Saddle Strings is a cowboy band with roots that run deep into the Cowboy lifestyle. Members include Kurt Argyle, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, and vocals. Cindy Argyle, vocals and percussion, Bud Brown, drums, Laurie Morgan, vocals and percussion. Jodi Thackeray plays fiddle, sings and yodels. Brian Arnold sings, performs poetry, and plays rhythm/lead guitar. Each has ranching and/or rodeo experience, and are at home performing around a cow camp fire or on stage.

Christine is a native Montanan raised on a shorthorn cattle ranch in the cowboy country of Miles City. For the last 33 years, she has lived and worked with her husband on their Angus cattle ranch in Sweet Grass County. Her expertise lies in vintage clothing and Western lore and sets. Two of her films have been to Sundance, one winning the audience appreciation award. The documentary series, Frontier House won an Emmy Award nomination while another film, Miracle at Sage Creek, won the Golden Spur Award.  Her CD features all original songs written and performed by her.

Jay Snider was born and raised in southwest Oklahoma and calls Cyril, Oklahoma home. Jay appeared on Country Music Television’s Christ in Cowboy Country hosted by Clint Black. He was a Silver Buckle winner at Kanab, Utah’s Cowboy Poetry Rodeo in 2004 and was a feature cowboy poet at the Ozarks Fall Roundup Cowboy Gathering hosted by Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Theater in Branson, Missouri. Most recently, Jay was awarded the “Best of the Best” trophy at Kanab’s Cowboy poetry rodeo.

Sons of the Sage is made up of native Oklahomans Jim Garling, Greg Burgess, and Richard Sharp, who offer the hottest combination of old-time fiddling, good old down-to-earth cowboy western music, and western swing. These guys excel in their musical ability, so much so that you'd believe they were born with instruments in hand. Put this combination of first-quality musicians together and you have music that will make you smile, tap your toes, and swing your partner.

WMA Awards:
1997 Duo/Group of the Year
1998 Duo/Group of the Year
1998 Songwriter of the Year (Jack Hannah)
1998 Song of the Year
1999 Duo/Group of the Year
1999 Songwriter of the Year (Jack Hannah)
2000 Songwriter of the Year (Jack Hannah)
2000 song of the Year 2001 Duo/Group of the Year
2001 Songwriter of the Year (Jack Hannah)
2001 Song of the Year
2001 Traditional Western Album of the Year

A performance by Sourdough Slim is a hoot to say the least. His fast-paced stage show combines comedy routines, award winning yodeling and catchy western tunes with accompaniment on accordion, guitar, ukulele and harmonica. A well traveled veteran of stages ranging from The National Cowboy Gathering to The Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, Slim transports audiences to a whimsically entertaining world where vaudevillian camp intermingles with cowboy lore to produce grins galore. 

Steven is a cowboy preacher,singer/songwriter,recording artist and western painter. He has raised and trained and worked cattle all of his life. Steven is a favorite at many cowboy poet gahterings,theaters and horse events.

Featured on cowboypoetry.com Steven has been nominated as Entertainer Of The Year, Male Vocalist Of The Year and Single Of The Year by the C.M.A. in Nashville and is a member of the Country Gospel Music Assoc. in Branson.

Singer/guitarist Ed Stabler is well-known to Western Music fans for his fine voice and finger-style guitar playing. Stabler has been a force in Western Music since 1990, when he retired from law enforcement in Colorado and became a full time performer. Stabler served a three-year term on the Western Music Association Board of Directors in the mid-1990s, holding the vice-presidency for two years. He has recorded several solo projects and has played on other performer's recordings.

WMA Award:
2000 Male performer of the Year

Nominated For:
1997 Male Performer of the Year
1998 Male Performer of the Year
1998 Songwriter of the Year
1998 Song of the Year ("Montana" by Dave Stamey)
1999 Male performer of the Year
1999 Songwriter of the Year
1999 Song of the Year ("Montana" by Dave Stamey)
2000 Songwriter of the Year
2001 Male performer of the Year

From West of the freeway in Northern Utah come Western Music Association performers, STAMPEDE!, a multiple award winning Western music duo that brings good music, classic and original, harmony, humor and just downright good fun to the stage. From state fairs to county fairs, large gatherings to small neighborhood BBQs, STAMPEDE! delivers the absolute best every time and will leave you laughing or crying - but you'll go away knowing you have been entertained by one of the best groups in Western Music today. The group is made up of the husband/wife team of Steve Taylor, "The Best Driver in the West" and pretty darn good on the upright bass and Terri Taylor, dubbed "The Epiglottis Goddess" and "a Triple Threat" by Ranger Doug of Riders In The Sky. STAMPEDE! has been performing throughout the West since 2000.

Gail has been singing far a long time on stages, at campfires and corporate events. Her life has been based on the western ways as she has traveled, worked with ranchers and helped bring the romance of the West to folks that just wanted an experience to remember.  The Cattle Drives, the Chuck Wagons, and the time on the trail have helped the past meet the present.  These experiences have given her the soul that is needed for an authentic western serenade.

Nominated For:
1997 Song of the Year ("The Wagon Tongue")

The duo - Ron and Anna Green joined WMA in the year 2000. They entertain young and old with Western, Folk and old Country music we all remember. Everyone can join in singing on many songs and often laugh along as well. In 2004 they were inducted into the Old Time Traditional Country Music Hall of Fame, honored as performers, educators and coordinators of a family music camp where all can play and sing along around the campfire.