Here are some other cowboy and cowgirl sites out on the cyber-range:
WMA - The Western Music Association
- dedicated to preserving and advancing the history, literature, and
performance of Western Music. Anyone with an interest in cowboy music should
be a member of this great non-profit organization. Quarterly magazine chock
full of information and tour schedules, and a terrific festival every November
at Old Tucson Studios in Tucson AZ. Regional chapters have been formed
in several states.
AWA - Academy of Western Artists
- A group formed to recognize and honor outstanding individuals who, through
their accomplishments, preserve and perpetuate the traditions, values and
heritage of the American Cowboy. Members vote for the annual "Will Rogers
Awards" for excellence in the cowboy arts, poetry and music.
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall
of Fame - Fort Worth, Texas.
National Festival of The
West - March event with cowboy poetry and music, vendors and arena
events.
Midwest Horse Fair
- Annual event held in Madison Wisconsin. Everything about horses including
seminars, shows, vendors and entertainment. Not a "Horse Show" - but a
"Horse Fair"!
Richard Slatta - Links to Cowboy
sites - Richard Slatta, a.k.a "The Cowboy Perfessor" at North Carolina
State U., has created a very interesting resource site with a great variety
of western links with an emphasis on the history of the west, Latin American
history, and research links.
Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum
- Great annual Western music and film festival every September, in honor
of Autry's birthday. The location is an old schoolhouse that is now a spectacular
museum of movie cowboy memorabilia. Also check out the original Cow-Boy.com
website, started by the late Bruce Dillman.
Midwest Rangers Cowboy Mounted
Shooting Club - A sport developed in Arizona under the rules of
the Cowboy Mounted Shooting
Association, combines action pistol shooting, barrel racing and
Old West reenactment. "The most fun you can have with a horse and a gun!"
American West - General
information site about all things western: events calendar, music, trading
post, history, magazines, many links.
American Western Magazine
- Cowboy poetry, western stories, history, art, music, ranch life. Celebrating
the traditions, culture and heritage of the American West.
Cowboys.com - An electronic
shopping mall for products, services, and information for people that have
interest in the Western lifestyle. Cowboys.com is a commercial site that
is supported by advertisers.
Working Cowboy - A
growing directory with listings of Cowboy and Western Artists. If you are
looking for something special and can't find it this might be the place
to look.
Randy's Recording and Production
- This studio was built in 1985 for the purpose of providing professional
recording to the working musician, at a price that a working musician could
afford. A great quality studio right here in Wisconsin - we have worked
with Randy on our last 3 recording projects and highly recommend his studio!
ezFolk - Folk music site,
featuring free MP3 hosting for folk and acoustic artists, free tabs, tutorials,
& more for guitar, banjo, and ukulele. Also a large directory of music
related links.