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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Van Horn Cowboys
We drove to Van Horn Saturday to attend the Texas Crossroads Cowboy Gathering. We had never been to one of these but thought it'd be fun and it seemed like a good excuse to take the roadster down the highway.
The Saturday night show consisted of the top ten performers from open jam sessions Friday night and throughout the day on Saturday. Some really good music, some fun cowboy stories and poems and we enjoyed all two-and-a-half hours. Our favorite performer was Darrell Staedtler of Llano, Texas. Darrell's accoustic guitar on the George Strait hits "Blame It On Mexico" and "A Fire I Can't Put Out" was outstanding. His vocals would probably be considered so-so in comparison to George Strait but the fact that Darrell wrote both songs made the performance special. Darrell also did a couple of very good cowboy poems.
Local (Odessa-Midland) artist Rusty Battenfield performed a couple of Cowboy/Indian songs and did a great job. He was accompanied by a woman playing an Indian flute on one song - she was very good, also - I'm sorry I missed her name. Patsy Golden maybe? Rusty was one of the final winners and, as such, received an invitation to one of the bigger cowboy symposiums later this year at a location I missed.
The Saturday performance was web-broadcast live so they may put up a link so that it can be replayed. I doubt that the video would do justice, considering they used a laptop camera. But I do give them credit for the attempt.
The Saturday night show consisted of the top ten performers from open jam sessions Friday night and throughout the day on Saturday. Some really good music, some fun cowboy stories and poems and we enjoyed all two-and-a-half hours. Our favorite performer was Darrell Staedtler of Llano, Texas. Darrell's accoustic guitar on the George Strait hits "Blame It On Mexico" and "A Fire I Can't Put Out" was outstanding. His vocals would probably be considered so-so in comparison to George Strait but the fact that Darrell wrote both songs made the performance special. Darrell also did a couple of very good cowboy poems.
Local (Odessa-Midland) artist Rusty Battenfield performed a couple of Cowboy/Indian songs and did a great job. He was accompanied by a woman playing an Indian flute on one song - she was very good, also - I'm sorry I missed her name. Patsy Golden maybe? Rusty was one of the final winners and, as such, received an invitation to one of the bigger cowboy symposiums later this year at a location I missed.
The Saturday performance was web-broadcast live so they may put up a link so that it can be replayed. I doubt that the video would do justice, considering they used a laptop camera. But I do give them credit for the attempt.
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