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Bryan Ragsdale is a MODERN DAY MOUNTAIN MAN from Wyoming who writes songs about living life under a big blue sky. His music reflects the values he was raised with, the values he teaches his own children, ideals that are often overlooked in mainstream music today. Bryan redefines “cowboy cool” for the modern world with an upbeat mix of country, bluegrass, and folk with some old fashioned cowboy swagger thrown in for good measure. He plays over 200 shows a year at schools, festivals, libraries, coffee shops, and theaters around the globe. His first single, “Modern Day Mountain Man” received airplay on over 500 radio stations worldwide, and was nominated for Country Song of the Year by the Independent Singer Songwriters Association and the Spirit Awards in 2009. His latest album, Where Cowpokes Grow, has been nominated for Country Album of the Year by the Independent Music Awards 2009. Due to all his success and his breakneck touring schedule, Bryan was just named to the Music Connection’s Top 100 Unsigned Artist List Worldwide. Bryan was the only country artist on the list.
Sandy Reay is the Colorado Sandstorm. An award-winning songwriter and songwriting teacher, she works with highly talented songwriters andmusicians to create songs you want to listen to over and over again.
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.

Nominated For:
1997 Male Performer of the Year
2001 Male performer of the Year

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.
Roger has been a Western entertainer since the 1990s, having performed in shows, gatherings, and functions from Century II, the Orpheum Theater (Wichita), Pony Express Museum (St. Joe), Cowboy Symposiums at Lubbock and Dodge City, Old Cowtown Museum (Wichita) and many others. Roger published a collection of country and cowboy poetry entitled Cowboys, Plowboys and Country Folk. His first CD is in the works. Roger has done emcee work and voiceovers and is available for your function or ad campaign. Drawing from a rich experience of a cowboy, farmer, firefighter/EMT, historian and business owner, Roger gives a depth of experience and a sense of humor to his performances.

Larry Reese carried a Roy Rogers lunch box to school, played with cap guns his father gave him and watched every single, black and white cowboy TV program that aired in the 1950's. These days (as a Born-Again-Texan), Larry plays guitar and sings the old familiar songs of his childhood heroes to the Western Music fans in and around Austin County, Texas.
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.

'Outlaw Jessie Del' Robertson, of Fort Worth, Texas, is a WMA lifetime member, and has been known to 'disappear' into several alternate western celebrity personalities. According to witnesses, he's the rowdier half of 'Miss Devon & the Outlaw', the WMA Harmony Duo of the Year 2009. With his fine tenor-to-baritone vocals, swingy saxophone, and a little sleight-of-hand, this western gentleman could be makin' a clean getaway with your funnybone!
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.
The Rocky Mountain Rangers are four musicians from northern Colorado who enjoy music and stories from the Old West – of cowboys and their gals, cattle and horses, loneliness and happiness, and praises to the Lord. Singing originals and old standards, their pure enjoyment of playing and singing western and gospel music comes across to their audiences. In addition to singing and playing guitar, John Sooter yodels, Bill Trobee plays fiddle, Ralph Cowen tells stories and plays mandolin, and Terry Willert plays harmonica and washtub bass.
"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.
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