He's a Poet with Something to Say
42nd Gathering Featured Artists
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Dave Stamey croons one he wrote with poet Waddie Mitchell. Dave Stamey performs "He's a Poet with Something to Say" during the "Cohorts & Collaborators" show at the 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dave Stamey
Orange Cove, CA
Dave Stamey has been a cowboy, a mule packer, and a dude wrangler. Now, he is one of the most popular western entertainers working today. Dave has made it his life's work to celebrate the rural American West. In the past two decades, he has recorded 11 albums of original music, traveled hundreds of thousands of miles, and performed thousands of shows doing just that. His songs capture the life of the modern cowboy in a world of rapid transition, where some things change constantly and some things never change at all. He lives in the farthest northeastern corner of Tulare County, where the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains begin just outside his back door.
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
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