GardMan
Enlightened Member
Repeated my performance from last year at the "Heber Valley Western Music and Cowboy Poetry Gathering" last Friday... but was given a 35 minute set this year (last year I played just 3 songs in 15 minutes). My eight song set included:
Night Rider's lament (Michael Burton)/Still got my home on the range (Will Dudley)
Cowboy's last wish (Will Dudley)
Texas River song (AKA Brazos River song; traditional?)
The Gift (song about Charlie Russell the painter; Ian Tyson)
Summer Wages (Ian Tyson)
Ballad of William Dubois (Will Dudley)
My Sweet Wyoming Home (Bill Staines).
All in all, it went OK... A few minor chord change glitches, quickly corrected... but I remembered all the words. My biggest fear was forgetting the first line of a song, and not being able to get started. So, my set list cheat sheet had the key, capo, and first line of each song on a 4"x6" file card that I set on the floor at my feet if I needed it. I never really did...
There were 20-30 in the audience, including my wife, the sound guy (did a great job), and the host. They seemed to enjoy it...
Night Rider's lament (Michael Burton)/Still got my home on the range (Will Dudley)
Cowboy's last wish (Will Dudley)
Texas River song (AKA Brazos River song; traditional?)
The Gift (song about Charlie Russell the painter; Ian Tyson)
Summer Wages (Ian Tyson)
Ballad of William Dubois (Will Dudley)
My Sweet Wyoming Home (Bill Staines).
All in all, it went OK... A few minor chord change glitches, quickly corrected... but I remembered all the words. My biggest fear was forgetting the first line of a song, and not being able to get started. So, my set list cheat sheet had the key, capo, and first line of each song on a 4"x6" file card that I set on the floor at my feet if I needed it. I never really did...
There were 20-30 in the audience, including my wife, the sound guy (did a great job), and the host. They seemed to enjoy it...