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The Show

We will "cowboy up" for solo, duo, or trio shows that will make your audience want our trails to cross again and again with three part cowboy vocals, fancy and harmony yodeling. The show, while inspired by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry, Bob Wills, Riders in the Sky, Patsy Montana, and Elton Britt, can embrace other fun Americana sources. Original tunes are also included.

Yodelin’ tunes featured: Chime Bells, Cattle Call, Way Out There, Hold That Critter Down, How the Yodel Was Born and many more.

Other songs include: Cool Water, Texas Plains, The Auctioneer, Tumblin’ Tumbleweed, Ghost Riders, El Paso, San Antonio Rose, Pistol Packin’ Mama, and many more…

All shows can be readily customized to meet your venue/clientele needs. We always aim to entertain and please the people.

Tunes from many Americana sources enliven and diversify, engaging listeners of all ages. Audience requests and singing along encouraged as appropriate to the venue.

Our goal is to work closely with you to create a truly memorable experience for your clientele.

Roots - Yodeling Music

Cowboys have been yodeling out on the range since the early days of American history. The folk-musicologist can find roots world music replete with yodeling from many spots on the globe. The European-American cowboys brought their unique round-up techniques and communicative calling over distances in the West. Yodeling soon found its way into the music that was shared around the campfire. Patsy Montana sold a million copies of her classic "I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart" in the depths of the Depression.

Influences - Yodeling Music

This specialty came later on in my musical evolution. The first yodeler I saw live was Roy Rogers with the Sons of the Pioneers. I can still hear them singing "Texas Plains" while Roy yodeled. Wow, that got me!

It wasn’t long ‘till I ran across the 1930’s recordings of Bill Boyd & the Cowboy Ramblers. I was once again amazed hearing Bill and Curley Perrin yodel in harmony on the Bob Nolan tune "Way Out There." That lit the spark to try to learn to yodel on my own. "Cattle Call" was my second tune.

Patsy Montana has said that Elton Britt was the greatest combination singer-yodeler. Unable to find his out of print records in Los Angeles, I finally ran across Elton’s recordings in Tokyo. I must have said "thank you" incorrectly six times.

I later worked with cattle on my Uncle Bill’s ranch in Oregon. One afternoon while getting all the "head" in, I had a run-in with electric barbed wire that may have hastened my yodeling progress.

Ranger Doug with Riders in the Sky yodels so pretty; he is always a pleasure to hear. Kerry Christensen, born in Idaho and now living in Utah is a fantastic yodeler—well worth a listen.

 

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