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Cow Bop appears at The Way Out West Music Festival (the Wowfest),
Aug 7, Snowbasin Resort, UT. Also at the festival: Dwight Yoakum,
Sam Bush, Dave Mason, Robben Ford, y'oughta make plans to be there...don't
wanna miss this!
Cow Bop wows 'em in
Montreal! To an audience of 15K+ the band swung everyone into
a stampede...
Cow Bop to play the
Montreal Jazz Festival, July 5...cowboy festivals, jazz festivals...you
want crossover? What's next? I'm afraid to ask!
Cow Bop returns to the
Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival. At Melody Ranch, the band joined
a host of luminaries in an unparalleled picturesque western setting,
tons of fun...great to be back!
Cow Bop at the Autry...for
the Masters of Western Art! The band featured at the prestigious
event...you can be sure they played a bunch of Gene's old hits...bopped
up for sure!!
Well, the competition
was fierce, but the right choice was made when Cow Bop was chosen
to play for the Silver Spur awards, put on Reel Cowboys!
Takes place
October
30 at the Sheraton in Universal City - lots of
fun and lots of stars and I am going to get Shirley Jones' autograph!!
www.reelcowboys.org
This just in (July 2009)
- Pamela (Pinto Pammy) was just nominated Western Swing singer
of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists! Award ceremony
in September in Texas - I think we need to go.
WOW - Back to our old
home town where Cow Bop was born for the Monterey Dixieland Festival
March 6, 7 & 8!! It will be so great to see our old
pals - maybe you too? www.dixieland-monterey.com
This is a quote from
the Elko News:
“With
the Elko Convention Center auditorium near capacity for Saturday's
final show of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, there was
much at stake for ending the annual festival on a high-note. The
performers did not disappoint. The hot cowboy jazz group Cow
Bop led off the final performance with Pinto Pammy channeling
Patsy Cline and jazz guitar virtuoso Bruce Forman picking away
on the guitar, it didn't seem that things could get any better.
That's when fiddler Phil Salazar let loose on the fiddle during
a medley of the original piece, “The Boomer Stampede” and the
classic “Orange Blossom Special.” Although more commonly heard
with a harmonica solo, Salazar filled in on the fiddle, recreating
every note with precision, literally sawing away at his fiddle.
When it was all over, the group received an uproarious applause
from the audience, and Salazar's fiddle bow had shed a few horse
hairs.
“I think his horse is complaining,” Forman said jokingly in response
to the wild applause.”
PHIL SALAZAR
joins Cow Bop! World-reknown fiddler decides to become
the next casualty in a ever-lengthening list of cowboppers. "I
can't say how much it means to me that Phil would join our band.
Besides being the best fiddler in the world, he can also play
the snot out of a violin!" exclaimed Bruce Forman.
New CD: Route
66 is finished ! It's Fabulous! Augmenting
the band on this recording are: Dan Hicks (again), Shelby Eicher,
Rushad Eggleston, Monty Alexander, Bobby Phillips and Noel Jewkes.
Street (or trail) date is early next year...stay tuned!
Just found this great
quote from the Heber City Cowboy festival last year: "the
unexpected delight of the evening was the dance that followed;
or rather, the dance band for the dance that followed! Pinto
Pammy of Cow Bop has that smoky barroom
voice of old-time torch singers, and combined with the incredible
musicianship of guitarist Bruce Forman , violinist
Richard Chon , and Mike McKinley
on drums, this group is pure gold. I left with a CD, and I've
played it almost non-stop since." Joe Lynn Kirkwood
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