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Color of the Hide

Songs About Horses • 1m 58s

Gail does a ditty about the only thing that counts. Gail Steiger performs "Color of the Hide" during "The Sound of Horses" show at the 36th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Gail Steiger
Prescott, AZ
Gail Steiger is a songwriter, filmmaker and cowboy, and since 1995, foreman of the remote Spider Ranch in Yavapai County, Arizona. He has been playing guitar and writing songs for over 30 years, and often recites works by his grandparents, Delia Gist Gardner and Gail I. Gardner. Gail also collaborates with his brother Lew on various film and multimedia projects, including the acclaimed documentary, Ranch Album. He’s released two CDs, The Romance of Western Life in 1999, and A Matter of Believin’ in 2015. Gail is a member of the Western Folklife Center’s Board of Trustees.

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Filmed in front of a live audience at the Western Folklife Center’s G Three Bar Theater in Elko, NV, on Jan. 31, 2020.

Made possible 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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Tags
2020, Gail Steiger, NCPG, The Sound of Horses, Arizona
Cast
Gail Steiger Musician
Crew
Kristin Windbigler executive producer
Meg Glaser artistic director
Brad McMullen national cowboy poetry gathering manager
Marla Mitchnick director + producer
Pablo Bryant director of photography + lead camera operator
Rob Gowler camera operator
Forrest Stangel camera operator
Michael Marashio camera operator
Chris Smith lighting designer
Kyle Soble associate lighting designer + lighting director
David Hancock Taylor gaffer
Cooper Richards grip
Lance Wilson video engineer
Colin Bricker audio engineer
Kevin Lee audio engineer
Micky Hohl driver + key production assistant
Jessica Brandi Lifland still photographer
Kier Atherton editor
Kelly Moon stage manager

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