With the current popularity of country music and western nostalgia across the country,acts as authentic & entertaining as "THE OLD COWHANDS" are the current rage, from New York to Los Angeles.Western music is part of our national heritage and represents the pure essence of the old west. Western music has come uptown, reaching the largest and most affluent audience ever.
The southwest is known for it's hospitality & rich history of the true pioneer spirit.Tourists are seeking to surround themselves with that PIONEER EXPERIENCE , and what better way to cater to this crowd than providing them with a top notch, professional, music act, with over ninety years of musical experience between them.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BOOK "THE OLD COWHANDS" FOR YOUR NEXT SHOW. The vocal harmonies & superb instrumentation of this group will delight audiences of all ages.
MEMBERS OF THE BAND:
Buffalo Rick Galeener ,featured on bass & lead vocals, is Arizona’s Unofficial Tourist Attraction, and has served as official wild west ambassador for both Phoenix & Scottsdale. In addition to 20 years as a road musician, Buffalo Rick is an accomplished songwriter, winning an award from the state for his song “Arizona”. He has also had a successful career as an actor, with work in several motion pictures, TV, radio and commercials. The Old Cowhands was conceived out of Buffalo Rick’s association with several western TV & motion picture stars, and his love of the old west. It’s just natural for an Arizona boy to play western music.
Ron Rutowski, a multi instrumentalist, is featured on fiddle & vocals. He has worked with country, bluegrass, and jazz groups both in the Phoenix area and on the road. For the last thirteen years, Ron has been a member of the Phoenix based Jeff Dayton band which also worked as Glen Campbell’s back-up band. Over the last eight years, Ron has toured with Glen all over the United States and in England. A veteran of many Phoenix recording sessions, Ron recorded the solo fiddle line, that for one season was used as the theme music for the CBS sit-com, Evening Shade.
Al Casey/Lap steel, although raised in Phoenix, spent much of his adult life in California, where he finally ended up in Hollywood in 1965. From 1965 to 1983 Al was doing studio work with just about everyone, including, Glen Campbell, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley,The Beach Boys, Neil Diamond and many more. Al also worked on the Dean Martin Show for three and a half years, before semi-retiring back to Arizona, where he records on occassion and does some live appearances and teaches.
Rags Allen,a veteran of the Nevada circuit, has performed frequently in Las Vegas, Reno and Tahoe.In addition to touring the U.S. and Canada with his own band, Rags has played with Waylon Jennings,Dobie Grey,Willie Nelson, Charlie Pride, Freddie Hart,Wynn Stewart and Barbara Fairchild. An accomplished studio player, Rags has recorded with Lee Hazelwood, Snuff Garrett, Hal Blaine, Al Casey, Billy Strange, and Neil Diamond’s band. As an educator, he has been teaching piano,keyboard, accordian and theory, at Arizona Music Center for eleven years, while continuing to produce lead sheets, chord charts and copyrights for vocalists, instrumentalists and songwriters all over the country.
Sue Harris/Rhythm guitar & vocals.Raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Sue has a special love for the West. Her father, who was a singer and fiddle player with mariachi bands in his youth, filled her young head with such songs as "Streets of Laredo" and "Rancho Grande".During high school, she discovered folk and cowboy music, picked up the guitar, and has been singing and playing ever since. Sue is a featured performer at such venues as Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Desert Botanical Garden, Kerr Cultural Center, and folk festivals throughout the state, and is currently on the roster of performing artists for The AZ Commission on the Arts. Her solo CD, "Where Have I Been All My Life" has received airplay all over the world, with enthusiastic reviews from as far away as Israel and Australia.For the past seven years, she has presented cowboy/western programs in schools all over the Valley for the Coors Rodeo Showdown, and has presented many programs for Scottsdale Center for the Arts Education Outreach.
Our first release "AN OLD COWBOY SONG" is available on cassette FOR $10.00 +$2 S&H
Our latest CD release, "A TRIBUTE TO WESLEY TUTTLE" is available for $15.00 + $2 S&H
Our next release "BACK IN THE SADDLE" will be available soon.
FOR BOOKING INFORMATION & AVAILABLE DATES & ORDERS CONTACT: BUFFALO RICK'S WILD WEST, INC. P.O. BOX 255 CAVE CREEK, ARIZONA 85331 602/992-4578
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