the wyoming pals
Embassy Information
Embassy Event
August 22, 2007
WESTERN MUSIC NIGHT IN BUENOS AIRES
The American musical trio The Wyoming Pals, composed by Skip Gorman, Connie Dover, and Tom Sauber, will visit Buenos Aires on August 20-22, under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy in cooperation with Pro Humanae Vitae Foundation, the Argentine North American Institute of Culture (ICANA), Andamio '90 Theater and Country2.com.
The Wyoming Pals revive the tradition of the cowboys of the western United States through music that recalls the simple and melancholy melodies the settlers listened to around bonfires at the end of the 19th century.
On Wednesday, August 22 at 7:00pm, The Wyoming Pals will offer a country-western music concert open to the general public at the Andamio '90 Theater located in Paraná 660, Buenos Aires. The Argentine country music singer Alejandro Gratzer will open the concert. Free tickets will be available on August 9-11 and 16-18 at the theater box office from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. (Only 140 tickets will be available)
During their stay in Argentina, The Wyoming Pals will offer two didactic concerts at schools in Great Buenos Aires and La Plata. On Thursday, August 23 the trio will continue its tour in Asunción, Paraguay and Santiago Chile.
About The Wyoming Pals:
Skip Gorman brings back to life the workaday World of the old “waddie” cowboys of the American West. His music is the simple yet poignant music that was performed around campfires by cowhands and westward settlers in the late 19th century. Along with an exquisite touch as a singer, guitarist, fiddler and early Bill Monroe-style mandolinist, Gorman brings to the music a scholar’s knowledge of the cowhands Celtic, Spanish and African-American roots as well as personal experience gained as a working cowboy on Wyoming ranches. Gorman has performed on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion”, and documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns, has featured Skip’s music in both his “Lewis and Clark” and “Baseball” specials on PBS. He has also earned the nation-wide honor of being one of the three bluegrass mandolin instructors chosen to teach at the first Bill Monroe Mandolin Workshop weekend at the International Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro KY on September 2007. Gorman has several award-winning CDs on the Old West, Rounder and Folk Legacy record labels. His latest release is “Mandolin in the Cow Camp” with artwork by the renowned Western artist, William Matthews. Additional information
Connie Dover is an American treasure who has rediscovered the musical synergy that existed between the British Isles and the American West. Born in Arkansas of English, Cherokee, Mexican and Scots/Irish decent, she discovered the wealth of the Celtic music traditions as a teenager. Yet, her crystal clear voice easily conjures up vivid images of Appalachia and the old American West as well. Described by the Boston Globe as, “the finest folk ballad singer America has produced since Joan Baez”, Dover’s evocations of Anglo-Scottish, Irish and American cowboy ballads are melodically exquisite. She has produced four award-winning recordings on her Taylor Park label, and her voice can be hear on film and television soundtracks including the PBS programs “Last Stand of the Tall Grass Prairie”, and “Water and Fire”. She is featured with Skip Gorman on their Indie award-winning recording, “Lonesome Prairie Love.” Her latest release is “Border of Heaven, Celtic Music on the Western Frontier.” Additional Information
Tom Sauber is one of the most versatile musicians playing oldtime American music today. He is a masterful fiddler and clawhammer-style banjo player in the oldest American traditions. He has spent countless hours with older generation cowboy and mountain musicians such as Oklahoma fiddler Earl Collins and Round Peak banjoist Eddie Low. Tom has also played Cajun music with the likes of Jo-el Sonnier, Creole accordionist Wilfred Latour and the group Balfa Toujours. Currently known for his work with his group, Tom, Brad and Alice, his music films credits include “Bound for Glory”, “Geronimo”, and “The Long Riders.” Additional information