Pipp and Lloyd share a song written with Waddie about an Elko County Fair attendee.

Pipp and Lloyd share a song written with Waddie about an Elko County Fair attendee. Pipp Gillette and Lloyd Wright perform "Trade Off" during the "Cohorts & Collaborators" show at the 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Pipp Gillette
Crockett, TX
Pipp Gillette lives and works on the family ranch near Lovelady, Texas, where his grandfather started raising cattle and cotton in 1912. Pipp and his late brother, Guy, received the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Traditional Western Album of 2011 and the 2013 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Original Western Composition for their performance of the Waddie Mitchell song "Trade Off.” Drawing on a lifelong interest in Western history and music, Pipp plays traditional cowboy music on guitar, banjo, harmonica, and bones. Pipp’s CD, Singing Songs by Waddie and Pipp, received the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Traditional Western Album of 2016. Pipp is accompanied by Lloyd Wright.

Lloyd Wright
Crockett, TX
Lloyd Wright is a fourth-generation Texan. He and his family were introduced to dulcimers and old-time string band music in the summer of 1994. In 2000 he won the National Mountain Dulcimer Championship at the age of 18. Now settled down with his wife and three kids in the heart of the Davy Crockett National Forest, Lloyd regularly performs Old Time and Country Gospel with his wife, mother, and brother. He first heard Guy and Pipp Gillette perform when he was a teen, and he has followed their music over the years. Lloyd combined forces with Pipp after the passing of Pipp's brother, Guy. This seemed to follow a natural progression as he was familiar with Pipp's repertoire. Lloyd and his family run two music festivals in East Texas, including his very own Old Mill Music Festival.

Filmed in front of a live audience at the the Elko Convention Center's Laurena Moren Theater on Friday, January 31, 2025.

Made possible by John G Searle Family Trust and by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make the show happen.

Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world. www.westernfolklife.org