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Some Past Performances at Golden Hill Community Center
 From Wickenburg, AZ, to Des Moines, Iowa... from New York
City to the Suwanee River, Cowboy Envy is doing its
part to keep western music from being lost in the shuffle. With a healthy respect for the traditional and the
familiar,
these folks give cowboy music their own special touch — or should we
say brand. They are all solo singers, songwriters and musicians
in their own right and bring a variety of influences to this music...
recreating the old and creating the new in the western style.
 When
she writes, singer/songwriter Libby Eason starts with music and mood.
“I hang out somewhere between tough and extremely vulnerable, and
that’s where my writing is,” she says. Her music reflects a variety of
influences and includes elements of folk, country, and blues, but
Eason is hesitant to categorize her work. “My songs are definitely
from a woman writer’s point of view,” she observes. “People have told
me my songs capture ambiguity. I like that. To me, life’s not all
black and white.”
 Echo Lake
recording artist Ray Chesna is an outstanding guitarist and singer with an
engaging, playful mix of Western swing, rockabilly, and blues licks in
handcrafted songs that'll make ya smile. He'll be playing
often-humorous songs from both his "Every Day Above Ground Is a Good One"
album and an upcoming CD, including "Hi'a Cynth," "Banty Rooster," and "Make
Your Own Music."
Vince Bell is not your typical Texas singer-songwriter. His music is more art song than folk song, more Jacques Brel than Woody Guthrie. His first instrument was the cornet, and his favorite songwriter, when he was growing up in the '60s, was John Lennon. He's easier to compare to David Crosby or Joni Mitchell than to Willie or Waylon.
At 47, Bell has written hundreds of songs. He has been recording and performing since the early '70s and has won the admiration of such artists as Nanci Griffith, who covered his "Sun and Moon and Stars," and Lyle Lovett, who recently recorded Bell's "I've Had Enough" on his Lone Star songwriters' tribute Step Inside This House.
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