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Robert Dennis
has a
report with photos by
Ken Cook,
from When the Work's All Done This Fall, held near
Belle Fourche and Spearfish, South Dakota, in January, 2012.
Performers were Marty Blocker,
Ken Cook,
Robert Dennis and Paul
Larson.
See the report
here.
Posted 1/19
Sam Mattise has
a report, with photos
by Bobbie Hunter, from
the 4th Annual Diamond Field Jack Cowboy Poetry Gathering,
held in Rupert, Idaho in November 2011.
Performers included Wayne
Nelson,
Sam Mattise,
Bob and Marion Baird, Tom Patton, Bruce
Pinson, Arden Gailey, Destiny Hunzeker,
Al and Corine Romriell, Don Shelman, Layle
Bagley, Christine Riker, Robin Arnold,
Gene and Sandy Jones, J.B. Barber, Ken Wellard,
Bobbie Hunter,
Steve Porter, Sam
DeLeeuw, Dave Anderson, Vern Woodbury,
and Saddle Strings.
See the report
here.
Posted 1/16
Ken
Cook has a
report, with photos by Tim
Huether and Nancy Cook from the Martin South
Dakota Centennial Finale, held in Martin, South Dakota,
in November 2011.
Performers included Paul Larson, Marty Blocker,
Robert Dennis, and
Ken Cook.
See the report here.
Posted 12/7
Slim McNaught
has a
report, with photos by Bob
Kisken and Almeda Bradshaw,
from the
NILE Stock Show, Pro Rodeo and Western Expo Entertainment
Stage, held
in Billings, Montana in October 2011.
Performers included
Almeda Bradshaw, Open Range, Joan
Comley, “GT” Greg Hurley, Susie Knight,
Slim McNaught,
Duane Nelson, Nevada Slim & Cimarron
Sue, “Ol’ Ugly” John Glawson, Christine Schuman, STAMPEDE!
(Steve and Terri Taylor), Cora Wood, and
Laurie Wood.
See the report here.
Updated 12/19
Willard Hollopeter
has a
report, with photos by Bob Stetter and Mary
Schubert
from the 20th annual Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Old West
Days, held in Valentine, Nebraska in October,
2011.
Performers included
Teresa Kay Orr
,
Barry Ward,
Gale Patzlaff,
Chuck Larsen,
Bill Barwick,
Al "Doc" Mehl,
Paul Larsen,
Bonnie Krogman,
Marty Blocker,
Ken Cook,
Janet Parkhurst,
Otto Rosfeld,
Chuck Parker,
Robert Dennis
Willard Hollopeter,
Lyn Messersmith,
Jean Prescott,
Mike Logan,
Yvonne Hollenbeck,
and
Brenn Hill.
See the report
here.
Posted 11/2
Elaine Smith
has a
report and photos
from the
Cowboy Poetry Gathering at ArenaFest,
held in Dublin, Texas in October, 2011.
Performers included Jim Cathey,
Tyler Guy, Bill Hickman, Jay
Lafferty, Laura Proctor, Elaine Smith, and Deborah Swanson.
See the report here.
[pictured: Laura Proctor]
Posted 10/17
Sam Mattise has
a report and photo from the
First Annual Sawtooth/Salmon River Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival
held in Salmon, Idaho in August, 2011.
Among the performers were
J.B. Barber,
Arden Gailey,
Don Shelman,
Layle Bagley,
Vern Woodbury,
Sam Mattise,
Coyote Joe Sartin,
Lonnie Shurtleff,
Ken Wellard,
Robin Arnold, and
Jim Aasen.
See the report here.
Posted 9/29
Robert Dennis
has a
report
(with photos by
Bob Kisken)
from the
17th Annual Devils Tower Cowboy Poetry Gathering held
at Devils
Tower National Park, Wyoming in September, 2011.
Performers included
Elizabeth Ebert,
Daron Little,
DW Groethe,
Brandy Dalton,
Chance Dennis,
and Robert Dennis.
Find the report
here.
[photo of
Robert Dennis by Jeri
L. Dobrowski; see her gallery of western performers and others
here.]
Posted 9/21
Gwen Petersen
and
John Glawson
(Ol' Ugly) have
reports
(with photos by
Bob Kisken) from the
26th Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Western Music Rendezvous
held in August, 2011 in Lewistown, Montana.
Among the participants were Riders in the Sky, Pat
McAllister, Dave Stamey,
Tom Wilson, Ol’ Ugly, Mike Logan and many others.
Find the reports here.
[photo of
Gwen Petersen by Jeri
L. Dobrowski; see her gallery of western performers and others
here.]
Posted 9/16
Susan Parker
has a
report with photos
(and with additional photos by Jeri Dobrowski and Stella Cathey) from
the
14th annual National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo,
held in August, 2011 in Kanab, Utah.
Among the participants, from
12 states and 3 countries, were
Duke Aiken,
Paul Bliss,
Almeda Terry Bradshaw,
J.V. Brummels,
Marlene Bussma,
Jim Cathey,
Jan Corey,
J.B. Gans,
Del Gustafson,
Hal Hamblin,
Donna Hatton,
Tom Hatton,
Dennis Hunter,
Tim Jenne,
Mark Kerr,
Susie Knight,
Terry Nash,
David Nordquist,
Laurali Noteman,
Verlin Pitt,
Francine Roark Robison,
Orvil Sears,
B.J. Smith,
Keith Ward,
Dick Warwick,
Loren Wendt, and
C.R. Wood.
Read the report
here.
[photo of
Susan Parker by Jeri
L. Dobrowski; see her gallery of western performers and others
here.]
Posted 9/7
Jim Cardwell
has a
report and photos
(and an additional photo by Melissa Stamey) from a June, 2011 ride by John
Summers and the Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit, which took place in and around
the
Bodie Hills of California and Nevada,
with
Dave Stamey
as guide and entertainer.
Read the report
here.
Posted 9/6
Slim
McNaught
has a
report and photos from the
25th annual Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering,
held in Medora, North Dakota, in May, 2011.
Among the performers were
Patti Burian Ingman, Bonnie Lee, Orv Alveshere, Ila Mae
Prestangen, Ron Crowley, Jarle Kvale, Pony Bill Engen,
Jo Lee T Riley, Dean Johnson,
Susan Wright, Polly VanderVorst, Glenda Kreiman, Ann
Secrest Hanson, Terry Schwartz, Linda Tesky,
Robert Dennis, Dale Nystrom,
Rhonda Stearns, The Hegland Family
Singers, Dan Murphy, Sandie Nystrom, Bill Stearns,
Elizabeth Ebert,
Bill Lowman, Pat Meade,
Bob Petermann,
Slim McNaught,
Jody Strand The Radio Stars (Merrill
Piepkorn and Loy Larson), DW Groethe,
Jess Howard,
Chris Sand, Paula Harkins, the Wagoneers, Chuck
Fossum, Junior McGee, Theresa McGee, Wayne Miller,
Yvonne Hollenbeck, Fran Armstrong,
Audrey Wipperling, and others.
See the report
here.
Posted 9/1
Francie Ganje
has a
report and photos
from the
Heritage of the American West Show for the National Day of the Cowboy,
held in Spearfish, South Dakota, in July, 2011.
Ken Cook
and
Paul Harris
performed, and there were additional activities.
Find the report here.
Posted 8/3
Jerry Schleicher
has a
report, with photos by Judy Howser,
from the 15th annual Echoes of the
Trail held in Ft. Scott, Kansas in
June, 2011.
Performers included
Don Edwards,
Geff Dawson, Barry Ward, Steven
Spalding, Ken Lorton, Joe Lester, Harold Carpenter,
Richard Dunlap, D.J. Fry, Abe Reddekopp, Cliff Sexton,
Royce Smithey, Jerry Schleicher,
Del Shield
s,
Johnny Kendrick, Jackson Kendrick,
Sam Kendrick, and Arnold Schofield.
Find the report
here.
Posted 6/22
Kathy Camden
has a
report
from the
1st Annual Foot of the Blues Cowboy Gathering
held in Pendleton, Oregon in May, 2011.
Performers included Howard Norskog,
Wayne Nelson,
Duane Nelson,
Dallas and PJ McCord,
Barbara Nelson,
Lonnie Shurtleff,
Jessica Hedges,
Sam Mattise,
Keeter Stuart,
J.B. Barber,
Erica, Mary Kaye, and others.
Find the report
here.
Posted 6/20
Jane Morton
and
Dick Morton
have a
report
from the 10th Annual
Torrey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival
held in Torrey, Utah, in May, 2011.
Performers included
Rough Around the Edges,
Ray Conrad,
Paul Boruff,
Dick Morton,
Jane Morton,
Brenn Hill,
Blue Sage (Mike
Iverson), The
Vapor Trail Hands,
Tangle Ridge,
Nan Weber,
Mary Kay Knaphus &
The Duel,
Katy Creek Band,
Amber Cook,
Darlene A. Lambert,
and Cameron Hallows.
Find the report
here.
Posted 6/7
Pete Kennedy and Totsie Slover each
have reports and photos from the Fourth
Annual Tyrone Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering held in Tyrone, New Mexico,
in May, 2011.
Performers included
The Copper Creek Wranglers, Bud Strom,
Lynn Stokes, Eddy Harrison, Jim Wilson, "Hook" Hill,
Pete Kennedy, Jim Jones, Jon
Messenger, Doug Figgs, Washtub Jerry, and
Mike Moutoux.
Find the reports
here.
Posted 6/2
Mark McMillan of the British Columbia Cowboy Heritage Society has
a report from a Benefit Concert for Mike Puhallo that took place in May
in Kamloops, British Columbia.
See the report here.
Posted 5/19
Keven Inman has a
report and photos from the 24th
Annual St. Anthony Cowboy Poetry Gathering, held in St. Anthony, Idaho in
April, 2011.
Performers included
Erika Nelson, Allan and Corean Romriell, Bad
Water Cattle Company (Gene and Sandy Jones), Layle Bagley,
Sam DeLeeuw, Linda Merrill, JB
Barber, Ellie Corrigan,
Wayne Nelson,
Denise McRea, Bob Jackson, Don Shelman, Dave Corrigan,
Vern Woodbury, Loyd Warnick, Arden Gailey, Tommie
Patton, Dave and Jenny Anderson, Saddle Strings (Brian
Arnold, Laurie Morgan, and Curt and Cindy Argyle), Mike
Hurwitz, Dave Tingey, Garde Bowman, Gary Ferguson,
Ken Wellard, Fall River Boys (Rand Hillman and Mark Seeley),
Keven Inman, Rees Butikofer,
Bobbie Hunter, Sam Mattise, and
Colt Angell.
See the report
here.
Posted 5/10
Jerry Schleicher has a
report and
photos from the 13th Annual Missouri
Cowboy Poetry Festival, held in Mountain View, Missouri, in April, 2011.
Performers included
Richard Dunlap, D.J. Fry, Harold Carpenter,
Francine Robison, Gail Burton, John
Beltz, Buzz Keiper, Ken Lorton, Royce Smithey,
Neal Torrey, Sagebrush (Harold and Wanda
Williams), Mike Butler, Jake White,
Calvin Wilkins, MaryEtta Coomes,
Jerry Schleicher, Bette Wolf Duncan,
Eric "Hoss" Kirgan, Mike Todd, Keith Winger, Jim and Judy
Wenzel,
and Abe Reddekopp
See the report
here.
Posted 5/3
Rex Rideout
has a
report
from the
3rd Annual Songs of the Cowboys,
held in Cody, Wyoming in April, 2011.
Performers included
Vic Anderson, Almeda Bradshaw,
Bill Chiles, Bill Delph & Harry Hagen, Ike Hall,
Ray & Shirley Jacobs, Leslie Keltner, Norrine
Lindermann, Bob Loper, Liz Masterson, Bruce & Lyn Messersmith,
Open Range, Susan Park, Gwen Petersen,
Rex Rideout,
John Sidle, Bruce South, Vince and Mindi,
Pop Wagner, Bob Lantis, Joe Bain, Otto
Rosfeld, John Shreve and Larry Thompson.
See the report
here.
Posted 5/2
Gwen
Petersen
has a
report with photos by Bob Kisken
from the
3rd Annual Songs of the Cowboys,
held in Cody, Wyoming in April, 2011.
Performers included
Vic Anderson, Almeda Bradshaw,
Bill Chiles, Bill Delph & Harry Hagen, Ike Hall,
Ray & Shirley Jacobs, Leslie Keltner, Norrine
Lindermann, Bob Loper, Liz Masterson, Bruce & Lyn Messersmith,
Open Range, Susan Park, Gwen Petersen,
Rex Rideout,
John Sidle, Bruce South, Vince and Mindi,
Pop Wagner, Bob Lantis, Joe Bain, Otto
Rosfeld, John Shreve and Larry Thompson.
See the report
here.
[photo of
Gwen Petersen by Jeri
L. Dobrowski; see her gallery of western performers and others
here.]
Posted 4/27
Les Buffham has a
report, with photos by Pauline Fredericks
from the 19th Annual Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, held
in Sierra Vista, Arizona, in February, 2011.
Among the performers were
Randy Huston, Sam DeLeeuw,
Syd Masters & the Swing Riders, Steve Lindsey,
Peggy Godfrey, Eli Barsi,
Bud Strom, Hank Cramer,
Juni Fisher, Jay
Snider, Tumbling Tumbleweeds,
Dave Stamey, Jo
Lynne Kirkwood, Call Of The West,
Richard Elloyan, Ross Knox,
Vince and Mindi, Judy Coder, Yvonne
Hollenbeck and many others.
Find the report
here.
Posted 4/21
Patricia Golden
has a
report
from the
3rd Annual Texas Crossroads Cowboy Gathering
held in Van Horn, Texas in February, 2011.
Performers included
Bob Kinford, Evelyn Roper, Bob Atkin, Tony
Argento, Buck Helton, Kenny Phipps, Bob Atkin,
Dave P. Fisher, Harold Roy Miller, John & Cindy
Kingsbury, Pete Kennedy, Lyn Stokes, Terry Holder,
Rusty Battenfield, Debbie Garrett, Mary Merecek,
Cactus Mike Mossman, and Bill Watson.
Find the report
here.
Posted 4/6
Jon Chandler
and
Rex Rideout
have
reports, with photos by Bill Patterson,
from the
Benefit for Locke Hamilton,
held in March, 2011 in Arvada, Colorado.
Among the performers were
’s Liz Masterson, Kit Simon,
Barry Ward, Bill Barwick & Roz Brown, Mary Huckins & Don
Pinella from Dakota Blonde, Al “Doc” Mehl,
Jon Chandler,
Rex Rideout, Pam Hawkins,
Almeda Bradshaw, Timothy P. Irvin,Ernie
Martinez, Johnny Neill, John Schaffner, Zeb Dennis
Find the reports
here.
Posted 4/5
Chris
Mortensen
and
Ernie Sites
have
reports, with photos by Eddy Wilson,
from the
Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous, held
in March, 2011 in Hyrum, Utah.
Performers
included the Bar J Wranglers,
Andy Nelson,
Sam DeLeeuw,
C.R. Wood, Doug Keller, Jo Lynne
Kirkwood,
Andy Nelson,
Terry Nash, Clive Romney, Braden and
Caib Brian, Al
Clark, Alan Chenworth, Rod Miller,
Steve Porter, Marion Manwill, J.B. Barber, Mark Kerr,
Larry Wilder, Nolan Bronson, Eli Barsi, Ernie Sites,
Mary Kaye Knaphus, Saddle Strings ("Snoose" Argyle,
Brian Arnold, Cindy Argyle, and Laurie Morgan), Latigo
(Ken Stevens, Kevan Paul, and Ben Ashby),
Manystrings (Tony and Carol Messerly), Coyote Moon (Lisa
Stubblefield, Steve Lewis, and Terry Lewis), David and
Jenny Anderson, J.C. Needham, Doug Figgs, Kenny Hall,
Saddle Serenade (Mary Jo Hansen and
Chris Mortensen), Tumbleweeds (Steve
Fillmore and "Ugly Earl" Bradley), Troy Ross, Arden
Gailey, and The Drifter and Miss Judy (Judy and
Jan Erickson).
Find the reports
here.
Posted 3/24
Doris Daley
has a
report, with photos by Barbara Richerson,
from the
25th annual Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering, held in Alpine, Texas,
in February, 2011.
Performers included Mary Abbott,
Apache Adams, Eli Barsi,
Sally Bates, Jerry Brooks, Tibb
Burnett, Don Cadden, Bob Campbell, Hal Cannon,
Craig Carter, Ivan Cates, Robert Chaison, Charlie
Chambers, Allan Chapman, Doris Daley,
The Desert Sons, Elizabeth Ebert,
Ray Fitzgerald, Rolf Flake, Gillette Brothers, Jeff
Gore, Audrey Hankins,
Andy Hedges, Don and Sug Hedgpeth,
Randy and Hannah Huston, Jill Jones, Suzi Killman,
Ross Knox,
Deanna Dickinson McCall, Pat Meade, The Milner Family
(Chuck, Hallie and Cody), Michael and Dawn Moon,
Glenn Moreland, Joel Nelson,
Sam Noble, Nika Nordbrock, Kay Nowell, Biscuits O'Bryan,
Mike Querner, Jack Sammon, Matt Skinner,
R.P. Smith, Jay Snider,
Gail Steiger, Michael Stevens,
Rod Taylor, Washtub Jerry, Andy Wilkinson and Jim
Wilson.
See the report
here.
Posted 3/16
Doris Daley
has a
report, with photos by Molly Morrow,
from the
7th annual Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering,
held in Ellensburg, Washington, in February, 2011.
Performers included
Don
Edwards,
Waddie
Mitchell,
Sons of the San Joaquin,
Dave Stamey,
Juni Fisher,
Adrian, Rich O'Brien
,
Doris Daley,
Rockin' HW, The Ridge Ridin'
Boys, Jim Aasen, Andy Bales, Kevin Barnhart,
Hank Cramer, Kathy and Van Criddle,
Jessica Hedges, Stan Kvistad,
Dave McClure, Matthew McCravey, Barbara Nelson,
Duane Nelson, Coyote Joe Sartin,
TR Stewart, Paul Wilson and Mountain Aire.
(PRCA photographer
Molly Morrow
has many additional images from the gathering at her web site,
www.mollymorrow.com.)
See the report
here.
Posted 3/10
Yvonne Hollenbeck
has a
report with photos by Jim Hamblin and others
courtesy of Saddle Up!
from the
11th annual Saddle Up!
gathering held in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in February, 2011.
Performers included
Wylie & the Wild West,
Ray Doyle), the Quebe Sisters Band,
Brenn Hill, Gary &
Jean Prescott,
Chris Isaacs, and
Yvonne Hollenbeck.
Find the report
here.
Posted 3/9
Rex Rideout
has a
report, with photos by Bill Patterson, from the 22nd Annual Colorado Cowboy Gathering,
held in Denver, Colorado, in January, 2011.
Performers included
Riders in the Sky, Waddie Mitchell,
Jon Chandler and the Wichitones, Mark Gardner
and Rex Rideout, Susie Knight, Liz Masterson,
Al "Doc" Mehl,
Andy Nelson, Deb Carpenter-Nolting,
Tim Nolting,
Barry Ward, Pop Wagner, Yampa Valley Boys, Carol
Heuchen, Doris Daley, and
others.
Find the report
here.
Posted 3/7
We're pleased to have
reports, photos,
links, and more
from the Western
Folklife Center's 27th Annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering,
which was
held at
Elko, Nevada, January 24-29, 2011.
Participants included
Adrian,
Amy Hale Auker,
Baxter Black,
Dave Bourne,
Muzzie Braun,
Jerry Brooks,
Doris Daley,
Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie,
John Dofflemyer,
John Doran,
Ramblin' Jack Elliott,
Leon Flick,
Dick Gibford,
DW Groethe,
Linda Hasselstrom,
Andy Hedges,
Jessica Hedges,
Yvonne Hollenbeck,
Jess Howard,
Mike Hurwitz,
Linda Hussa,
Ray Lashley,
Ed Littlefield and Marley's Ghost,
Bill
Lowman,
Corb Lund,
The Marshall Ford Swing Band,
Sid Marty,
Gary McMahan,
Wallace McRae,
Chuck Milner,
Waddie Mitchell,
Rooster Morris,
Michael Martin Murphey,
Barbara Nelson,
Joel Nelson,
Rodney Nelson,
Kay Kelley Nowell,
Glenn Ohrlin,
The Quebe Sisters,
Vess Quinlan,
Henry Real Bird,
Rusty Richards,
Pat
Richardson,
Randy Rieman,
Sandy Seaton Sallee,
Sean Sexton,
Georgie Sicking,
Jay Snider,
Sourdough Slim and Robert Armstrong,
Dave Stamey,
Ian Tyson,
Clarence Wager,
Dick Warwick,
Dan Wheetman,
Andy Wilkinson,
Cora Wood,
Joyce
Woodson,
Wylie & the Wild West, and
Paul Zarzyski.
Our
feature includes reports and photos from
Smoke Wade and
Jeri Dobrowski; a report from
Janice Gilbertson; and photos from
Betty K.
Rodgers and
Bob Kisken.
Find the feature
here.
Posted 3/3
Doris Daley
has a
report, with photos by Bill Patterson and
Susie Knight, from the 22nd Annual Colorado Cowboy Gathering,
held in Denver, Colorado, in January, 2011.
Performers included
Riders in the Sky, Waddie Mitchell,
Jon Chandler and the Wichitones, Mark Gardner
and Rex Rideout, Susie Knight, Liz Masterson,
Al "Doc" Mehl,
Andy Nelson, Deb Carpenter-Nolting, Tim Nolting,
Barry Ward, Pop Wagner, Yampa Valley Boys, Carol
Heuchen, Doris Daley, and
others.
Find the report
here.
Posted 2/9
We have a report, with photos by
Leslie Hause, from the 12th Annual Monterey Cowboy Poetry &
Music Festival and Western Art and Gear Show, held in Monterey,
California, in December, 2010.
Poets and musicians
included Dave Stamey, Ian Tyson,
Andrew Hardin, Randy Rieman,
Diane Tribitt,
Juni Fisher,
Wylie & the Wild West,
R.W. Hampton,
Jerry Brooks,
Andy Nelson, Jesse Smith,
Richard Chon, Cowbop, Dennis Agajanian, Sidesaddle & Co.,
Ernie Sites, and
Joni Harms.
Find the report
here.
[Image: "Riata Man" by
Joelle Smith, the 2010 festival poster]
Posted 1/6
Slim
McNaught has a report, with
photos by Bob Kisken, from the 13th Annual Badger Clark
Hometown Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, held in Hot Springs,
South Dakota, in September, 2010.
Among the performers were
Robert “Jinglebob” Dennis,
Jarle Kvale,
Kip Sorlie,
Slim McNaught,
Chuck Larsen, Gale Patzlaff,
Pegie Quinn Douglas, Sybil Brown,
Kerry Grombacher, George Russell,
Chuck Schwartz, Ed Nesselhuf,
Bill Cheney, Ray Delgado, Andy
Nelson, The Wagoneers (Chuck Fossum, Junior
McGee, Theresa McGee, Wayne Miller and Brent Voight.)
See the report
here.
Posted 1/5
Bobbie Hunter
has a
report and photos
from the Diamond Field Jack Gathering
held in Rupert, Idaho in November, 2010.
Among the performers were Sam Mattise,
Wayne Nelson, Layle Bagley, Sam DeLeeuw,
Martin Holmes,
Tom Patton, Lucky Johnston,
Bruce
"loose-lip" Pinson,
Arden Gailey,
Toni McGuire,
Don Shelman,
Colt
Angell,
Bobbie Hunter,
Lonnie Shurtleff, Ken Wellard,
Saddle Strings (Brian
Arnold, Laurie Morgan, Cindy and Kurt Argyle), Gene and Sandy Jones (Bad Water
Cattle Company),
Ted Hoffman,
Dave Corrigan,
Ellie Corrigan,
Mark
Seeley and Rand Hillman (Fall River Boys),
Vern Woodbury,
Sam Deleeuw,
Jenny and Dave Anderson,
Loyd
Warnick,
Ian McLellan,
Stella and Cliff Robinson,
Connie Patton,
Garde Bowman,
Martin Homes,
Marion and Bob Baird,
Eldon Thompson,
Chris Riker,
and Vince Croft and Mindy Palmer.
See the
report here.
Posted
12/2
Paul Martin, who calls himself a "new fan of cowboy poetry," shares
photos from the
from the 13th Annual National
Cowboy Poetry Rodeo held in Montrose, Colorado in September, 2010.
See our
feature on the National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo here.
Find the
new photos here, in a previously
posted report by Smoke Wade, with additional photos by by Smoke Wade
and Jim and Stella Cathey.
Posted
12/2
Almeda Terry
has a report
and photos
from the NILE Stock Show, Pro Rodeo and Western Expo
held in Billings, Montana, in October, 2010.
Performers included
Dale Page,
Ike Hall,
Steve N Stan,
Almeda
Terry,
The
Ceilidh Fiddlers, the District 4 Old Time
Fiddlers,the Big Sky Cowboy Ministry,
HWY 302, Cold Frosty Morning, Norm
Shay, Joe Charter,
Joan Comly, Stacy Sue,
Pat McCalister, and Dave Joppa.
See the report
here.
Posted 11/17
Bobbie Hunter
has a
report and photos
from the Second Annual Six Rivers Western Festival
held in Fruitland, Idaho in October, 2010.
Performers included
Sam Deleeuw,
Keven Inman,
Colleen Kohler,
Allan and Korean Oriel,
Bobbie Hunter,
Tommy Patton,
Bob and Marion Baird,
Lyle Bagley,
Gordon Peterson,
Vern Woodbury,
Dale Keys,
Sam Mattise,
Gene and Sandy Jones
of Bad Water Cattle Company,
Arden Gailey,
Ted Hoffman,
Wayne Nelson,
Larry Shiflet,
Mallory DeBartelo,
Bruce Pinson,
Don Shelman,
"Lucky" Johnston,
Bill Jenkins
of Cherokee Moon,
David and Jenny Anderson,
Steve and Terry Taylor
of STAMPEDE!,
Ken Wellard,
Lonnie Shurtleff,
BJ Smith,
Diane Keaster
and Connie Patton.
See the
report here.
Posted
11/9
Linda Lou
Crosby
has a
report and photos
from the Heritage of the American West
show held in Spearfish, South Dakota, in October, 2010.
Owen
Badgett and Bob Petermann
performed.
See the
report here.
Posted
10/28
We have a
report, with photos by Jessica Brandi
Lifland from the "Not
Just
Cowboy Poetry" at Emandal
event held near Willits, California, in September, 2010.
Those
performing were
Doris Daley,
Stephanie Davis,
and Richard Chon and the Saddle Cats
(Bobby Black,
Gordon Glegg,
and Bing Nathan)
Find the
report here.
[photo by
Jessica Brandi Lifland,
www.jessicalifland.com;
reproduction without permission prohibited]
Posted
10/14
Smoke Wade has a
report with photos (and additional photos
by Stella and Jim Cathey) from the 13th Annual National
Cowboy Poetry Rodeo held in Montrose, Colorado in September, 2010.
Among the
participants were
JB Barber,
Branden Brian,
Caib Brian,
Cathy Brian,
Scott Bumgardner,
Jim Cathey,
Jan M. Corey,
Betty Wolf Duncan,
Del Gustafson,
Paul Harris,
Dennis L. Hunter,
Doug Keller,
Mark Kerr,
Linda Kirkpatrick,
Suzie Knight,
Dale Major,
Dick Morton,
Jane Morton,
Dale Page,
Steve Porter,
David Proust,
Joe Ryden,
Bryan (B.J.) Smith,
Keith Ward, and
C.R. Wood.
Brenn Hill and
Jerry Brooks were part of a Saturday
evening show.
See our
feature on the National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo here.
Find the
report here.
Posted
10/13
Willard Hollopeter has a
report (with photos by Bob Stetter)
from the
19th Annual Old West Days and Nebraska Cowboy Poetry
Gathering held in Valentine, Nebraska in September, 2010.
Among the
poets and musicians were
Elizabeth Ebert,
Suzi Killman,
Ken Cook,
Prickly Pair & the Cactus Chorale,
Kevin Davis,
Jay Snider,
and Andy Nelson.
Read the report
here.
Posted
10/7
Nancy Cook has a
report and photos from
"This One's for the
Cowboys," held in
October, 2001 in Martin, South Dakota.
Performers included
Jim
Thompson,
Jay Snider,
Kevin Davis,
and
Ken Cook.
See the report
here.
Posted 10/6
Jerry Schleicher
has a report and photos from the
Missouri Cowboy Poets meeting held in
September, 2010 near Loiusberg, Missouri.
See the report
here.
Posted 10/4
John Glawson has a report from the
25th Annual
Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering that took place in August,
2010, in Lewistown, Montana.
See the report
here.
Posted 8/19
Chris
Isaacs has a
report and photo from
the 5th Annual White Mountains Roundup of Cowboy Poetry,
Music and Art held in July, 2010 in Pinetop-Lakeside,
Arizona.
Performers included
Dave Stamey, Waddie Mitchell,
Chris Isaacs, and the Mountain Saddle Band.
See the report
here.
Posted 8/16
Jerry Schleicher
has a report and photos from the
Cross Ties Cowboy Cowboy Poet Gathering and Trade Show held in
July, 2010 near Lexington, Missouri.
Among the poets and musicians performing
were Johnny Kendrick and his
sons Jackson and Sam,
Francine Robison,
Abe Reddekopp,
D.J. Fry,
Richard Dunlap,
Steven Spalding,
Jerry Schleicher,
and others.
See the report
here.
Posted 7/13
Smoke Wade
has a
report and photos
from the 4th Annual Historic Ritzville Days Western Art Show
held in May, 2010 in Ritzville, Washington.
The performers included
Cowboy Celtic,
Dave Stamey,
Sourdough Slim,
The Rockin' HW
(Michael
Whitaker
and Alan Halvorson),
Nevada Slim &
Cimarron Sue,
Barbara Nelson,
The Copper Mountain Band,
Jessica Hedges,
Del Gustafson,
Orvil Sears,
Robin Dale,
Dick Warwick,
Kathy and Van Criddle,
Duane Nelson,
JB Barber, and
Smoke Wade
as emcee.
See the report
here.
[photo of
Smoke Wade by Jeri
L. Dobrowski; see her gallery of western performers and others
here.]
Posted 7/7
Francie Ganje
has a report and photos
from the Old Settlers' Picnic
held in June, 2010, at Devils Tower National Monument near
Hulett, Wyoming.
Among poets performing were
Troy McNaught
Westby,
Slim McNaught,
Pat Frolander,
Shirley Anderson,
and Terry
Henderson.
See the report
here.
Posted 7/1
We welcome reports of events from all. Everyone benefits from your
efforts when you write a report: the performers, the organizers, and
interested readers. Your good report can help encourage future attendance for
a gathering. See our "Tips for Gathering Reports"
here.
See links to all of our
Gathering Reports here.
Always more to come....
Who Knows?
When we say
Who Knows?, we and other folks are hoping
that you do. We've posted more questions that stumped
us here at the BAR-D. Maybe you have the answers. See our list of
questions and some answers here.
(We often do have the
answers to questions, and some of those poems are posted in our
Strays section and elsewhere at the BAR-D.
)
Jan is
looking for a poem about the Silver Star Saloon.
Read more
here.
Denise has
an answer for Ryan, a poem where cowboys "aren't even allowed in Hell."
Read more
here.
Dee
is seeking family members of Gil Traveller and Frank Burns. Read more
here.
Ryan is
looking for a poem where cowboys "aren't even allowed in Hell."
Read more
here.
Dennis is
looking for a poem about a gal on the range who "never said a word."
Read more
here.
Robert is
looking for some Colorado poems from a 1928 travel booklet. Read more
here.
There are some answers about a rodeo poem/song about ""I surmise from
your belt buckle size." Read more
here.
Rico is
looking for a poem about an "Old Man" that says "perhaps the Lord has a
ranch..." Read more
here.
Penny is
looking for a song about a "Knee High" or maybe "Nehi" valley. Read more
here.
Find many many questions without (and some with) answers
here
in Who Knows?
What is
Cowboy Poetry?
A long-standing BAR-D feature invites
opinions about "What is Cowboy Poetry?
It includes some comments that have been published over the past quarter
century, along with comments from BAR-D visitors.
What are your opinions?
Is cowboy poetry only rhymed,
metered verse?
Must poets be cowboys or ranchers?
Should it be
written only for recitation?
Has cowboy poetry lost
its way or is it evolving?
These questions often
spark controversy, and we're interested in what everyone has to say.
We welcome your short
submissions on these subjects. We hope for serious, considered
submissions that further the debate. We welcome documented quotations, your
opinions and responses to posted opinions.
Just
email us. Selected
submissions will be posted.
Reader's Choice
Reader's Choice
includes short
descriptions of readers' favorite Western books, the books that poets and others often
recommend as "must reads" to friends: story collections,
novels, poetry, histories, biographies, and other fiction and
non-fiction of Western interest. Often the books are regional gems,
little known to most. Reader's Choice is a place to share your
favorites.
If you have a book you'd like to recommend,
email
us. Please include the title, author, publisher, and publication
date, along with a short description of the book. If you know a source
for purchasing the book, please send those details as well (price plus
postage, and order address). We'll post information about selected
books. See the Reader's Choice feature
here.
Favorite
Cowboy and Western Poem Project
We highlight our
Favorite Cowboy and Western Poems
Project during
Cowboy Poetry Week and
we welcome submissions throughout the year.
Read
about the cited favorite poems here.
What's your
favorite? Send us an
email
and
tell us
Read the
latest additions
here.
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news to come...
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