2012 Heber Valley Cowboy Poetry Gathering Performers

Waddie Mitchell

Waddie grew up on ranches in the remote regions of the Elko, Nevada area and came into town only three or four times a year.

Bar J Wranglers

Jackson Hole's Finest Entertainment! Some folks call it a western music show; some call it a stand-up comedy show with masterful cowboy music; others call it the best musical experience in the west.

Michael Martin Murphey

Michael learned to play music on a plastic ukelele that was a gift from his grandfather, "Spud" Murphey, a career Navy officer who lived in Hawaii.

Sons Of The San Joaquin

A rich, burnished vocal, it’s a distinctive sound that has carried Joe, Jack and Lon Hannah from local church and community gatherings to such far-flung locales as Switzerland and Japan.

Suzy Bogguss

“You can’t deal me the aces and think I wouldn’t play,” says Suzy Bogguss with a twinkle in her eye as she discusses her latest studio album Sweet Danger.

R W Hampton

R.W. Hampton is one of the leading Western Entertainers in America today. Blessed with a wonderfully rich baritone voice, R.W. has a quality of genuineness about him that resonates when he’s on stage, in person or just through the words of his songs.

Joey + Rory

Their debut album The Life Of A Song quickly spawned a Top 30 hit with "Cheater Cheater" and in the blink of an eye, the duo was everywhere touring coast-to-coast and overseas.

Haunted Windchimes

"They recreate the vibe of rural 1930s music with a contemporary consciousness. The rustic, honeyed harmonies are a delight." - Bruce Sylvester, Sing Out! Magazine Haunting but not spooky and very much on fire.

Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong

A performance by Sourdough Slim is a hoot to say the least. This savvy performer with a seasoned gift for connecting with audiences transports us to a whimsical world where vaudevillian camp intermingles with cowboy lore, producing grins galore.

Brenn Hill

There's a certain mystique surrounding the West that has continued to fascinate people for centuries. It's reflected in the rugged beauty of the land and the spirit of its people.

The Quebe Sisters Band

THE QUEBE SISTERS BAND is one of the most exciting new groups to come on the music scene in years. Formed in 2000, the Quebe Sisters Band (pronounced Kway-bee) performs a refreshing blend of western swing.

Terry Lee Goffee

The "Ultimate" Johnny Cash Tribute

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

There's as much drifting around Ramblin' Jack Elliott which is mythology as there is which has stuck and become a part of him. What reality there is constantly mutates into visions of a man walking off into the sunset or crawling off before sunrise.

Andy Nelson

Andy Nelson is a modern day cowboy with a somewhat twisted funny bone! Not a somber poet by any means, his poetry is more befitting the stockyards than the courtyards.

Jeff Carson

Jeff (distant cousin of Kit Carson) lives high in the Wasatch Mountains. Those long nights alone with his mules has led Jeff to spoutin' poetry and prose like a hot tin coffee pot on a blazin' campfire.

Pat Richardson

Pat Richardson was raised on ranches in Arizona and California. Ar the age of fourteen left home to ride colts for C&Z Livestock Company and started rodeoing at the age of sixteen, eventually joining the Rodeo Cowboys Association (now the P.R.C.A.).

Doris Daley

Born and raised in Southern Alberta ranch country, Doris Daley writes cowboy poetry that celebrates the humour, history and way of life of the west.

Eli Barsi

Eli Barsi delivers a genuine western performance from her captivating vocals and yodeling to fine musicianship and energetic stage presence.

Chris Isaacs

“A Cowboy by profession & an Entertainer by accident”

Rich O'Brien

Rich O’Brien's ability to use the entire fretboard of the guitar was a gift from his brother Paul, who O’Brien once described as “the best guitar player in the family.”

BYU Symphony

The BYU Philharmonic Symphony is playing with Michael Martin Murphey this Year. This night of wonderful music consistantly proves to be one of the highlights during the gathering and is not to be missed.

Ernie Sites

Saddle up and hold on to your horse cause you're going to be enjoying a great experience with Cowboy Ernie Sites whose voice can calm the orniest of herds. Ernie ~ a former all around cowboy raised on a ranch in Southern Idaho

Naomi Bristow

Naomi is fourteen years old and hails from a small farm in Ontario, Canada. Her families involvement in rodeo life has lead her down the path of country, western and gospel music.

Jessie Smith

Jesse Smith has been a working all his life, growing up I the small ranching community of Glennville, Caliofornia in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Bill Barwick

Hailed as a cowboy's cowboy-song singer, and accompanied by his superb guitar work, Bill Barwick's singing, songwriting and storytelling are a performance not to be missed

Patty Clayton

Singer/songwriter Patty Clayton, performer of original ballads and borrowed songs about today and yesterday in the west.

John Glawson - Ol’ Ugly

Ol' Ugly says, “I ain't nothin' special; I just like to make people laugh.”

Sam DeLeeuw

Her background of breaking horses, having had a husband with cows and sheep, being a mother to two daughters involved with rodeo and 4-H, give her all the ideas for her humorous and sometimes tear evoking stories.

Jo Lynne Kirkwood

Jo Lynne’s poems have appeared in many places including The Wyoming Companion, Working Cowboy’s on-line magazine, in the anthology, The Big Round-up, in the March 2006 issue of American Cowboy and on cowboypoetry.com where she was named Lariat Laureat

Ray Doyles

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Ray Doyle has contributed to more than a dozen CDs as a longtime member of the popular Cowboy and Western band Wylie & the Wild West

Nancy Ruybal

If the melody and voice are not enough to stop you dead in your tracks, her provoking lyrics will.

Kenny Hall

Kenny Hall is a singer of western ballads and songs, who resides in the beautiful Bryce Canyon area of southern Utah

Saddle Strings

“The thing about cowboy music is that when the world is falling apart around you, it is still fun to listen to, it’s got a little spunk to it and it is always morally sound.”.

The Dansie Family Band

Stampede

What do you get when you cross a good-looking, award winning singer/songwriter/ male vocalist with a good-looking award winning singer/songwriter/yodeling/husband/wife team? Give up? DON''T!

Bruce Jensen "Sparky"

Cowboying has been my life and my stories and poetry come from off the back of a horse.

Dave Anderson

David Anderson, a singer-songwriter from the Ogden area of Utah, is widely recognized as having one of the best baritone singing voices in the Western genre.

Many Strings

Pour yourself a cup, toss another log on the fire and enjoy the tunes.

Hook Hill

"Hook" Hill, who carries his nickname from his basketball days

Paul Bliss

Paul Bliss is a favorite Utah poet at all types of western and cowboy events.

Keith Ward

Keith Ward grew up on a farm in the mountains of North Carolina near Boone.

R W Hampton

Brenn Hill

Suzy Bogguss

Waddie Mitchell

The Quebe Sisters Band