Dave Stamey Cowboy Entertainer

Entertainer of the Year!

We want to thank the membership of the Western Music Association for once again voting Dave Entertainer of the Year for 2009 . This is the third time Dave has been so honored, and while he wasn’t in Albuquerque this year to receive the award, it was accepted by our friends Marilyn Tuttle and Bill Barwick (Male Performer of the Year), and it now sits in a prominent place on the mantle. We walk by and touch it every so often, and dust it. It’s pretty.

True West Magazine Gives Honor

We got a surprise last month when True West put out their Best of the West Sourcebook for this year, and named Dave as the Best Living Solo Western Musician. Quite an honor, and we didn’t even know that title was up for grabs. But we’ll take it, with pleasure and pride, and thank them for their kind acknowledgement.

New YouTube Video

There is a new video on YouTube of Dave performing The Bandit Joaquin at the Heber City Cowboy Gathering a couple of years ago. It is a professional, high quality three-camera shoot done by our friends at Black Hawk Entertainment in Salt Lake City. You can find it HERE. Give it a look-see, and tell your friends.

We just recently shot a our first music video of The Vaquero Song with our friends at Nashville West studios, using the Rancho Nipomo’s Dana Adobe as the setting. The adobe is where the song was born, way back one spooky evening. We look forward to seeing how it turns out, and we will keep you posted.

2009 Wrap-Up

It was a busy year around this outfit. In these strange times and uncertain economy, we were fortunate in having an amazing amount of work. We released our 8th CD and traveled many miles, everywhere from Washington state to Texas, from Arizona to Montana and countless points in between, and saw many beautiful places and met many, many friendly people.

On the fun side of things, June found us hosting a ride into the ghost town of Bodie in partnership with John and Tammy at Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit, and 35 people joined us for four days of riding and exploring. We will be doing this ride again, and invite you guys to visit their website for details, at www.mammothpack.com. In July we were back in our beloved Sierras with Forrest Newman, on a five day trip into the Purple Lake area of the John Muir Wilderness, also in cahoots with MLPO. We will be doing two of these trips in Summer 2010, as well.

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