Pipp + Lloyd share a timeless traditional tune about the girl left behind. Pipp Gillette + Lloyd Wright perform "The Gal I Left Behind Me" during "The Western Rewind" show at the 41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

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Pipp Gillette + Lloyd Wright
Lovelady + Crockett, TX
Disting...

FEATURING: Darrell Holden, Lara Manzanares, Matt Robertson, M.L. Smoker.

Healing comes in many forms…words, songs, the wind rustling through the aspens or oaks. The ranching community intimately knows the reality of social isolation, long hours, no vacation days, and variable income. Whether usi...

Darrell shares a poem of loss. Darrell Holden recites "From Dad" during the "Words Are Medicine" show at the 41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

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Darrell Holden
Vernon, UT
Darrell Ekker Holden is a proud fifth-generation rancher and cowboy poet from the West Desert of Utah. H...

FEATURING: Wylie Gustafson, Phill Laubacher, R.P. Smith, Dave Stamey.

Sometimes all you can do is laugh when life launches you tail-over-tea-kettle and you can no longer tell whether it’s you or the world that’s on its head. Poets Phill Laubacher and R.P. Smith join musicians Wylie Gustafson and...

Dave compares life’s inevitable chaos and crumbling endeavors to a passing rodeo parade. Dave Stamey sings "The Rodeo Parade" during the "Upside Down in a Cow Town" show at the 41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

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Dave Stamey
Orange Cove, CA

Dave Stamey has been a cowboy, a ...

FEATURING: R.W. Hampton, Ross Knox, Terry Nash.

They’re obstinate. They’re wily. They think they know better, and they don’t follow the rules. And no, we’re not talking about this show’s lineup. They are the strays of our lives—the characters who test our skills and patience, and occasionally ev...

FEATURING: Sterling Drake, Lone Piñon, Jake Riley.

Some say the world is shaped by reality. By inches of rain, by prices of hay, by the generosity of neighbors. But what shapes that reality? What builds our communities, records our histories, preserves generational knowledge, perpetuates age-old...

R.W. sings about resilience, pushing forward even when things aren’t going your way. R.W. Hampton performs "The One That I Never Could Ride" during the "Leppies + Other Mavericks" show at the 41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

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R.W. Hampton
Amarillo, TX / Miami, NM
R.W. Hamp...

FEATURING: Steve Boies, Kathryn Dyer, Agee Smith, Sherman Swanson.

How do creeks function for us? For the things we care about? By focusing on water, plants, soils, and landforms, we've learned that some plants grow tremendous root systems that withstand floods, slow water to build floodplains, ...

Ross tries to answer the question, "is a dog really man's best friend?" Ross Knox recites "Man's Best Friend" during the "Leppies + Other Mavericks" show at the 41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

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Ross Knox
Skull Valley, AZ
Ross Knox first aspired to be a cowboy as a little ...