Photographs from the 2014 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Elko, Nevada

Images from Elko:

Additional images as I edit:

Fred Newman Effects Master of Prairie Hone Companion Fame

Friday:

Glenn Ohrlin, Brigid Reedy and John Reedy Backstage. Brigid and Glenn are almost 80 years apart in age but have developed an offstage friendship and onstage rapport.

Glenn Ohrlin and Brigid Reedy onstage discuss what they should play next. They are almost 80 years apart in age but have developed an offstage friendship and onstage rapport.

Kristyn Harris and Trinity Seely hug backstage between performances

A high school girl prepares to go onstage to recite poetry with Joel Nelson.

A woman hugs Sheldeen Haleamau of the Gary Haleamau Family Band. She tells Haleamau that their music brought her back 50 years to when she and her husband lived in Hawaii. The moment brought tears to both of their eyes.

Sheldeen Haleamau of the Gary Haleamau Family Band backstage

Cajun and Zydeco dance class with Dick and Sandy Sturm.

Weigand Gallery opening reception for the exhibit, “Expressing the Rural West – Into the Future.”

Mustache, Elko, Nevada

D.W. Groethe at the Elko Convention Center before the Friday night performance of the Trail’s End Ranch Radio Show.

Ian Tyson Backstage before his show.

Thursday:

Late night jam at the Western Folklife Center.

Backstage with Riders in the Sky

Wednesday:

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Teen Poetry Workshop with Randy Rieman and Joel Nelson

Teen Poetry Workshop with Randy Rieman and Joel Nelson

Backstage before the premier of the Trail’s End Ranch Radio Show

Music jam at The Star Basque restaurant with Kristyn Harris

D.W. Groethe talks into a can impersonating an alien at the Trail’s End Ranch Radio Show

Teen Poetry Slam at the Western Folklife Center G3 Bar Theater

Teen Poetry Slam at the Western Folklife Center G3 Bar Theater