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Randy Palmer is a cross between a painter and a poet. I don't mean fine art, but scraping, sanding, priming, make it like new, painter. You see Randy has roots deep inside a bucket. A son of a painting contractor, Randy has an ingrown desire to make things beautiful. You read it in his lyrics and you hear it in his voice as he brings his songs to life. Songs from down deep in the bucket, with clean lines, brushed to bring living into a sweeter, better focus. Every song a reflective rendition of life at its most basic core. No apologies for songs close to the heart. Randy celebrates frailties, friendships, and family. Join him for an adventure. A deep dive into the interesting and intoxicating twists and turns of the joy of life. Exactly, how did Randy's journey into music begin? The story begins at about 4th grade when Randy's parents hired Frank Howard, the guitar teacher, to instruct big brother Rick in the art of playing the guitar. Rick was not only a student but also a teacher so he passed the lessons down to his younger sibling. Randy was hooked from the start and his big break came when his Mom plopped him in front of the console stereo, turned up Johnny Rivers, and said, "Play with this." And Randy found a chord or two and the backbeat to Maybelline. It was a short while later was that he and Berkeley Dawson wrote new lyrics to Downtown, When I'm 64 and Strawberry Fields. From then on Randy began the journey of crafting words and music. Songwriting has been his passion ever since. Mentors are precious. Randy has been influenced by the greats of James Taylor, John Denver, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Michael Martin Murphy, B W Stevenson, and Jerry Jeff Walker. But it would not be right to not mention the friends and sojourners that have always been there to make it real; Mike Borger, Dennis Garvey, Byron Williamson, David Parks, and Randy Lewis Brown. Born a long time ago when memories of Dust storms and Ike were fresh. Randy lives with his wife and life partner Ann, Sadie the dog and Pepper the cat in Amarillo, Tx. |
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Grace Clark
Grace Clark performs Western and Western Swing music. She sings, yodels, and plays guitar & 5-string banjo. With her band, Grace Clark & Swingitude, she creates a lively and playful mix of cowboy songs, along with the swing and western swing dance music of the 1920's to the present. Added to the mix are Grace's original songs in those genres. She recently completed a new CD/EP, "Grace Clark, Dancin¡¯ with Swingitude." 0 Grace has performed at a variety of venues, including the International Western Music Association (IWMA) Annual Gathering (Albuquerque, NM), the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame Celebration (Sacramento, CA), the Monterey Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival (Monterey, CA), the Northwest Western Swing Music Association Hall of Fame Celebration (Enumclaw, WA), the Salinas Rodeo "Cowboys and Cabernet" shows (Salinas, CA), live radio shows, restaurant concert series, Zoom concerts for the IWMA, and many others. |
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Scott Sean White
Scott Sean White is a dedicated singer/songwriter and an artist that exudes emotion. His music is borne from real life experience, complete with the hopes, heartaches and happenstance that define that journey and the revelations that occur along the way. Scott's success as a writer is firmly established. Cody Johnson recorded two of his songs on his Human album, "God Bless the Boy" and "Made a Home," the latter of which was written with both Cody and their mutual friend Jesse Raub, Jr. Cody also recently recorded another song of Scott's called "Over Missing You" for an upcoming album and he's also been playing it as an encore song at several of his concerts this year. |
September 14, 2024 Daniel Boling |
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August 17, 2024 Joel White |
July 28th, 2024 Rod MacDonald |
May 25, 2024 Mike Agranoff |
May 4th, 2024 Luke Bulla |
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April 13, 2024 Jim Jones & Mariam Funke |
March 15, 2024 Buffalo Bill & Dr. Jo |
Feb. 10, 2024 Almeda Bradshaw | ||
Jan. 27, 2024 Kerry Grombacher |
Nov. 14, 2023 Grace Clark |
July 8th, 2023 Lori Beth Brooke |
June 24th, 2023 Jennings & Keller |
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May 6th, 2023 Ken Gaines |
April 21, 2023 Miss Devon & The Outlaw |
March 24, 2023 Carol Markstrom |
February 23, 2023 Poi Rogers |
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December 3, 2022 Two Crows for Comfort |
October 2, 2022 Claudia Nygaard |
September 17, 2022 Randy Lewis Brown |
July 30, 2022 Dan McCorison |
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June 3, 2022 Scott T |
May 14, 2022 Jim Jones & Mariam Funke |
April 28, 2022 Kray Van Kirk |
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March 19, 2022 Buffalo Bill & Dr. Jo |
February 12, 2022 Steve Cormier |
December 11, 2021 Steve Jones |
October 16, 2021 Dana Cooper |
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September 25, 2021 Carol Walker |
August 28, 2021 Rupert Wates |
July 17, 2021 Rebecca Folsom |
March 15, 2020 Mike Agranoff |
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February 23, 2020 The Rough & Tumble |
January 25, 2020 Buffalo Bill & Dr. Jo |
November 9, 2019 Kerry Grombacher & Aspen Black |
September 19, 2019 Carol Markstrom |
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September 11, 2019 The Freight Hoppers |
August 9, 2019 Bruce Mandel |
April 13, 2019 Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp |
March 19, 2019: Bill Staines |