Cicada Song
42nd Gathering Featured Artists
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3m 15s
Jimmy pleads for rain. Jimmy Cantwell sings "Cicada Song" during the "Get in the Pickup, We're Going to Town" show at the 41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jimmy Cantwell
Cañon City, CO
Jimmy Cantwell is a second-generation horseman who’s turned
a life full of experience into song. From his time as a soldier to
riding colts and training horses for both the public and the U.S.
Army—topped off with a little day work here and there—he’s got
plenty of stories to tell. Jimmy’s sound is pure country, western, and
everything in between. At the end of the day, he’s just a “good ol’
cowboy singer.”
"Cicada Song"
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Filmed in front of a live audience with help from the E. L. Wiegand Foundation at the Western Folklife Center’s G Three Bar Theater in Elko, NV, on Jan. 26, 2026.
Made possible by Smokeye Hill Whiskey and by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this 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
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