What’s New

The Live CD is Here!!!

Dave Stamey, Live at Tales From the Tavern
"It's Just a State of Mind"
This last February, in cooperation with Ron Colone’s fabulous Tales From the Tavern concert series, Dave recorded a live performance in front of 250 of his closest friends. We captured a great evening. Here's what www.cowboypoetry.com had to say about it:

...the next best thing to being at a Dave Stamey concert. Recorded live at California's Taproom at Firestone Walker with top-quality audio, the CD captures all of the energy of Dave Stamey's performances, and includes some of his best and best-known songs, such as "It's the West," "Buckaroo Man," "Montana," "If I Only Had a Horse," "The Bandit Joaquin," and eight other songs. The lively recording showcases the breadth of his diverse work, his skillful songwriting, his off-beat humor, his serious scholarship, his dazzling musicianship, and his love of the West. The recording leaves no question about why Dave Stamey has received so many top awards....

“Old Friends” CD
Dave’s new CD of vintage Western music, “Old Friends,” is finally here.
These are songs about which folks have asked, “When are you going to record that?” They run the gamut from well-known to obscure, from Stan Jones’ “Ghost Riders in the Sky” to Jane Bowers’ haunting “Mission San Miguel” and from Gene Autry’s “Silver Haired Daddy” to Joe Babcock’s “Dusty Winds.”

Recorded over an eight month period at Rick Sutton’s wonderful studio, this project finds Dave joined by Chris Scarbrough on guitar, Kenny Blackwell on mandolin, Julie Beaver on fiddle, Gary Allegretto on harmonica, and the amazing Annie Lydon on harmony vocals. Together, they treat these songs like the old friends they are, with respect and affection—because no matter where you’re headed, you need to remember where you came from.

More Awards from the Western Music Association
In November at the Albuquerque Marriott, the Western Music Association honored Dave with both the Male Vocalist of the Year and the Songwriter of the Year. The awards ceremony was both gratifying and humbling, as Dave was up against the cream of the crop in Western Music, names like Jack Hannah, Don Edwards, and Curly Musgrave. As we said last year, every so often it's nice to hear that you might be on the right track.

The Red Rock Ride
Saddle up in April for the Red Rock Ride, a six-day horseback trek through the Bryce Canyon-Zion National Park-Straight Canyon area of southern Utah--a full service adventure, including horses and cabins and hot showers and all meals-- and entertainment every evening by Dave Stamey and Dakota Livesay from the syndicated radio show, The Chronicle of the Old West. Dates are
April 22-27, 2008. Space is limited, so make your reservations now. For more information call (435) 679-8665, or email robert@redrockride.com. You can check out the adventure at www.redrockride.com

Pack Trips in the High Sierra, July-August
And speaking of riding, there are a few spots left for the Dave Stamey pack trips in July of 2008. The experiment last summer with Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit was such a success that we'll be doing two this year. The dates are July 30 through August 3, and August 3 through the 7th. These are traveling trips through the gorgeous eastern Sierra Nevada, and there are only four spots left on each trip. For information call Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit,
(888) 475-8747.

New CD In The Works
Plans are underway for returning to the studio in January to start work on a new CD. Tentatively titled "Come Ride With Me," this will be a full production studio album of all original material. Look for it around summer of 2008.

It’s A Good Life
We saw a large swath of this nation in 2007, including Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Texas, a couple of trips to Missouri, back and forth to Colorado and Utah several times—and the most rewarding part of it all was that the incredible beauty of this country is matched only by the friendliness and the smiles of its people. In every state we visited, in every town, there were open hands and open hearts. We don’t know what nasty little rugs the media looks under to find their constant gloom and doom, but don’t believe it for a second. America and the American Family are still alive and well, even if CNN or the major metropolitan newspapers won’t admit it.

For a complete run down on where we’ll be and when, check the Schedule page…