ability to bring the story in the music to life, make for a memorable and enjoyable entertainment experience.
Bob Krouse
Bob has performed throughout the United States. He has appeared on many television programs and has been the guest on a number of radio shows. He has performed for trail rides,Childrens Hospitals, and "West Quest Cowboy Cancer Crusade." He even entertained at a Reindeer Ranch! (Alaskan Longhorns.) The STARDUST, Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. Also he is touring with The Great American Wild West Show! From Tombstone, Arizona to Green Bay, Wisconsin , this Cowboy has ridden the trails.
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