Ron Williams - The REAL DEAL !

Ron Williams was born into an amazing family steeped in music tradition. The son of Internationally known singer/songwriter Leona Williams, Ron has been surrounded by legends of the Country Music industry since childhood. Ron credits his distinct Traditional Country sound and love of real Country Music to those experiences. 
At age 17, Ron began polishing his own unique style of music, and credits many country icons as influences, including Marty Robbins, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard, Larry Gatlin, John Conlee, Lefty Frizzell and others.

Performing and traveling all over the U.S. and Europe, Ron continues to build a huge fan base and has gathered critical acclaim from many of Music Row's top executives.

http://www.ronwilliamscountry.com

The Ron Williams Show

Friday Evening !

Fiddlin' Dennis Stroughmat

Growing up in southeastern Illinois, Dennis' first memories of listening to music were the sounds of Bob Wills, Guy Lombardo, and Ray Price.  Night and day his dad would play all kinds of music on his stereo system, but more than anything the sound of Ray Price’s Cherokee Cowboys booming through the speakers made him want to sing and dance around the room.  Some say he was born to this music and others joke that Ray Price was his vocal coach.  That’s a huge compliment but in many ways Dennis did learn to sing and understand music via Ray Price and The Cherokee Cowboys.  Years passed, he picked up the fiddle, began playing French music and became a nationally known musician.  But the desire to play the music of “The Cowboys” and especially in the style of greats like Tommy Jackson and Buddy Spicher never left him. 

Dennis will be fiddlin' all weekend with the SIP Stage Band

The Dennis Stroughmatt Show !

Saturday Afternoon !

http://www.honkytonkfiddle.com/

Western Swing Crooner - 

Jimmy Burson

Born on a ranch in Briscoe County, Jimmy Burson is at least a 6th generation rancher.  He developed a love for music at an early age after his mother made him take  piano lessons.  While in high school, he found an old album called "Together Again"  with Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan.  From that day on, he was hooked on Western Swing.  After teaching himself guitar and fiddle, and graduating from Texas Tech,  he moved home to the family ranch where he and his wife,  Rhenda,  raised their three daughters. 

    He began playing western swing with local musicians and later formed his own band 'Texas In The Swing'.  His music has taken him on tours of Russia and Austria, in addition to engagements across the United States.  He has performed for 20 years at the Great American Music Festival at Silver Dollar City,  Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium,  National Cowboy Symposium, San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo,  Legends of Western Swing,  West Texas Western Swing Music Festival, along with many others. 

In addition to the cattle business,  Jimmy  served 10 years as the Briscoe County Judge and eight years as County Commissioner. Also, he is the music director at First Baptist Church and has led music at revivals across Texas.  His four western swing albums,  "Texas in the Swing", "Leanin' on the Legends", "Back in the Swing", and “Lone Star Dust”  have been featured on radio stations across the U.S.A.  In 2011,  Jimmy was named the Western Swing Male Vocalist of the year by the Academy of Western Artists. He was named a Hero of Western Music by the Cowtown Society of Western Music in 2012 and named to the Western Swing Hall of Fame by the Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest and also the Northwest Western Swing Music Society.

  He still lives on the family ranch at Silverton, Texas with his wife Rhenda. 

The Jimmy Burson Show

with Miss Emily on Friday Evening, April 12th.

Lone Star Troubadour!

Larry Lange

Larry's musical path began when singing in the choir in college and subsequently playing in different bands while in the military.  In 2000, he began his own band "The Lone Star Troubadours" and has performed at several large Western Swing shows in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri and Steel Guitar Shows in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas. He is a past president of the Western Swwing Music Society of the Southwest and is currently a member of the Northwest Western Swing Hall of Fame, Sacremento Western Swing Society Hall of Fame, Cowtown Western Swing Music Society Heros, the Western Swing Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame and most recently inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame in 2017.  Larry was recently featured on the Penny Gilley Show on the RFD channel in 2018. He says " Life is good and I will continue singing and playing as long as folks enjoy what I do."

The Larry Lange Show

Thursday Afternoon and catch Larry again with

"The Okla-Tex Connection" including

Shane Vandiver of Dallas, Texas on Friday Afternoon.

Master of Ceremonies, Ron Head will be bringing his special brand of humor, vocal talents and professionalism to the stage again this year.  Ron formerly fronted

THE country band of our region, of the 60s and 70s: "Ron Head and the Country Showboys"